WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:19.120 Second hour of the program. Welcome back ex Susan Bros. Throughout the Great 2 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:23.120 State of Michigan. I' Matt Shepard, Trent Vallely is our producer, and 3 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.039 give us a call on the Myer Hotline eighty sixty six eighty three eight forty 4 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:31.480 eight forty three. You can text Sports Radio to twenty one thousand to also 5 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:35.520 get involved in case you missed it. Yesterday, Tigers win another one run 6 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:39.679 affair and they beat the Dodgers win the series from the Dodgers. Really impressive 7 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:44.600 for Detroit. By the way, Justin Henry molloy another pinch hit. So 8 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:50.320 I mean there's some correct buttons being pushed by what I consider to be a 9 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.039 really good manager in aj Hinch. And I'm not saying he deserves all the 10 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:00.880 credit, but he gets a lot of blame when pitching chain don't work out, 11 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:04.480 when pitch hitters don't work out. But Zach McKinstry had happened the other 12 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.640 day, right, it happened the other day with Andy A. Banyez, 13 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:15.120 And it happened yesterday with Justin Henry malloy. So credit where credit is due, 14 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.120 and Detroit hits the All Star break three games under five hundred, but 15 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:23.760 having won three straight series and eight of ten games overall. Their first round 16 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:30.040 draft pick eleventh overall is Bryce Rayner, a shortstop from Harvard Westlake High School 17 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.280 who is committed to Texas. MLB All Star festivities begin tonight in Texas. 18 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:41.200 Carlos Alcarez wins the Wimbledon Championship in straight sets. Just out of curiosity. 19 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:48.480 I ever noticed other tournaments call it the men's final, and at Wimbledon Trent 20 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:53.120 they called the Gentleman's Final. Yeah, I love that, just one little 21 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.959 subtle thing. It's a little subtle detail that makes Wimbledon a cut above the 22 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:00.799 rest. That seems like you gotta wear white. It's played on grass, 23 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:06.000 It's a beautiful spectacle. Do you say when you say a cut above, 24 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.520 do you mean that? Sincerely? Are you being snarky there? Oh, 25 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:14.400 I'm sincere And I'm a tennis fan too. I just Wimbledon definitely feels different, 26 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:19.120 more prestigious. I've become more of a tennis fan. I think it's 27 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:25.159 I think there's a lot of pompous belief there, the whole Gentleman's Final, 28 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.639 like there's so much better than everybody else. Well that I don't mind the 29 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.319 white, I really don't. I don't mind the wearing all white. I 30 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.639 think it looks really cool and classy and so on and so forth. Although 31 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.960 you see people in the stands with baseball hats and a lot of them warm 32 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.680 backwards, which to me doesn't bother me. But it just goes against the 33 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:50.680 whole snootiness of what Wimbledon almost stands for. I'm sure it is the most 34 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.520 prestigious, just like I would guess the Masters is the most prestigious. That's 35 00:02:54.520 --> 00:03:00.360 a great comparison, you know. I don't know, man, I just 36 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:06.879 there's something about the whole oh and gentleman's final, like I can understand that 37 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:12.120 pious. It's just anyway, Alcarez was unbelievable, Yes, and what I 38 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:16.159 tweeted this out, What a what a way for Djokovic who lost in straight 39 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:23.120 sets in case people were wondering, And he's he's only lost in straight sets 40 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.879 in a Grand Slam final, like I don't know, four or five times 41 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:37.159 total anyway, and one of them was to Alcarez before, so it's happened 42 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.080 twice to him and al Choris is four and oh Grand Slam finals, But 43 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:47.639 uh, what a way? For him to on the postmatch interview give credit 44 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:52.759 where credit is due, and I tweeted, you know, Rory McElroy could 45 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.280 could learn something here. Now it is a different situation and it's not like 46 00:03:55.719 --> 00:04:00.080 Djokovic is going to walk off the course, jump into what's round car and 47 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:08.159 say goodbye. Right. McElroy did that but at the US Open. But 48 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:15.879 you know he was sitting there waiting and watching it finally happen for Deshambo. 49 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.439 He was only a group ahead of him. Though, I don't want to 50 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:24.879 continually go back and rip on Rory McElroy, who did not win the Scottish 51 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:29.120 Open by the way over the weekend. I just I thought it's something that 52 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.160 I tweeted out and I thought Djokovic was very classy in the way he handled 53 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:38.240 his defeat. Robert McIntyre, speaking of that, wins the Scottish Open birdie's 54 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:42.720 on eighteen I think it was about an eighteen to twenty foot maybe a twenty 55 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.920 two foot birdie putt. He's the first native scott to win his country's Open 56 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:51.399 title since Color Montgomery in nineteen ninety nine, and just the second ever so 57 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:57.199 to finish at eighteen under par. Pretty impressive. And a lot of emotion 58 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.759 there, which I thought was and it was just fantastic. So good for 59 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:06.279 him. Now they get ready for the British Open. It's coming up, 60 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:12.360 it's coming up quickly. I don't know if he becomes one of those guys 61 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:16.120 who is the favorite or not. But it was a great story. That's 62 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:19.360 one of the things that you got to remember from McElroy in case you were 63 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:29.160 wondering, finished tied for fourth. The highest Americans were Sahithi Gala and Colin 64 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.279 Morikawa. They were both at fourteen hundred park Okay. Over the weekend I 65 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:40.959 noticed this. ESPN Plus had written a story about the best bargains and those 66 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:48.879 who overpaid in basketball for the NBA free agency. They wondered why certain players 67 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:54.399 were picked up by certain teams for a certain amount of money, so for 68 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:58.199 best bargains on the market, they felt Chris paul Out a one year, 69 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.000 ten and a half million dollar deal going to the San Antonio Spurs was a 70 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.600 really good deal. Caleb Martin for the Sixers four years, thirty two million, 71 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.839 eight million in additional unlikely bonuses was a good pickup for Philly, all 72 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:15.279 right. A couple others too that you probably don't care about which extensions were 73 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:21.920 good value. Jonathan Isaac for Orlando. And then they have most head scratching 74 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:30.839 deals, one of them Caleb Martin former team Miami after he turned down a 75 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:35.360 lucrative deal from Miami, and a couple others. And here's one that involves 76 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:41.160 the Pistons, Tobias Harris a two year, fifty two million dollar deal. 77 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:49.279 This is what made us scratch our head two. Okay, we also prefaced 78 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.480 it by saying, look, not good in the postseason, but he is 79 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:59.279 not going to be in the postseason with Detroit. Sorry, I mean that's 80 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.160 you can call it negative. You can say, oh, you're being a 81 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.199 hater and all that other stuff. That's fine. Yeah, this just in 82 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:11.439 shep. You should not bet the ranch on the Pistons to do any sort 83 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:15.839 of make any sort of noise in the playoffs. You're not making up twenty 84 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:17.040 two games, right, You're just not. I mean it's a lot. 85 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.199 Look, I think the NBA playoffs, I think there's too many teams anyway, 86 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.480 all right, there's ten teams they got the play in and all this 87 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:30.279 other stuff. You had a team that was ten games under five hundred, 88 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:38.319 the Atlanta Hawks, make the playoffs or the tournament if you will. Why 89 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:43.279 people think more is better is beyond me. I'm one of the rare guys, 90 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:47.800 one of the few guys who didn't want the twelve team college football playoffs 91 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:56.519 system either. I think less is more for me. Okay, now doesn't 92 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.399 mean I can't change my mind. You could sway me. You can change 93 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:03.519 my mind. Is it a quality over quantity thing for you? Yeah? 94 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:11.040 It really like I don't who wants to see the Bulls or the Hawks in 95 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:16.160 the playoffs last year? Both teams well under five hundred just not deserving as 96 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.720 far as I'm concerned. And you may say, well, in the West, 97 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.759 that means you would have taken two teams out Sacramento and Golden State who 98 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:28.040 were ten games above five hundred. Look, I just I don't think there's 99 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:35.600 nothing redeeming there. There just isn't. Now what's the right number? Great 100 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:41.200 question? Does it really make much of a difference if two teams are not 101 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:48.399 there that play in game? If you will Sacramento and Golden State, Chicago 102 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.559 and Atlanta, how does it hurt to have another game? Give them? 103 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.120 Everybody should know it's just a money grab. How do you not know that 104 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:03.679 there's nothing redeeming about that. I'm sorry anyway, So we know that's not 105 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:09.360 going to happen, okay, but we do know that it was a little 106 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:16.720 bit of an odd dare I say, unique and strange pickup for the Detroit 107 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:20.320 Pistons. Here's what they write. His contract is a rich one, especially 108 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:26.480 when there were no teams outside of Detroit willing to throw big money at the 109 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.360 former six Ers forward. The Kouter argument is Detroit had to spend ninety percent 110 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.000 of its salary cap to reach the minimum salary four. That's not why you 111 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.919 do it. Don't get me wrong. Harris fits the timeline of the Pistons 112 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:48.080 trying to compete now really while also preserving flexibility in the near future. Averaged 113 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.440 seventeen points a game without EMBIID. He shot thirty two and a half percent 114 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:56.759 from deep. Do you agree with that? That's I think that when it 115 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:58.039 boils down, Chep, that's what it is. He's a good three point 116 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.639 shooter. You put them around Kate and the Pistons had to spend their money 117 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.360 somewhere, and you team them with a couple of other three point shooters who 118 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.480 you've just picked up, including Tim Harroway Junior. That should help when we 119 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:13.120 come back though, because we're up against it. 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You're with us throughout 141 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.559 the great state of Michigan, wherever it is you may be listening, whether 142 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:11.159 it being Cadillac or in Grand Rapids or in Potoski and Charlevoi and Traverse City. 143 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:15.480 We're honored to be part of your Monday morning. You can give us 144 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.879 a call on the Meyer hotline eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty 145 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:24.039 three. That's eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three. You 146 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:28.080 can text the program Sports Radio to twenty one thousand before we get to this. 147 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:33.559 This Pistons projection, for example, I found it. I did find 148 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:39.360 it very interesting yesterday. Have you seen how the Yankees have struggled as of 149 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.799 late? By the way, Trent Oh, Yeah, it's yeah, it's 150 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.519 been. It's been a problem for him. They found a different way to 151 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:50.519 lose yesterday. This when I when I see these games and I noticed some 152 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:58.039 of the problems other teams have, I always remind myself of what's what's going 153 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:05.639 on with with my favorite team? Right? And you see how difficult it 154 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.240 has been for the Yankees as of late. There's still only a game back 155 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:16.279 in the division, but both Baltimore and New York have been struggling a lot. 156 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:28.039 Baltimore had lost a lost five or six in a row. Yankees had 157 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.120 dropped I don't know, eleven of thirteen, eleven of fourteen, something like 158 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:37.919 that. It was tough. It's been tough for both of them. It 159 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:45.120 shows you how challenging it can be, and the challenges and the toughness that 160 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:50.039 it requires for a team to be able to hang in there. Baltimore found 161 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.399 a way to win yesterday. Did they find a way or did New York 162 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.240 gift wrap it. New York gift wrapped it. There's no doubt about that. 163 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.440 In case you missed it, the Yankees were up five to three. 164 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:07.879 They had gotten a home run by the name of Ben Rice. He had 165 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.679 a three run homer in the top of the ninth off Craig kimbrel Uh to 166 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:18.159 take a lead, a five to three lead. Then the Orioles come up 167 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.759 and with two outs they've get they get the bases loaded and an air by 168 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:31.919 Anthony Volpi, the shortstop who's usually very surehanded. Okay, ground ball, 169 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:39.720 routine, ground ball to him and he boots it. Ryan Mountcastle just a 170 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.320 just a it's just a simple I don't want to say simple. It's a 171 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:50.480 routine grounder that should have ended it could have just flipped it over a second 172 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.399 instead. The Vulpy makes it five to four, keeps the bases loaded. 173 00:14:54.440 --> 00:15:00.720 Then Cedric Mullens comes up and he punches one to left field. Now it 174 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:11.240 is it's borderline routine. But Alex Verdugo, with two outs run and basis 175 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.440 everyone's running no matter what. He doesn't want it to drop in front of 176 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:20.000 him or it at least wants to keep the ball in front of him. 177 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:26.919 So the winning run doesn't score. He breaks in, the ball carries over 178 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.879 his head, he falls down on his belly, in his face, it 179 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.879 drops over him to run score. Baltimore walks it off and they win at 180 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:45.200 six to five. We have brought up time and time again, ever since 181 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:52.200 baseball season started. We have brought up the good teams in baseball. I've 182 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:58.720 done it, probably too often for your liking, but I'm comparing the Tigers 183 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:02.759 to certain teams who have everyday players, and the Yankees are one of those 184 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.360 teams I've brought up. I brought up Sodo, I brought up for Dugo, 185 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.600 I bring up Volpi, I bring up Judge, I bring up Rizzo 186 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.600 when he's healthy, so on and so forth. Okay, And I say, 187 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.000 that's the reason this is a team that I don't know how many wins 188 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.919 they had at the time. When I use the example of right now, 189 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.200 they got fifty eight wins, whild you take that? You damn right, 190 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:22.759 you'd take that. You and I would both take that for the Tigers. 191 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:32.960 Absolutely, fifty eight wins at the All Star break, please, you'd be 192 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.080 tied for first Bay or first place in the Ales Central. Because Cleveland's got 193 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.919 fifty eight wins. But the point is I bring these teams up, understand 194 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:48.600 and know this. They've got issues too, They've got problems. The Phillies 195 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:55.039 just gave up eight home runs to arguably the second worst team in the American 196 00:16:55.120 --> 00:17:03.200 Lake yesterday. You don't think there's problems there. Absolutely. You don't think 197 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.599 the Texas Rangers, who are the defending World Series champions, have problems. 198 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.720 Yes they do. They're under five hundred. I mean we can go on 199 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.319 and on Cleveland, Okay, just detry beat them in a series three out 200 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:17.599 of four. I mean we can go on and on other teams they're experiencing. 201 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.440 I understand that you and me to a certain extent, and Trent, 202 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:27.200 you don't care. Wese aren't your teams. How many times are you, 203 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:32.400 as a as a parent, see a kid doing something wrong, your kid 204 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.960 wants to do it, You're like, you're not doing that, and the 205 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:38.400 kid says, well, Jimmy's doing it, And what do you say, 206 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:44.160 Jimmy's not my kid. Right, you don't care because Jimmy's not your kid. 207 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.680 Okay, you don't care because the Yankees not your team. That's fine. 208 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.279 I understand that, and you're right. I'm just telling you to try 209 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.920 and keep it in perspective. And I have to remind myself of the exact 210 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:03.200 same thing when things are going going wrong. Understand that even the best have 211 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:10.960 issues, even the best teams have something go wrong. Now, how extended 212 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:17.799 is it, how problematic is that is a discussion for perhaps another day, 213 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.079 But there was a time there for as good as the Yankees were or are 214 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.119 and have been, probably never good enough. They did lose six of seven 215 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:33.000 games. They did have an extended problem, but they have a margin for 216 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:38.160 error. You get thirty thres you could still look back. The media can 217 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:42.440 talk to Aaron Boom right now and say, you know what your team has 218 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:48.240 lately really struggled. What's been the problem. He can talk about it, 219 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.160 and he can acknowledge it, but he would also say, please know this. 220 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:57.160 We have the most wins, tied for the most wins in the American 221 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:03.640 League, fifty eight. Baltimore's got fifty eight, Cleveland's got fifty eight. 222 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:08.440 There's only one team that has more wins than we do in all of baseball. 223 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.799 I'm trying to look at it from a glass half full. He can 224 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.240 turn around, he could say, you know, we have thirty three roadkills 225 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:21.799 this year by far and away the most in baseball. Yes, we've gone 226 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:26.400 through some tough times, but we also have in terms of runs going differential, 227 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:30.839 the most and the best in the American League and the second most in 228 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:37.480 all of baseball. There are things that they have built up. It's almost 229 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.920 like a big credit card, right. They have built that up and you 230 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:47.559 can fall back on that. The margin for air is better there where the 231 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:52.759 other teams they don't have that margin for error. Specifically, I'm talking about 232 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.480 the Tigers. They haven't been able to build that up. You did maybe 233 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:59.839 at five and oh. When you start at five and oh or six and 234 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:02.640 oh or whatever, it was. Hell, that's a long time ago. 235 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.920 Those are things that you and I don't remember. And when things like that, 236 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:15.200 when things like this come up, it makes me really think long and 237 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:25.039 hard about the people who strongly recommend you trade Trek Scooble. And I'm not 238 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.119 saying you should or shouldn't. I'll be the first to admit a couple of 239 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.640 years ago I said I would what he's done this year would give me great 240 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.680 pause. I would explore it. There's no doubt about that. I would 241 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:41.000 explore it to try and see what exactly you could get. If you could 242 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:48.160 get three high end players who are major League ready right now, who you 243 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.319 believe are going to be key contributors to your company, to your franchise for 244 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:59.079 the next five to ten years, I would do it. I don't know 245 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.839 if that deal would be there. Baltimore's looking for pitching, but they've also 246 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.480 said they're not going to do it at the expense of losing their core guys. 247 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:15.000 But the reason I bring that up is because I recognize that every team 248 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.920 goes through issues, but you need even though you may need that buffer, 249 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:23.480 even though you may need that margin for air, the guys who help you 250 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:33.519 and prevent the long extended losing streaks and help you close or keep that margin 251 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:37.880 for air on the positive side, are really strong all star type players, 252 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:41.720 and he's obviously one of them. All right. I promise when we come 253 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:47.519 back, I will get to the NBA the team's opening wind total. 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But this kid looks like he's I mean, 280 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.759 the swing is beautiful and the numbers are there for sure, it's going 281 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:26.240 to be a while. And I think that's the frustrating thing with a lot 282 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.519 of Tigers fans. It's going to be a while for Max Clark. We 283 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:33.279 knew it was going to be a while for Jackson job who's accelerating, and 284 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.400 it looks like it's going to be a while for this guy. Thirty five 285 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:37.960 after the hour, Welcome back, ex'es and bros. Phone number on the 286 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:41.440 Meyer Hotline eight sixty six, eight three eight forty eight forty three. The 287 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:47.400 text line is Sports Radio twenty one thousand. Let's hit that Meyer hotline, 288 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:51.640 Trent. Who's up for us on this Monday morning? We've got Paul from 289 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.519 Grand Rapids wants to talk some Tigers. Paul, good morning. How is 290 00:24:55.559 --> 00:25:00.960 your weekend? Hey, great man? How about yours? Good Thanks for 291 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:06.599 listening on ninety six point the game? What's going on? So? First 292 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:11.640 of all, I think the Tigers team can make a run here in the 293 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:18.559 second half, And honestly, I want no part of trading Jack Clarity, 294 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:25.200 Eric Spoobowl any of those guys. I think Harrick Schooball is special and I 295 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:27.559 think he's kV two point. Oh well, let's anadvertion of JV. And 296 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:34.519 he is the best picture we've had since Berlander. And I would really really 297 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:40.039 just love to just keep this poor around and just just build around these guys. 298 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:44.839 I mean, at some point you gotta say enough is enough with the 299 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.039 future, the future, the future, the future. You gotta start winning 300 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:52.480 baseball games now. You gotta start establishing and winning culture right now. And 301 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:56.559 I think we're right there, man, And you know some things I'd like 302 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:59.960 to see, you know, I'd like to see Jake Young come up trying 303 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:02.799 help this team here in the second half. You know, I'd like to 304 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.960 see Parker Metals get healthy and it, you know, makes make so make 305 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:10.880 the contribution. Portlson poorn on him, I think he's saying, but I 306 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:15.319 mean, I really do think this team is capable of making it a second 307 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:18.599 half runs. Yet what do you think did you feel that way when they 308 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:23.119 lost ten of thirteen in the middle of June. No, but they've changed 309 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:26.920 my mind and I'm ready to get hurt again. Yeah, who has changed 310 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:33.319 your mind specifically? And when did you change your mind? I have for 311 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:38.279 the series against the Guardians, who I really don't think that they're that good 312 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:41.680 of a team. By the way, I don't think they're not. You 313 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.920 know, they they're a beneficiary of having played Oakland and LA you know, 314 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:48.799 a bunch at the beginning of a season. I think have had their record 315 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.960 a little bit here. You know, I think they're they're going to have 316 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:57.680 a massive ball off here in the second half. But I mean, you're 317 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:03.920 just seeing the young guys. But man, he's been unbelievable until Bretz spent 318 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.799 a nice surprise. I mean, you know, the young guys are up 319 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.359 here and they're doing it. And you know, I I've been raging about 320 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:15.200 both. Man, I really love this kid. I I think he's a 321 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.519 cornerstone piece. I think he uh, I think he's going to be a 322 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.759 stunt. He struggled vitally to start off the here. But you know, 323 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:29.480 unlike Spencer portleson his room here, you know, he's he's absolutely just destroying 324 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:33.079 the ball here in the month of July. And you know, unlike Torkle 325 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:37.480 says well cold Keith has absolutely just destroyed it at every single level he's been 326 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:45.160 in. You know, yeah, I'm excited. Yeah, I don't blame 327 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.960 you. I think he's a big reason. I look, I said this, 328 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:52.920 I've said this for two months. He's gonna hit. I mean, 329 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.160 it's it's just been proven he's going to hit. You can make the argument 330 00:27:56.200 --> 00:28:00.119 that torkleson Is can hit homers because he's done the same at every single level. 331 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.160 But you said a few things there that have piqued my interest, and 332 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:07.640 I give you credit. I suppose you could also say, I mean, 333 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:11.480 did you think the Tigers got off to a great start because they played Chicago, 334 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:15.319 who's the worst team in the American League, and arguably the worst team 335 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.960 in all of baseball. I try to make sure, like you said, 336 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.000 you don't buy into Cleveland. I think a lot of people felt that way, 337 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.319 or maybe perhaps still feel like you and don't feel that way. I 338 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:29.880 would remind you they beat Seattle two out of three, they beat Baltimore two 339 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:34.319 out of three. They have some quality wins there. I think the Tigers, 340 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:38.200 with their recent wins over Cleveland specifically, and by the way Cleveland beat 341 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:42.960 them two out of three earlier this year, and against the Dodgers, there 342 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:48.880 are certain correct me if you think I'm wrong here, there are certain wins 343 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:53.440 against certain teams that have credibility in your eyes that change your mind. It 344 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:57.319 might be Cleveland, although you just said you don't think they're all that good, 345 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.599 so I don't know why it would be Cleveland. I think it's the 346 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.960 Dodgers series more than it can't be Cincinnati, because Cincinnati was under five hundred 347 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:07.720 when they were playing Detroit, and even though they had won three or five 348 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:11.240 in a row, it doesn't matter to you. It can't be Cleveland because 349 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:15.000 the Guardians don't have your respect. You said they're going to fall off, 350 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.519 and you think you don't think they're that good. So it has to be 351 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:23.759 the Dodgers, right, absolutely, it is. Well, I would remind 352 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:29.039 you this. I don't think there's a reason for me to try and convince 353 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:33.160 you otherwise because I give you credit and I think I think it should bring 354 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:36.079 some hope, especially when you get a bad Toronto team right after the break. 355 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:40.240 But I would remind you the Dodgers going into the series against Detroit in 356 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:45.680 the previous ten to twelve games had the worst ra and among the worst pitching 357 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:51.880 in all of baseball over a previous two week span. Going into that series 358 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:55.599 against Detroit. That's not a knock on the Tigers win. Give credit where 359 00:29:55.640 --> 00:30:00.079 credit is due. The Link comeback was unbelievable. Saturday Ice comeback win too. 360 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:04.640 They deserve it. It just it's not enough for me anyway to believe 361 00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:10.000 that they have turned the proverbial corner. Are they going to catch up to 362 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:12.839 the teams that are ahead of them? I don't see that happening. And 363 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:18.039 this is coming from a guy who picked Detroit to win the division before the 364 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.160 season began. I just don't you know. I mean, remember we remember 365 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:29.839 something. Detroit played the White Sox, the Mets, and the A's at 366 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.799 the beginning of the season, and by the way, the A's beat them 367 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.240 in that series. And we're trying to tell we're going to try and tell 368 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:40.160 people that, well, we don't believe Cleveland because they were the beneficiary of 369 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:42.240 playing certain teams at the beginning of their season. Detroit did the same damn 370 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:48.640 thing. You know what I mean, No, I respect it, I 371 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:51.759 respect it, but you know, I just they are you know, I 372 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:56.079 think the Fighters have won one or the last fourteen games and you're just starting 373 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:02.359 to see things come together. Outstanding staff, I think, and you know 374 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:06.079 it's it's it's keeping us in games. And you know, I respect your 375 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:08.319 opinionship. I mean, you know, I respect you, and you're you're 376 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:11.680 a great baseball mind and you're you're really smart when it comes to a lot 377 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:15.480 of this stuff. So you know, I'll take get your you know, 378 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:18.519 I'll take your opinion as well, and you know, respect it. But 379 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:22.559 I I honestly, I'm just tired losing. Man. You got to give 380 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:26.200 us something to hope for. Eventually. Yeah, I'm glad you said. 381 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:30.400 Let me ask you the one more thing, Jack Flaherty, you said you 382 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:33.039 you would keep you so you would sign him to an extension, right, 383 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:40.680 because he's gon one year deal? Okay, how any idea that? Because 384 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:47.599 three years? Three years? And it's because guys come here and they turn 385 00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:51.920 their pitching careers around. It seems like Hurst Peer is the best of what 386 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:56.480 he does when it comes to you helping guys revive their careers. And there's 387 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:00.720 not a better organization in baseball that develops pen like we can we develop additionally 388 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:04.960 then? I mean, you can make the argument with goal keep making, 389 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:07.720 but do we develop pitching? Yes, we absolutely do. And you know, 390 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:12.599 it seems like Clarity's comfortable here. He has that level of respect, 391 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.920 and he has that level of comfortability with Chris Better, and you know, 392 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:22.240 I really think that he can keep doing what he's doing. I think it's 393 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.720 sustainable. I think, you know, I think it's good enough to say, 394 00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:30.039 hey, at least give this guy a two to three more years if 395 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.279 it doesn't work out. It doesn't work out, but like, what are 396 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:36.319 you going to get another future piece that may or may not work out? 397 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.759 Like I've had it with that, There's no guarantee that whatever you get for 398 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:44.160 Clarity is going to pan out and be good. Even if they put up 399 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.440 douty numbers in the minor league. That doesn't need anything. We have a 400 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:52.839 proven commodity on the mound right now that is pitching some of the best baseball 401 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:58.000 of his career because he's comfortable with the organization and he's comfortable with Chris Better, 402 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.400 and Chris Better picks something. I don't what, but he picked something 403 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:07.559 with Jack Clarity and he's only twenty eight, So that tells you something too. 404 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:10.480 So I look, I tend to agree with you, and thanks for 405 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:14.920 the phone call. I love the passion. I love the positivity more than 406 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.480 anything else. I'm not trying to take that away from you. I would 407 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:22.799 argue that he's had better seasons, okay, for example this twenty nineteen campaign 408 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:27.519 in Saint Louis. But I hear where you're going. If you're not going 409 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:31.640 to trade him, I would sign him. I don't know if three years 410 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:36.279 would be enough at age twenty eight, honestly, I really don't. But 411 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.319 I like where your head is. At least you're thinking ahead of time, 412 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:43.160 right, I mean you, anytime we have these conversations, you got to 413 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:47.920 think what would he be worth? They're paying him fourteen million this year. 414 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:52.680 Would you pay him for fourteen million over each of the next three years. 415 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.039 I don't know. I mean, he might not take that with the type 416 00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:00.640 of season he's having. The only thing I would push back on would because 417 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:04.359 there's no sense go ahead. I didn't know you're still there. One, 418 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:08.800 because there's no salary cap in baseball. Yeah, there is no salary cap 419 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:12.639 in baseball. Yeah, but there is a luxury tax. Number one, 420 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:15.400 and the Tigers aren't even close to that. That's number one. Number Two. 421 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.840 You do have an owner who has proven he will not spend money, 422 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:22.599 So you and I can talk about that as much as we want and believe 423 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:25.480 in it, because I believe in it too, all right, So if 424 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:30.280 you wanted to sign him to a three year, forty two million dollar contract, 425 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.599 you and I would think that's good value personally if I were his agent, 426 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.719 and I think if you were his agent, you would expect more. 427 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:44.079 Okay, you would expect more than three years forty two million dollars for a 428 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:47.000 twenty eight year old who seems to be pitching well and seems to like it 429 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:52.400 here, you would get more than that, But you have an owner who 430 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:55.800 doesn't appear and you would. I use this as an example because he's got 431 00:34:55.800 --> 00:35:01.519 one hundred and seven million dollar payroll. Spend the money. Yeah, we 432 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:07.039 thank Paul for the call and grand Rabbits talking Tigers. I think the principle 433 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:10.079 he's getting at that I actually agree with Shep is you finally have someone or 434 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:15.599 a couple players that are exciting and fun and competent. And I know a 435 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.559 lot of it is with the pitching staff, but you want to hang onto 436 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.039 that. I mean, because we've had we've had a few seasons now in 437 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.599 a row where it's just been miserable. We haven't been even close to five 438 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:28.800 hundred baseball in Detroit around the fourth of July or the All Star break the 439 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.840 last few years, and this year you are so I guess it's just you 440 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:34.440 want to hang onto that, and it can sort of cloud your vision a 441 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.440 little bit, and maybe you're not thinking towards the future so much because you're 442 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:40.920 enjoying this little taste of victory. I'm with you. I'm with Paul one 443 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:45.079 hundred percent of that, all right. Flairty twenty eight, Schooble twenty seven, 444 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:51.559 Olsen twenty four, really good stuff, right, I Mean, that's 445 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:55.679 a trio that's among the best in the American League. You got to find 446 00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:59.920 a fourth. I don't know if it's mys I don't know if it's Manning, 447 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:01.599 I don't know if it's job, I don't know if it's Madden. 448 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:06.079 It's not my aida. I was just gonna say, all right, so 449 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.519 you got to find a fourth and a fifth, and then you got to 450 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:13.000 hope they're healthy. But they've got some pitching within the system. It's not 451 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.599 as simple though. First of all, let me just push back on one 452 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:17.840 thing he tries. Is not the best team in developing pitching talent. They're 453 00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:22.760 not. Cleveland is better. The Dodgers are better. There's no doubt about 454 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:29.039 that. That is blatantly obvious. They've done a really good job of it. 455 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:32.960 And I think Chris Fetters among the best pitching coaches in all of baseball. 456 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:37.320 That Robin Lund has helped him, no doubt. So I'm not going 457 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:43.079 to question that at all. But I don't think they're the best. And 458 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:47.719 he's right about Cole Keith love his hit tool, it's going to be there, 459 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:52.440 like Riley Green. It's amazing how things can change in a month, 460 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:58.039 like Riley Green. Right, But and this is a big butt. You 461 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:01.679 need more every day power, every day power, and you need more everyday 462 00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:07.280 players. That is a given. Now, if you want to bring up 463 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:12.880 eventually a Jace Young and put him at third base, and you need to 464 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:17.280 find a shortstop because Baia enough is enough, right, you better hope Torkosen 465 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:22.800 comes back as your first basement. I think you need a catcher, and 466 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:29.920 then we're talking about something here. How do you get them? That's a 467 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:34.639 bigger question. I don't know if we necessarily have the answer to that with 468 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.159 this team, because you want to hold onto the pitching, and I understand 469 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.039 that, I totally do. Just make sure if you're going to hold on 470 00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:45.199 to Jack Felharity, you better make sure you sign him or you have an 471 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:50.440 idea of what he wants and it works within your parameters, because the last 472 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:54.079 thing you want is to have to deal with the Michael Fulmer and the Edwado 473 00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:59.519 Rodriguez situations when you could have traded them and you could have got something decent 474 00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:06.280 and you didn't and then watched them leave. Rodriguez left Fulmer your trade and 475 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.480 you didn't get anything for him. Well. Also, Scott Harris really needs 476 00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:13.000 to evaluate whether or not he thinks what Jack flarerty is doing is sustainable, 477 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:16.519 not the fans. He needs to decide what he thinks is fair, because, 478 00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:20.599 I mean, chef. We saw this with Spencer Turnbull a couple of 479 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:22.480 years ago. We saw with Matthew Boyd a couple of years ago, where 480 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:25.119 those guys were pitching pretty well, but they're playing a little bit over their 481 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:31.039 skis and Alavila didn't make the move right. Right, Turnbull, I'm not 482 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:35.840 so sure. I don't think there was necessarily a market for Turnbull. That's 483 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:42.199 fair. He was, I mean there was. I don't think many people 484 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:45.199 cried when he was gone. Let's put it that way, all right. 485 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:49.960 Flerty's different. Flerity, first of all, is established. Turnbull was not. 486 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:59.039 Flerity has proven himself and he is a really good teammate that players really 487 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:05.400 like and appreciate. Now at twenty eight, can he continue to do what 488 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:09.719 he's doing? Look, the era is there, right, You'll take a 489 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:14.679 three era. The durability for the most part, you gotta make sure he's 490 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:19.960 healthy. He's got sixteen starts, but he's had some back issues. You 491 00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:24.800 worry about a little bit, a little bit of a track record with his 492 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:30.159 injuries. So twenty twenty three pretty damn good. But he had problems in 493 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:35.679 twenty twenty two. He had problems in twenty twenty one, twenty twenty. 494 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.880 You know, you always throw out the best year of his career was twenty 495 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:43.440 nineteen, when he's twenty three years old. He made thirty three starts, 496 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.760 he went eleven and eight. He had an era below two point eight. 497 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:51.760 He threw one hundred and ninety six innings. But I would just remind you, 498 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.679 anytime you're a general manager, you take all that stuff into consideration. 499 00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:58.480 As good as he was back then and as good as you may think he 500 00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:02.400 has been now, he has never been a guy who gives you a ton 501 00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:07.559 of innings. I'm not trying to be a downer. I'm not trying to 502 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:10.960 be a negative guy, and I'm not trying to squash your enthusiasm. I 503 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:15.679 love it. We feed off that kind of stuff. I'm just giving you 504 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:22.920 some facts. He's never been the type of workhorse kind of guy that often 505 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:28.960 teams teams would cove it. So when you look at one hundred and ninety 506 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:35.119 six innings as a career high, I suppose and today that'd be good, 507 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:38.960 but that was, you know, five six years ago. Now in fairness. 508 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:44.000 Trek Schoubl hasn't been that guy either. He's never thrown one hundred and 509 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:50.000 fifty innings in a season. I'm not saying I don't agree with Paul, 510 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:54.119 because I do. I would see what Jack Flaherty wants. But if it's 511 00:40:54.320 --> 00:41:00.840 over what you're willing to spend, if it's irresponsible, then you trade him. 512 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:06.719 You may not like that, but you do. You have to look 513 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:12.119 toward the future on keeping Schooble long term, and you're gonna have other guys 514 00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:15.320 like Riley Green, for example. And the only reason I bring that up 515 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:21.239 is because of the proven track record of the owner. That's all. Those 516 00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:27.000 are things you have to keep under consideration. Take that into account. I 517 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:30.480 like Cole Keith a lot. He's gonna hit and he's gonna continue. And 518 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.719 I said that, I think Riley Green's gonna continue to hit. I'm gonna 519 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:37.920 stick with I think Spencer Torkosen's gonna hit with power. I think he'll be 520 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:40.559 back up and it'll be and he will be able to hit with power. 521 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:45.480 I think I think a guy like Jayce Young is a guy who makes a 522 00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:52.599 lot of contact. To me, those are good trends. We're just tired 523 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:58.280 of waiting. That's the difference. Back with the third hour of Exies and 524 00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.199 Bros. 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