WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:12.160 Welcomeboard, Welcome to another Space City Saturday on Sports Talk 2 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.600 seven ninety Dan Matthews Live and local h town breakdown 3 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.559 of the world that matters to you, the Houston sports world. 4 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.000 All these great Houston fans here. 5 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.039 We love you all, So finish up on that to 6 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:27.640 do list. 7 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:31.559 Flute up the cooler, because you can't drink in talk 8 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:33.960 sports all day if you don't start. 9 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:38.159 Now bear me the eight. This is Space City Saturday. 10 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.399 It's insane. Here's seven nineties Dan Matthews. 11 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:48.240 Get away. 12 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.799 We go here for Space City Saturday. Now until noon 13 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.240 right here on your home of the Astros and the Rockets, 14 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.840 Sports Talk seven ninety Dan Matthews here with you as 15 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:03.759 there's a lot to get into with the Astros. Obviously 16 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.359 the season coming to a what we thought was a 17 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:12.640 premature end, but it is a conclusion. Nonetheless, we're not 18 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.400 used to that at this time of the year. I mean, 19 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.079 right now, you know, we should have Gordy and Ross 20 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.760 up in Cleveland. We should be getting you ready for 21 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.319 Game one of the Alds today. But in the words 22 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:26.760 Justin Verlander just was not in the cards this year 23 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:31.159 for the Stros. So some uncertainty, some things that we 24 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.799 know everything kind of in between there with the Astros 25 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.200 this year. We'll get into it here on the show today. 26 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:39.719 If you want to weigh in, you can do so. 27 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.680 Sub one three two one two five seven ninety. Once again, 28 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.719 that's Sebone three two one two. 29 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.439 Five seven nine zero. 30 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:52.480 As the Astros falling to the red hot Detroit Tigers 31 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.719 in the wild Card round not exactly what we wanted 32 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:59.120 to see. Three to one in the first one, five 33 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:02.159 to two in the second one. I mean, you know, 34 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.359 you just kind of do the autopsy off the wild 35 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.560 Card series. It's pretty simple to point to what did 36 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.199 not work for the Astros, and unfortunately, I think it 37 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.840 was kind of the sum of all fears with this team. 38 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:16.159 I mean I think that you know, we saw a 39 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:20.159 team all season long that seemingly with runners in scoring position, bases, 40 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:23.000 loaded situations, pretty much anything that was not a two 41 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:27.919 out RBI opportunity. The Astros just were not that team 42 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.560 this season, and it came to fruition. I mean, you know, 43 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:36.000 Game one, you faced a really tough one in Trek Scoogle. 44 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.680 You were really unable to get to him, and through 45 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:42.319 eighteen inting as of baseball, that was just the case 46 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.879 with this Astros team one extra base hit, this entire 47 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:51.400 two game postseason run for the Astros one for them, 48 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:55.199 everything else singles. And I talked about it all season 49 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.120 long that the unfortunate truth was with this team is 50 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.439 that they were a team of solo home runs and 51 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:07.199 singles all season long. And you know, kind of just 52 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.759 the go ahead and just you know, kind of do 53 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.759 the inventory of why they lost. I mean, let's just 54 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.120 take a look at the Astros huge run scoring opportunity 55 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:19.759 there in the seventh inning, they loaded the bases, they 56 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.879 scored two runs. They scored two runs in Game two 57 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:26.840 on a fielder's choice that was not handled at home 58 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.800 plate by Jake Rogers. So you get the run to 59 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.280 tie the ball game up. And then you get a 60 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:37.560 risky sacrifice fly that Jeremy Pania able to slide across 61 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.280 home plate. Darniar slid off the home plate dirt right 62 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:44.280 there and almost at a backstop there with the momentum 63 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.000 he had carrying him across home plate. 64 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.240 But he gets that run. And then you get the. 65 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.039 Double play right there by Kyle Tucker to get out 66 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.240 of the inning, and the flip side of it, because 67 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:57.960 you get the bases loaded after the while pitch to 68 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.199 tie the ball game up. Andy Ibanya's as a pinch hitter, 69 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.080 and what does he do, Well, he does what you're 70 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.360 supposed to do in that situation. He clears the bases 71 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.520 with a RBI double right there. Three runs coming in 72 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:13.319 on that double, and that was again right there where 73 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.080 you just kind of look at it at that point 74 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:18.879 and say, Yep, not your year. If that team is 75 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:21.439 doing that to you and you're not able to do 76 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.360 that to them, then that's kind of what you get. 77 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.079 And I mean, the unfortunate truth is with this Astros team, 78 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.040 it was just a tale of what we saw all 79 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.519 season long. I mean, you know, I understand that people 80 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.040 are upset with Kyle Tucker, as I've talked about numerous 81 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:42.120 times the week long that I've been on with Ross 82 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:43.839 Villa Reale. I mean, I know, it's the Matt Thomas 83 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.360 Show with Ross, but I think at this point, you know, 84 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.839 it's kind of becoming the Dan and Ross Show in 85 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:53.160 some sort of incarnation, either on the Nightcap slash tenth 86 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.079 Inning show like we did on Tuesday and Wednesday from 87 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.519 Minute Made Park, or even to the Nightcaps that we 88 00:04:59.560 --> 00:04:59.800 did this. 89 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.360 But you know, with Kyle Tucker. You know, it's kind 90 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:03.959 of tough to. 91 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.199 Say in a two game series like we saw, it's 92 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.839 such a small sample size. And I understand that people 93 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:14.720 are going to throw his postseason record at him from 94 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.839 last year where it was a little bit longer, obviously 95 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.800 getting all the way to seven games in the ALCS, 96 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.360 and he just was not good in that postseason. But 97 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:25.800 he's been good in the past. I mean, as Ross 98 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.439 and Matt pointed out yesterday, I believe in twenty twenty 99 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.600 one he hit two seventy nine, So I mean, that's 100 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.000 nothing necessarily to be upset about in terms of what 101 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:38.319 he was able to do in that postseason run or 102 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:39.879 actually I believe that was twenty twenty two. 103 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:40.720 It was one of the two. 104 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:44.439 But regardless, he still swung the bat pretty well in 105 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:48.120 that postseason. And not only that, I mean, you know, 106 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.560 I think we can probably agree. I mean, you even 107 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.399 saw it if you were watching him run down the 108 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:55.600 first base line on that double play, he looked like 109 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.399 he was trying to run full speed, but he was 110 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.480 not able to run full speed. And in Game one, 111 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.600 remember he comes in, he was trying to get the 112 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.319 ball in the corner there on that double down, the 113 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:12.000 right field line off of I believe Parker Meadows hit it. 114 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.319 If I'm not mistaken, I was either him or Riley Green. 115 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.319 I can't remember who hit it off Josh Hater in 116 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:20.680 that spot. But still, I mean, you know, I saw that, 117 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:22.399 and I saw that ball getting down, and I saw 118 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:25.319 him trying to run after it, and I remembered where 119 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.399 I was sitting there at minute, made park saying he's 120 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:29.600 not going to get there, and sure enough he didn't. 121 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.720 Jumped over the wall for a ground roll double ended 122 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.399 up not hurting you really in the long run. But still, 123 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.319 I mean, I think you saw a guy that just 124 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:41.439 again was unable to really get to that full sprint 125 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.480 that we're accustomed to seeing Kyle Tucker get to. So 126 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.040 I think he's a guy that obviously benefits from an 127 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:51.120 off season. And you're on Alvarez as well. I mean, 128 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:54.639 you know, he pretty much said as much the other day. 129 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.360 I believe it was Christy Reekan of the AP that 130 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.279 asked him, if this were a regular. 131 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.079 Season game, would you have played? 132 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:06.360 And his response, after a slight pause through translator Jen 133 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:11.120 Looy Herrera, was that's a good question. I don't know, 134 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.639 and I think we can probably agree. The answer would 135 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.399 have been no, he would not have played, so you'd 136 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.199 on Alvarez banged up as well. 137 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:19.800 And look, I. 138 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:21.959 Mean you don't want to use injuries as an excuse, 139 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.519 but I mean it is what it is when it 140 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:26.800 comes to the Astros. You had a less than one 141 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.120 hundred percent Kyle Tucker, you had a less than a 142 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.439 hundred percent. You were on Alvarez, And I get to 143 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:33.720 what some of you out there might be saying as 144 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.040 you're driving around listening to this right now, Well, Dan, 145 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.639 nobody's at one hundred percent. I get that, but I 146 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:41.000 mean you also want those guys to be as close 147 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:44.160 to it as possible, and they weren't. And I mean 148 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.839 it was pretty evident, and they're at bats I think 149 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.040 even showed as much as well. I know that Kyle 150 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.839 Tucker when he came back from the injury, was swinging 151 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.600 the bat pretty well, I think, probably better than any 152 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:56.680 of us could have really hoped that he would have 153 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:00.480 at that point. But he just was unable to really 154 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.279 be in every day one hundred percent guy for you, 155 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.639 and that kind of hurt this team. And not only that, 156 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:11.399 but also Jordon Alvarez not necessarily being able to put 157 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:13.480 one hundred percent into his swings. I know he had 158 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.279 a couple of really hard hit balls in that first game, 159 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.879 and he had the double there in the ninth inning, 160 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.240 which was again the only extra base hit the Astros 161 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:27.519 had in this short series. But still, you know, I 162 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.800 don't think that we were seeing the full swings, the 163 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.759 full legs underneath that swing that we could have seen 164 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:37.720 from Jordon Alvarez. And I mean, as I mentioned, singles, 165 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.240 that's pretty much all you got in this series, and 166 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.480 that's what it was for the Astros this season. I 167 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.159 know that she and Laromee brought this up during the 168 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.440 end of season press conference with both Jospoda and Dana 169 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.559 Brown of talking about the swing rate was up for 170 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.039 this team this year, the chase rate was up, and 171 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.960 also too, slugging percentage across the board was down for 172 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.120 this team this season as well. And if there's one 173 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.360 thing we've known about the Astros during this eight plus 174 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.519 year run that they've been on in the postseason, that 175 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.879 that's a huge part of their game. The long ball 176 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.080 is a huge part, and it is what is predicated 177 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:18.159 and needed for this offense, and they really just at 178 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.799 times did not have it this season. And that is 179 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:23.480 why I think across the board you saw the offensive struggles, 180 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:27.159 so a bad combination of not a ton of extra 181 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.360 base hits, more strikeouts. That's not a winning formula and 182 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.120 that is a huge reason why the Astros are back home. 183 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.879 So, like I said, it ended the way that we 184 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:38.840 all feared. 185 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.200 I mean, you know when it came down to it 186 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.519 this season, and it was talked about a little bit 187 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:46.679 both with Dana and Joe on Thursday, and we'll let 188 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:48.759 you hear a little bit of that as the show 189 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.279 goes along. But not only that, also to channel of 190 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.600 Rome's visit with us on the A team earlier this week, 191 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:56.639 might let you hear a little bit of that too 192 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.879 as the show goes along. But this is a lineup 193 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.399 that I think this offseason, as Dana Brown goes through 194 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:07.679 and tries to build up this roster to be ready 195 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.159 for another postseason run in twenty twenty five, that is 196 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.240 going to be looked at and highly scrutinized by Dana 197 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:17.840 and his group and maybe even Jospota and his coaching 198 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:21.200 staff as well as they meet and try to evaluate 199 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:25.200 the season and also try to identify where they need 200 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.600 to be able to make improvements to this roster going forward, 201 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.559 because you were playing the season for the most part 202 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.240 without a true first baseman, at least somebody that you 203 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:35.679 could count on there at first base. 204 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:37.000 And what do you need from first base? 205 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:40.399 I mean, let's be honest here, I think first and foremost, 206 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.279 you want to be able to have some sort of 207 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.240 offensive threat at first base. That is a huge part 208 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.519 of what you're looking for out of that position. It 209 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.120 is a position that defensively, I think you're looking more 210 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.039 for adequate defense over there. 211 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.200 You don't need a goal glover. 212 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.919 You don't need somebody that is going to be just 213 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.600 an absolute dynamite fielder over there. That's not the position 214 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.720 that you're looking for that out of. You're looking for 215 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.399 somebody that can provide a little bit of power and 216 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.080 also can be a good bat at the plate. And 217 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:12.679 that is something that I think is going to be 218 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.159 one of the priorities this offseason for this team. I 219 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:16.919 don't know if that is through trade. I don't know 220 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.879 if that is through a off season move. I really 221 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.279 am just trying to rack my brain about how Dana 222 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:27.000 Brown is going to go about doing that. But I mean, 223 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:28.919 you know, I think we can all agree what off 224 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:32.519 season priority Number one is, it's go ahead and reach 225 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.360 a conclusion either knowing he is here or knowing he 226 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.639 is not here with Alex Brugman. And of course we 227 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.440 will talk about that as the show goes along, but 228 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.320 just to kind of get us going here in the 229 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.200 first segment, I mean, the question is, was this season 230 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:46.840 of success? 231 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.320 Yes? I mean the Astros are what. 232 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.000 The Patriots were during their run in the NFL, what 233 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.159 the Spurs were during their run in the NBA Alabama, 234 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.840 what I guess they continue to, you know, aspire to 235 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:02.080 be on the college love. That's you know, they are 236 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.320 those teams of Major League Baseball. Anything short of long 237 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.600 postseason runs and championships is deemed a failure by many. 238 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:11.320 But I would also venture to say that this season 239 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:11.879 was different. 240 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:13.080 It was a. 241 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.240 Sprint in the middle. You fell way behind at the 242 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.080 beginning of the season. 243 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:17.440 I mean, you. 244 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.600 Started off the season zero to four, after losing those 245 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.120 first four games to the Yankees, and then you get 246 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.960 the no hitter right there from Renel Blanco. You take 247 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:29.000 two out of three from the Blue Jays. But then 248 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:32.679 you found yourself seven and nineteen twelve and twenty four, 249 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.679 and you had some crucial injuries in the middle of 250 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:38.039 the season. You lost Kyle Tucker for three months of 251 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.799 this season. You lost Justin Verlander for a couple of 252 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:43.159 months of this season, and when he came back, he 253 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.279 was a shell of what we expect Justin Verlander to be. 254 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.600 He was not the same guy. And you had numerous 255 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.440 injuries to the pitching staff, either guys that you did 256 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:54.960 not get to see throw this season or guys that 257 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.879 you hoped we would get to see, and you eventually 258 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.960 lost in terms of hose Aikidi and also Christian Hovier 259 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.159 and what can be expected from them going forward, and 260 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.960 then a sprint at the end. You were down ten 261 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:11.320 games to the Mariners in the middle part of this season, 262 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.320 it looked like you had no chance at being able 263 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.519 to come back and win the American League West. You 264 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:19.039 were able to overtake them, you were able to win 265 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.360 the American League West, and I think when it was 266 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.639 all sudden done, all that kind of got to this 267 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:26.840 team and the holes that you had in this lineup 268 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:31.200 and just this team not being as deep as teams 269 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.559 that we've seen in the past. That's eventually what got 270 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.159 to this Astros team and is a reason why here 271 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:40.879 in early October. We're talking about twenty twenty four in 272 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:44.320 the past, not twenty twenty four in the present, and 273 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:48.679 that is again a huge reason why we are doing 274 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.759 and speaking of. 275 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:51.080 This team the way that we are. 276 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:53.399 But it also too I heard some of the calls 277 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.240 yesterday on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross the run 278 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:59.039 is over. You're meaning to tell me that you still 279 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.919 have Jose al two A, Kyle Tucker, Jordan Alvarez, JANR. 280 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:05.240 Diaz from ber Valdez, Hunter Brown, Brian Obray, you Josh 281 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.960 Hater on this roster and that that's it. 282 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.799 You know, we're just gonna go ahead and pack it up. 283 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.240 I mean, I heard somebody else yesterday say it's gonna 284 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.799 be a triple A roster in twenty twenty five. Again, 285 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.000 like I said last night on the night Cap, I'll 286 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:19.600 say it again right now. I don't know if it's alcohol. 287 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.039 I don't know if it's chemically induced. I don't even 288 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.919 know if there is a gas leak where you are 289 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.960 right now. But if it's either of those three, either 290 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.639 put the other two down or get away from the 291 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:36.000 last one because it is unbelievable. Where if nothing else, 292 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.519 you're being ruled by emotion right now, and take the 293 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:41.879 emotion out of it. Again, this was a good season 294 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.759 for this team. This was a season that was definitely different. 295 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.519 I get it, But also though too, it was not 296 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.919 a complete failure. And I think you're doing yourself a 297 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.759 huge disservice. And I think also too, you're being a 298 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:55.759 prisoner of the moment. If you're going to go ahead 299 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.519 and say, oh it's over, go ahead. 300 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:57.840 And pack it up. 301 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.000 I mean, you know some people acting like you're going 302 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:04.000 to go back to being the twenty tens early twenty 303 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:06.919 tens astros. That's not happening. There's way too much talent 304 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.399 still on this roster. There's way too much talent that 305 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.200 they can still add to this roster. It is a 306 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.639 chance for them to be able to recalibrate and given 307 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.240 another go next season. Now, again, like I've said, and 308 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.960 I did say on the final one that we did, 309 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.360 the nightcap ten ending on Wednesday, is it going to 310 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.960 be different? Can you expect alcs's every single year? No? 311 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.000 And this is case in point that you can't expect 312 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:33.279 that to be the case every single year. And that's 313 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.240 why I think that run is one that you should 314 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:39.000 look back on incredibly fondly. But does it mean that 315 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.200 the Astros say next year the year after can't get 316 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.399 back to that point. No, there is zero reasona believe 317 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.360 that they cannot get back to that point. So they 318 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:52.279 can absolutely get back into deep postseason runs. And that 319 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.000 is going to be the goal of Dana Brown and 320 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:57.240 his staff this offseason. And Dana Brown's going to be 321 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:00.200 at work this offseason. He told us as much on Thursday, 322 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.639 and I believe him because we saw a guy that 323 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.279 did some serious work this year to put this team 324 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.000 in position to even be able to win the American 325 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:12.200 League West. And I think we can all agree for 326 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.120 the most part, his moves that he made were incredibly 327 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.559 valuable to accomplishing that goal. 328 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:19.159 So I don't think that. 329 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.559 He is going to sit on his hands this offseason, obviously. 330 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:24.960 I think priority number one, like I said, is Alex 331 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:28.159 Bregman get some sort of conclusion either he's back here 332 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.639 or he's somewhere else, and you try to find a 333 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:32.799 third baseman. I don't believe that it is in your 334 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.360 system right now. I've heard people bring up Shae Whitcomb, 335 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.440 and I'm not saying because of the game he had 336 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.200 in that final one against the Mariners. But that is 337 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:44.000 not a third baseman for a championship team, not right now. 338 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:45.559 I don't believe that he is. 339 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.039 I think he's a guy that can contribute, but he's 340 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.039 not in every day third baseman that you can count on. 341 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.960 That needs to be a veteran option over there. If 342 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.759 it's not Alex Bregman at third base, and I think 343 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.320 that that player will be here. Who it is TBD 344 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:01.399 will have to try to find out. But like I said, 345 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.799 like he did last season, this was a postseason team 346 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.559 because of his work, and he will continue to try 347 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:11.000 to make it a postseason team going forward. We're gonna 348 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.599 have a live guest here on the show. We don't 349 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.440 have too many live guests that join us here on 350 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.039 Space City Saturday, but my good buddy Ari Alexander from 351 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:23.440 KPRC two here in Houston, gonna join us at ten thirty. 352 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.079 We'll also get into some Texans as the show goes 353 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.000 along today. Huge one tomorrow against the Bills, and we also, 354 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:31.880 speaking of that game against the Bills, had a great 355 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.400 guest with us yesterday on the A Team, Jeremy White 356 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:39.640 from the morning show on at WGR. The Bills flagship 357 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.720 station in Buffalo joined us. We're gonna hear from him 358 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:45.279 at eleven thirty you of h Football. Nice win last 359 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.200 night for Willie Fritz and the crew, thirty to nineteen 360 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.920 at TCU. Big win for them up there in Fort Worth, 361 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.720 first one since nineteen eighty nine. So it was fitting 362 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.440 that Andre Ware was on the broadcast last night too. 363 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.920 I'm sure he enjoyed that one the Nie Shroff. I 364 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.759 know they were showing some of his highlights from games 365 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:07.440 that he played there at Amon Carter Stadium, So we 366 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:10.519 will maybe even have a mention of that game as 367 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:12.799 the show goes along as well, and coming up in 368 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.799 the eleven o'clock cour NFL players are bringing up something 369 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:17.799 that I think on its merit sounds like a good idea, 370 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.319 but I really think that it could be far from that, 371 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:23.160 So we'll get into that a little bit later on 372 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:25.400 as well as is I'm way over for a break 373 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:28.519 because coming up next, consider the source when it comes 374 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:31.799 to Alex Bregman's future. This guy speaking up, it should 375 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:34.240 mean a lot, and I'll explain next as we continue 376 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.279 along here on Space City Saturday, Dan Matthews, here in 377 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.799 your home of the Astros, and the Rockets. Sports Talk 378 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.400 seven ninety Space. 379 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:46.440 City Saturday continues fine Sports Talk seven ninety. 380 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:52.039 In your home to the Astros and the Rockets. 381 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:57.079 As we are looking back on the season that was 382 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.839 for the Astros twenty twenty four and with us looking 383 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.559 you got to look forward to as well, what will 384 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.000 happen with Alex Bregman. And we'll talk about this a 385 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:09.160 little bit more in less than ten minutes when my 386 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.079 good buddy Ari Alexander from KPRC two joins us. If 387 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:16.440 you follow Ari, you know that he is on top 388 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:20.200 of all things Astros, and not only Astros, he usually 389 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:23.119 too whenever you find out someone's coming up from Corpus 390 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:26.680 Christy Sugarland, Ari is usually the guy that is breaking 391 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.920 that news. So he's pretty connected when it comes to 392 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:32.920 the baseball community here. So we will talk with him 393 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.440 here in just a. 394 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.960 Few all right. 395 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.400 Like I said, consider the source when it comes to 396 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:43.480 the Astros and their attempt to keep Alex Bregman here 397 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.359 in Houston. So this started a few weeks ago from 398 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.599 Chandler Rome, who again, by the way, we had in 399 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.119 studio with us on the A team. If you missed 400 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:54.240 any that download the iHeartRadio app. You can go check 401 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:57.240 out that visit. But he kind of did a little 402 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:01.680 bit of a you know, timeline sequenial timeline here for 403 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:05.559 you know, just in terms of Jose Altuve speaking up 404 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:09.519 about Alex Bregman and why it carries weight when it 405 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.279 comes to Jose Altuve speaking about Alex Bregman. A few 406 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:17.079 weeks ago, they were in Anaheim and Chandler Rome had 407 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.960 a chance to catch up with al Tuove and he 408 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:22.240 talked about I don't think he's going anywhere, and you know, 409 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.079 just talking about everything he's going to try to do 410 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:27.759 to be able to keep Bregman here, and he'd continued 411 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:30.759 to speak along those same lines. I know that we 412 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.000 had a chance to talk with him, I believe before 413 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:36.200 Game one. I think it was the workout day is 414 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:40.200 when al Tuove asked again about Bregman and and he 415 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:43.640 even went even further after their season came to an 416 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:48.720 end on Wednesday, as they lost that second game to 417 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:52.880 Detroit and al Touve going as far as to say 418 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:56.519 after the loss that this club needs Bregman to stick around. 419 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:59.839 I don't want to get to the idea of thinking 420 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.720 about last game with Breggy, like I said two weeks ago, 421 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:06.240 and I'm pretty confidence that he's going to be our 422 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:11.039 third baseman next year. We have to is you know, 423 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.559 we're not going to be the same organization without him, 424 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.039 So in my mind, there's not a chance that this 425 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.920 is the last game. 426 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.000 All right, So not a chance this is the last game. 427 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:24.480 There's more from al two B because I actually had 428 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.880 the follow up question to him of I think the 429 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.680 question that I think a lot of people want to know. 430 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:31.319 You are pretty confident that he is not going to 431 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.759 be gone. 432 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:35.039 Why are you so confident when it sounds like everybody 433 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:38.039 out there is saying it's a foregone conclusion that Alex 434 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:39.119 Bregmant isn't here. 435 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.960 Al Tuove gave me his reason. 436 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:43.559 The guy he is, you know, he means a lot. 437 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:45.960 He gave a lot to this organization. So now it's 438 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:49.720 time for us to assertin this organization to pay him 439 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:51.640 back and make him stay here. 440 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:54.119 Is that something that you will tell Jim Crane. 441 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:57.680 Yeah, for sure, there you go. And you know that's 442 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.759 the other part as well. 443 00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:00.880 As I mentioned the Chandler ro visit with us on 444 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:03.720 the A team, he talked about how al Tuvey never 445 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.960 talks like this, and I know that some people were 446 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:09.599 floating this around on Twitter that he said the same 447 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:12.640 thing about Carlos Korea. Again, I wasn't here for that, 448 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:16.079 But I've also seen evidence to the contrary where he 449 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:19.319 wasn't direct in terms of, you know, saying, oh, we 450 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:21.839 have to have him here. There's no way we can 451 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:24.200 lose this guy. I'm going to do everything I can 452 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:26.759 to make sure that he stays here. Any of those things. 453 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:29.400 But I also think that you need to remember who 454 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:32.640 Altuve and Brugman are both represented by. They're represented by 455 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:36.359 Scott Boris, and Scott Boris was here this last offseason 456 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.319 when al Tuove signed his extension with the team, and 457 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.640 also too as well. I mean, pretty much, for all 458 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.920 intents and purposes, al Tuove probably took less than he 459 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:48.960 really could have if he had stretched this out and 460 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.400 even gone to free agency and gone through some negotiations 461 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:55.559 everything of the sort and decided to stay with the Astros. 462 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.720 And you have to wonder at that point too, if 463 00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:02.519 al Touve didn't as he signed his contract, looked at 464 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:04.640 Jim Crane, looked at Dana Brown and say, hey, look, 465 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:06.880 I'm doing this kind of like what we saw Tom 466 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:09.200 Brady do with the New England Patriots, all those years 467 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.960 of taking less money to make sure that he had 468 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.160 enough players around him to be able to stay a 469 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:17.400 competitive and high functioning offense for them to be able 470 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.240 to win Super Bowls. 471 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.440 And you wonder if he kind of even. 472 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.000 Said as much of, look, if I'm doing this, stay 473 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.720 committed to us keeping this thing going, and stay committed 474 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.319 to us being able to win. 475 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:29.640 So I think that all of that carries weight. 476 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.920 I mean, al Tuve again is a guy that does 477 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:35.160 not speak like this very often, and if he is adamant, 478 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:37.559 then you need to listen for that very reason. It's 479 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.119 like the quiet guy that you have as part of 480 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:42.200 your friend group or in your locker room or whatever 481 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.519 it is. 482 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:44.240 If they get up and speak, you. 483 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:46.640 Kind of straighten up because you're like, oh, man, they're 484 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:48.799 compelled to talk. Like we heard this all the time 485 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:51.119 from Andre Johnson when he was a player with Texans, 486 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:54.240 that you'd hear about team meetings on Friday nights before 487 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:58.079 games that if Andre got up to speak, everybody listened 488 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:01.359 because they knew, Oh, if he's hell the talk, then 489 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:03.599 there's a reason for it, because he doesn't do this 490 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:06.640 very often. Now with Bregman, when it comes to it all, 491 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:10.359 you know, again, having a chance to ask him personally, 492 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.799 does he want to come back? 493 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.359 And Bregman says, yeah, I want to be back here. 494 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.480 I hope. 495 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.920 So I hope we'll see what happens. I mean, I'm 496 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:25.119 gonna let Scott and the team handle that. Obviously, it's 497 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:31.319 free agency and I don't really have never experienced that before, 498 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:36.680 and I'll let I'll let him and all the teams 499 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.599 handle that name. 500 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.079 There you go. 501 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.519 So, I mean, we'll get into this a little bit 502 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:44.200 more with Ari Alexander as as said coming up next here. 503 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:47.400 But I mean there's a lot to consider in terms 504 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:50.680 of what the Astros want to do to keep this 505 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:54.359 team as intact as possible, but also too, I mean, 506 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:57.839 you know, is it something that you do that could 507 00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.960 maybe be a detriment to this team in the few 508 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.039 I mean, we'd seen it of what precipitated to lead 509 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:06.680 up to the early twenty tens struggles with this team. 510 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:10.279 You spent emotional money during those times, and you made 511 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:13.319 unsound decisions in terms of contracts to be able to 512 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:16.599 try to get back to reaching the postseason, and not 513 00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:18.680 only the postseason, but the World Series. After getting a 514 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.000 taste of it in two thousand and five, and those 515 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:23.920 moves are what spent sent the astros into a tail 516 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:27.359 spend where they had to completely hit demolition and build 517 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:29.400 this thing back up from the ground and be in 518 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:32.160 position for what they are right now. So I think 519 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:34.000 all those things have to be answered, and we'll try 520 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:36.359 to get as many answers as we can. Coming up 521 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.920 next with Ari Alexander from KPRC two. He joins us 522 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:43.079 right here on Space City Saturday. 523 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:48.200 Welcome back to Space City Saturday. On Sports Talk seven. 524 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:53.960 Ninety seven ninety Space City Saturday, Dan Matthews here with 525 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:58.720 you and until noon college football games about to get going, 526 00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:01.839 and our next guest gonna have his eyes on what's 527 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.640 happening in college station. 528 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.559 Because he's a Miszoo man. He's from KPRC too. You 529 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:10.559 see him on your TV. He is Ari alec Xander. 530 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:14.079 Not gonna talk Tigers and Aggie's with you today. Ari, 531 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:18.279 A lot of Astros to be discussed here, but I 532 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:20.799 gotta believe as soon as you get off the phone 533 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:23.960 with me, than the final preparation to be able to 534 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.480 be in front of that TV from now until about 535 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.359 two two thirty is gonna be in full effect. 536 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:31.680 Right, Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see what how 537 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.799 for real are the Missoo Tigers? How for real is 538 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:35.559 Texas A and M? And this is a good matchup 539 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:38.400 between these two teams. And you know in Miszoom moved 540 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:41.079 to the SEC with Texas A and M when I 541 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:44.079 was a senior in college. Right, it's not just Kyle 542 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:47.200 Field that they've had to get ready for for that atmosphere, man, 543 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.279 it's all over the SEC. 544 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:52.200 Yeah, no doubt about it. So it'll be a fun 545 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:54.759 one to watch. All right, let's talk some baseball. You 546 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:57.640 were in the clubhouse with me on Wednesday, when you know, 547 00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:00.559 we saw the hugs, we saw the hand and shakes, 548 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:03.039 everything that happens at the end of a season. Usually 549 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:06.720 we're used to that happening in late October early November, 550 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:09.920 and in some cases the ultimate champagne celebration, but not 551 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.680 the case this year with the shows, so a little 552 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:14.279 bit of a different tenor this year. And obviously the 553 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:17.119 theme was Alex Brugman. What happens is the last time 554 00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.720 we see his name plate over his locker with the 555 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.160 number two next to it. 556 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.759 Just I mean, we'll start there. 557 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.720 What did you think in terms of not only what 558 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:28.880 Jose Al Tuve said, but every single player that we 559 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:31.599 spoke with there inside the clubhouse after that loss. 560 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.400 Well, none of it's surprising. I mean, you know, I've 561 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:38.279 been here for five and a half years. Bregman has 562 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:42.960 been in the Astros organization for you know, nine years 563 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:47.960 now and been a key cornerstone of an organization that 564 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:51.759 has gone to seven straight out. So, yes, is he 565 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:54.559 is beloved in this city. And I think as much 566 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:57.680 as fans love him for what he does on the 567 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:00.599 field and off the field, his teammates love him more 568 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:03.799 because they get to see the competitive fire every day. 569 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.759 You know, I've done some events and stuff with Alex 570 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:10.240 and then got to know him a little bit, and 571 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:14.720 I think the way best way to describe him, can 572 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:20.000 I say this in a good way. He's insane. He's 573 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:26.920 insane about baseball. He has just an unreal passion for baseball, 574 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:30.720 for the little mechanical tweaks that he has to do 575 00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:33.839 to get better. Because of the competitive fire he has. 576 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:39.319 I've never seen a player more into details than he 577 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:43.440 is in any sport, and I think Justin Verlander said 578 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:46.119 something along those lines that he's never seen a guy 579 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:49.519 that works as hard as bregmant and I think that's true, 580 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:54.240 that there's no one more interested in the minutia of 581 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:57.759 getting better at baseball because he loves it so much 582 00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:02.079 than Alex Bregman. And then that all also goes with 583 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:04.799 his teammates in the clubhouse, because not only does he 584 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:08.279 try to get better for himself, he makes all these subjections, 585 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:11.160 he does all this extra work. I had an Astros 586 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:15.720 pitcher tell me that Bregman does his own reports on 587 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.920 other team's hitters. Right, Like Bregman's job is to hit, 588 00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:24.720 his job is not to do reports on other team's hitters, 589 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.960 but he does. He does reports on other team's hitters, 590 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.200 and he'll share them with pictures. That's also what a 591 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:32.119 catcher does, right. Everyone talked about how how incredible was 592 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:35.279 that Martimo Moldonado did his own reports on hitters on 593 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:38.920 top of what the Astros give pictures for scouting reports. 594 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:41.519 Bregman does the same thing. He's not even a catcher, 595 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:44.440 he's not a pitcher. He's just doing it because he's 596 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.759 interested in it. And so I think that's kind of 597 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.720 the type of guy he is. That he was one 598 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.079 of the guys that made the main suggestion to Hunter 599 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:54.039 Brown to go to the Sinker. Then Hunter Brown turned 600 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.480 into an all star level pitcher. 601 00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:58.240 He's just one of these guys. 602 00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:02.799 That loves bass and just the competitive fire more than anything. 603 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:07.400 I think it would be really, really bad to lose him. 604 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.920 I understand why the Astros maybe wouldn't go to an 605 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:15.720 absurd giant money deal like he deserves. But you heard 606 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.880 what Osel Tube said and the way he said it, 607 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:21.519 which is very out of character for a very quiet 608 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.319 guy in Al Tube. 609 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.079 And there's a reason for it. 610 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:27.400 Yeah, I mean you know it all started back when 611 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.319 he was at LSU too, I mean where they gave 612 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:32.079 him his own key cards so he could get into 613 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:35.319 the batting cage after hours so the equipment guy didn't 614 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.799 have to come up there and let him back in. 615 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:39.039 So again to the point you just brought up there, Ari, 616 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:43.240 I think most fans knew that. But a workhorse, no 617 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:46.680 doubt about it, is Alex Bregman. You could follow Ari 618 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:51.319 Alexander on Twitter at Ari Alexander. The L in Alexander 619 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.960 though is a number one, so that is how you 620 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.920 know it is him. Plus he's verified, so you know 621 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.839 it's him as well. But Ari, I mean, you know, 622 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:01.559 along those same lines in terms of what Bregman's looking for. 623 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:04.119 You talk with representatives out there. I mean I don't 624 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:07.000 know if directly with anyone at the Boris Corp. But 625 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.920 I mean you know, people talk people, you know, get 626 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:12.640 an idea of what others clients are going to be 627 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.920 looking for, and some people that you've talked with, I mean, 628 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.519 what is it that Bregman wants from this? Does he 629 00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:20.480 want the huge payday or does he want to try 630 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:23.319 to get as close to that but find a situation 631 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.440 where he can continue playing for world championships. 632 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.400 Yeah. 633 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:31.039 So, I mean as of right now, there's really no 634 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:36.000 information out there about specifically what Alex Bregman wants, but 635 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:39.519 I can sort of talk to the comp of what, 636 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.839 you know, what he could get based on similar players 637 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:45.559 and in terms of age and just kind of like 638 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:50.920 the production. So most agents are going to tell their players, 639 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:54.200 especially when they're thirty like Alex Bregman is and going 640 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:57.279 into the free agency where they can get their one 641 00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:01.359 big contract, is to get that one big, big, long contract. 642 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:07.000 So most agents, Scott Boris included, will be advising Alex 643 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:11.400 Bregman to ask for an eight nine year deal seven 644 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:15.759 eight nine year deal, and the average value of that 645 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:18.000 deal is probably going to be similar to what Alex 646 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.519 Bregman is already making. He made thirty one million this 647 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:22.279 season for the Astros. 648 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:25.039 His deal was five years, one hundred million. 649 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.400 Is the deal. 650 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:27.759 He's coming off the extension he signed with the Astros 651 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:31.119 and it escalated up and so this year was in 652 00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:34.160 that twenty nine to thirty one million. So that's what 653 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:37.720 we're looking at, roughly thirty million a year. And if 654 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:41.319 you're going to treat Bregman the way that most players 655 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:43.640 when they hit their one big free agent year at age, 656 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.799 you know, twenty nine to thirty, that's. 657 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.160 We're looking at about eight years. 658 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:50.599 So eight years, two hundred and forty million, I think 659 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.200 would be a decent guess. Seven years, two hundred and 660 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:55.519 ten million, I think would be a decent guess. And 661 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:58.079 a big number that we're working off of is what 662 00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:59.240 Matt Chapman got. 663 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:01.240 They have the same magent and Scott Boris. 664 00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.880 Chapman got a six year, one hundred and fifty one 665 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:08.640 million dollar extension. Chapman is a slightly better defender than Bregman, 666 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:11.000 but I mean, we know Alex is no slouch. He's 667 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.440 a gold glove caliber's third baseman, and one of the 668 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.359 reasons he hasn't gotten that gold glove is because he's 669 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.440 had to deal with Matt Chapman being the American League. 670 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:20.960 But I don't think he's very far behind Chapman. Defensively, 671 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:24.079 Alex is excellent on defense. As a hitter, Bregman is 672 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:27.440 a much better hitter than Matt Chapman, and I think 673 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:30.039 that would drive his value up past that six one 674 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.319 fifty one. So I think you're looking at six one 675 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:35.359 fifty one as a starting point and you're going higher 676 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:39.720 than that, maybe one or two years, and definitely financially 677 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.160 going higher. So if I had to guess, a reasonable 678 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:46.160 ask for Alex Bregman is about seven years, two hundred 679 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:47.000 and ten million dollars. 680 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:50.160 And in your mind, I mean, if the Astros do 681 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:52.839 meet him at that and do bring him back for 682 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.160 the numbers that you just threw out right there, I mean, 683 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:58.079 does that necessarily hamstring them from let's call it what 684 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.119 it is ari. I mean they need to find to 685 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:02.559 first baseman. I don't know if that's through trade. I 686 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.319 don't know if that option is out there via free agency. 687 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:08.639 It's not in this organization. I think we can agree 688 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:11.239 on that, and also too, I mean, you like what 689 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:13.519 Jake Myers did out in center field, you don't like 690 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.280 what he did at the plate for you this year. 691 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.679 So I got to believe that's another area that this 692 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.239 team needs to upgrade, right. 693 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.000 Yeah, I mean center field in first base. 694 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.639 If Kat McCormick can get back to twenty twenty three 695 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.039 Chas McCormick. 696 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.800 Then you're fixed. 697 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:30.320 But that's obviously not a guarantee. He had a tough 698 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:33.039 year at the plate this year. He's focused Steve Sparks 699 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:35.280 the other day, and his theory on it was that 700 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.559 Chaz was sort of trying to pull the ball a 701 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:41.199 little bit and it messed with its swing mechanically because 702 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:43.280 he's a guy that natural tendency is to go the 703 00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.440 other way. And then when he sort of was something 704 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.119 and realized, all right, maybe let me just get back 705 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:50.960 to my normal going the other way type of swing mechanics, 706 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.719 it just took him a while to get there. And 707 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:54.840 then you obviously have to add the human element of it, 708 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.039 where you're trying to make swing changes, you're outing a 709 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:01.079 rough season, you're playing inconsistently, and it becomes a factor 710 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:03.199 then he got hurt, broke the finger was out for 711 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.960 a little bit, and actually I'd better at bats toward 712 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:07.119 the end of the year. But by that point, like 713 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.480 the numbers are going to look ugly, and so you know, 714 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:13.599 it doesn't look good. I think that right now, it's 715 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.440 it wouldn't be smart to trade Chaz because his value 716 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:19.440 is at his lowest and we've seen what the ceiling 717 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.280 sort of looks like for that type of player, and 718 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.800 he's a good player, and we know that he can 719 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.960 play well defensively. For Jake Myers, I just don't think 720 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:29.079 that Myers has really ever proven that he can hit 721 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.000 at a consistent level. 722 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.119 He started so hot this. 723 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.760 Year, and I think most people Astros fans, in the 724 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:36.519 front office and everyone was hoping that, all right, maybe 725 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.440 he's turned that corner and this is what we're getting, 726 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:42.519 this plus offensive player. We know he's plus plus on defense, 727 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:45.320 we know the arm is not the best, and so 728 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.840 I think if there is someone that you're going to 729 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:51.320 trade that has some value right now, it is Jake Myers. 730 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.960 So there was rumors. 731 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:57.199 Last off season that maybe he was could be shopped 732 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:59.639 or teams were checking in on him. I did not 733 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:03.480 hear anything of that sort myself. But I can see 734 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.719 where his value lies on a team that has a 735 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.679 deep lineup that can use a defense only sort of 736 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:12.480 player because he's really really good on defense. I do 737 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.480 think that that's sort of become the norm and center 738 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:18.559 fields around all of baseball. There just aren't a lot 739 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:20.159 of guys like I remember, you know, we were growing 740 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.440 up in an arrow where center field was like Andrew Jones, 741 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.559 where it was like this guy's awesome on defense, and 742 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:26.599 this guy crushes at the plate, and there's. 743 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.159 All these guys that could hit. 744 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:31.480 And now it feels like center field has become a 745 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:33.800 lot of guys that are really good on defense and 746 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:37.440 no hitters. And so I think that the Asters can 747 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:40.320 get away with having a defense only type of player there, 748 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:42.719 but it would be nice to see them get someone 749 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:44.840 who's a little bit more flexible on both sides of 750 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:47.119 the ball. So I think, yeah, you can upgrade from 751 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:50.039 Jake Myers. I'm not sure what that looks like. Maybe 752 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:53.639 it's Jacob Melton. Joey Lo Brafito obviously played a lot 753 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:55.840 of center field in Triple A before he was traded, 754 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:58.320 so I think that they had some internal options and 755 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:02.039 from the outfield to Brown, and previous regimes have done 756 00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:05.280 a good job of drafting outfielders who are good on defense, 757 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:07.079 and then obviously you got to work on the bat 758 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:10.159 and then at first base. Right now, it feels like 759 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:13.559 we're looking at Zach Dezenzo and we're looking at John 760 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:16.800 Singleton and hoping that that can get the Astros through. 761 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:19.599 And Dana Brown's comments about how they won a World 762 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:21.840 Series with Juli Uriel having a down year in twenty 763 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:24.679 twenty two that didn't hamper them, does not lead me 764 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:27.079 to believe that they're going to be in the market 765 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:29.119 for Pete Alonzo. We're going to be in the market 766 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:34.559 for Christian Walker or Paul Goldschmidt is someone who made sense. 767 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:38.760 But if you're the Astros whose last deal with a 768 00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:42.719 first baseman was getting an ex MVP old guy who's 769 00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:45.000 on the back end of his career and it went horribly, 770 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:48.559 getting Paul Goldschmidt, who is an x MVP on the 771 00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:51.039 back end of his career is not going to look 772 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:52.960 good to the fan base, even if it comes on, 773 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.239 you know, on a cheaper deal. 774 00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:57.239 So I think that they're in a pretty tight spot. 775 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.760 Where you're either going to have to pay way up 776 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:02.440 for Pete Alonzo or Walker, or you might have to 777 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:05.159 just go with what you got or try to, you know, 778 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.559 scrounge up something. 779 00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.800 I think that if. 780 00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:09.440 You're spending the money that you. 781 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:13.400 Have left to go into the salary into the tax 782 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:19.159 that get it. Resigning Alex Fragman and resigning Usaka Kuchi 783 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:22.920 or one of the two, I think is more important 784 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:26.679 than first base because it just right now, it does 785 00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:29.199 not look like this this is a good market for them, 786 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.320 because you're either shopping at the very top of the 787 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:33.079 market or you're shopping at the bottom. 788 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:34.679 And there's no real in between options. 789 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:38.039 You've got about a minute left with Ari Alexander again. 790 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:41.280 You can find them on tv kPr C two. Find 791 00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:45.719 him on Twitter at Ari Alexander. The L in Alexander 792 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:48.440 is a number one, so that is where you can 793 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:51.480 find him. The final one is kind of a two 794 00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:55.679 parter here, Ari number one. I don't think Astros fans 795 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:58.360 were too happy to hear that Ryan Presley will be 796 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:01.719 part of the the the roster in twenty twenty five, 797 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:05.440 but along with that as well Dana Brown mentioning possibly 798 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.480 looking into adding it to the high leverage guys there 799 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.360 at the end. 800 00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:12.000 I mean, is that kind of signal to you. Probably 801 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.519 as we. 802 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:14.840 Come out of spring training next year, we see Brian 803 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:19.000 abrayhu is the eighth inning guy, and Ryan Presley as hey, 804 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:22.119 maybe the seventh inning, or you might be even a 805 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.039 middle relief. 806 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.480 Guy for this team. 807 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:27.480 Now, yeah, I mean it's they had to do it 808 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:31.199 with Raphael Montero. Raffael Montaro is still back next year, 809 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:33.719 by the way, with that eleven million on the books 810 00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:37.280 from Montero, and they had to keep moving him down 811 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.920 and leverage until they had to get to the point 812 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.599 where they had to get rid of you know, get 813 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:44.440 rid of him. There's a name for assignment still not released. 814 00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.679 He's still with the team and he's going to try 815 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:49.599 to work his way back. But I wouldn't imagine that 816 00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:52.280 drastic of a case is going to happen with Ryan Presley. 817 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:57.119 But you know that's something could happen in terms of demotion. 818 00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.440 You're already paying the guy. You're trying to get the 819 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.840 most out out of him that you can. And if 820 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:06.079 Brian Abray is more effective, I think they gave him. 821 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:09.360 The Astros have done right by Ryan Presley other than 822 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:11.800 you maybe given his closer role to Josh Hader. 823 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:13.320 They gave him the whole. 824 00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:16.280 Season to work his way into a form that they 825 00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:18.119 believe that he can be as an eighth inning guy, 826 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:21.239 which he was for the Astros previously and was really 827 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:25.000 really good, and they gave him up until the final 828 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:27.079 game of the year. And I think now, given the 829 00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:30.639 last result that we saw was him giving up a 830 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:33.679 game tying run, I don't think that they owe him 831 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:36.559 the eighth inning right now. And it's whoever the best 832 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:38.679 coming out of spring training, and maybe he starts in 833 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:41.280 the eighth inning role, but if we get two three 834 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:43.159 weeks into the season and Brian Obray. 835 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:44.840 Who is out pitching him, I don't think the. 836 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:47.519 Astros necessarily owe it to Ryan Presley to keep. 837 00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.039 Him in that role the way that maybe they did 838 00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.440 this year. 839 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:52.960 Gonna be an exciting offseason, no doubt about it. And 840 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:55.960 if you want to keep up with what is happening 841 00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:58.440 with the Astros this offseason, for my money, I don't 842 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.119 think there is a better follow on Twitter than this man. 843 00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:03.639 And you also see him on TV on KPRC two. 844 00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:06.360 He's Ari Alexander. All Right, appreciate the time, buddy, We'll 845 00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:10.800 catch up soon, all right. Thanks Dan, Thanks buddy. Yeah, 846 00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:13.159 I mean, you know, when it comes to Ryan Presley, 847 00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:15.079 I mean I talked about it the other night with 848 00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:17.599 Ross for my Money. You know, you come out of 849 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:19.960 spring training next year. I understand there was a lot 850 00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:23.519 made about going to get Josh Hater and the demotion 851 00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.280 at the time for. 852 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:26.480 Ryan Presley, But the fact of the matter. 853 00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:28.440 Is, I've said it, the setup man needs to be 854 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.599 an extension of your closer. 855 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.719 Neither of them were really that good this season. 856 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:34.559 I get that, But also though, too, you've got to 857 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:37.679 have stability in those two spots, and I think that 858 00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:40.440 Hater will probably have to work on some adjustments with 859 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.679 that slider this offseason. 860 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:44.159 We heard Dana Brown say it the other day, but. 861 00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:47.559 Also too as well, that you need to be able 862 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:50.360 to have as close to a lockdown option there in 863 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:52.639 the eighth inning as possible. And I feel like the 864 00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:56.320 closest of those options is already here. Brian a Bray, 865 00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:58.559 You from my money, Brian Abray, You's your eighth inning 866 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.920 setup man next year. And where Ryan Presley fits in 867 00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:04.599 after that, I don't know, but you know, I understand 868 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:07.000 that some people might wonder, oh, was he kind of 869 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.440 bummed with the demotion now of the closers role this year. 870 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.079 Look, you got to get out of that. 871 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:13.400 You've got to get past that if that's the case, 872 00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:15.360 and you've got to go out there and get out 873 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:17.119 and for the better part of the season. 874 00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.199 This year, Ryan Presley did not do that. 875 00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:23.360 So that is another reason why the Astros find themselves 876 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:25.440 in the situation they are in right now. 877 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.880 All Right. 878 00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:28.840 We talked a lot about Dana Brown in that conversation 879 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:32.400 with Ari Alexander coming out next. I've talked about the 880 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:34.360 trends of what to look for in regards to the 881 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.320 Astros GM in the past. When he says certain things 882 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:39.559 like he did on Thursday, I'd say, we need to 883 00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.840 believe him. We'll talk about that as we close out 884 00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:45.079 the ten o'clock hour here on Space City Saturday. Dan 885 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.920 Matthews here with you on your home with the Astros 886 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:51.880 and the Rockets at Sports Talk seven ninety. 887 00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:56.159 This is Space City Saturday. I'm Sports Talk seven ninety. 888 00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.639 Oh. 889 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:03.360 This is no probably just get slipped off while they're 890 00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:07.800 later tracks. They had got cold when this came out 891 00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:12.519 when I graduated high school twenty years ago. It's crazy anyway, 892 00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:15.880 Space City Saturday, Dan Matthews here with you on your 893 00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:18.599 home of the Astros and the Rockets Sports Talk seven 894 00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:23.760 to ninety In terms of you know, the Stros obviously 895 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:28.079 Game one Alds today, which is supposed to be the 896 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:30.920 series they were going to be in up in Cleveland, 897 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:33.880 but instead we're watching an old friend, aj Hinch. The 898 00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:38.559 American League postseason, by the way, littered it with former Astros. 899 00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:42.519 So if you are inclined to still pay attention to 900 00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:45.559 what's happening in the postseason, I mean, for me, honestly, 901 00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:48.840 it's going to be if it's on where I'm at, 902 00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:51.239 I'll peek up at it. But to say that I'm 903 00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:54.519 going to be following closely, I don't think I will be. 904 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:57.280 I mean, baseball is very much a who do you 905 00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:00.440 care about? Necessarily? I mean, I understand, you know, and 906 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:03.760 I've got MLB dot TV. I'll watch games, you know, 907 00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:07.880 the Dodgers, Padres, whoever it is, you know, during the season, 908 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.840 just if you know it's one of those I'm going 909 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:12.840 to bed and watching and you know, just want to 910 00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:14.519 see good baseball being played. 911 00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.440 That's pretty much it. 912 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:18.840 But to say that I'm going to be paying close attention, no, 913 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:21.360 I will not. But I mean, we do have some 914 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:23.360 pretty good matchups. I mean, you know, I think all 915 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:26.719 four of them are compelling. I mean the National League 916 00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:30.119 side is I think must see TV in certain cases. 917 00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:33.800 I mean, Dodgers and Padres. That's gonna be fun to watch. 918 00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:38.039 Also too, you want to talk about another matchup of 919 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:41.199 fan bases that hate each other, our good buddy Ari Alexander, 920 00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:44.760 big Mets guy, the Mets and Phillies taking. 921 00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.000 On each other. 922 00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.320 Kind of that Interstate ninety five rivalry right there. I guess, 923 00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.840 if you will, is that the interstate that runs between 924 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:53.199 New York and Philly. 925 00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:53.719 I don't know. 926 00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:57.159 Somebody out there can probably tell me, but anyway, it's 927 00:44:57.199 --> 00:45:00.280 going to be exciting to pay attention to on that 928 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:03.400 side as well, and of course the Yankees and Royals 929 00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:04.639 on the American League side. 930 00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.960 Go Yuli Guriel. I love that. 931 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:09.000 I saw it on Twitter the other day, and for 932 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:12.360 attribution purposes, I apologize for not remembering who threw this 933 00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:16.119 out there, but they said, you know, Yuli Guriel has 934 00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:18.960 a chance to do the funniest thing possible, and he's 935 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:21.840 not wrong or she whoever threw that out there, they 936 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:25.159 are not wrong in terms of what Yulie could do. 937 00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:28.559 He continued to be an Astros legend at that point. 938 00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:32.119 Dana Brown and what we can expect from him this 939 00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:34.320 off season. We had a chance to catch up with 940 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:38.360 he and Joe Aspada after the season came to an 941 00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:41.639 end and they met with us on Thursday. One of 942 00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:44.159 the things that Dana Brown talked about was off season 943 00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:47.199 priorities and what to expect from this team as he 944 00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:49.280 and his staff go to work trying to build up 945 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.599 the roster for twenty twenty five. 946 00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:54.280 Well, first of all, you know, one of the things 947 00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:56.519 we want to make sure we do is get back 948 00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:59.239 deep into the postseason. I mean, that's going to be 949 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:02.920 our vision, that's going to be our focus. And we're 950 00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:05.840 not taking anything off the table in terms of what 951 00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:09.559 we would do, whether it's making trades or you know, 952 00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:14.079 signing a free agent, we're not taking anything off the table. So, 953 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:16.760 but the main focus would be to get back to 954 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:20.320 the postseason again and to go as deep as we 955 00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:22.119 can go and get back to the World Series. 956 00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:26.559 There you go, nothing off the table, according to Dana Brown, 957 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:29.039 and I believe him when it comes to that, because 958 00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:32.920 I've talked about this before with the Astros GM that 959 00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:35.079 it was going to be interesting to see how he 960 00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:37.199 handled his business, and I think that he's handled it 961 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:40.559 pretty much the same way that his boss in Atlanta did. 962 00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:42.440 Remember I talked about it in the past, and if 963 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:44.079 you don't, I'll try to lay it out as quickly 964 00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:44.599 as possible. 965 00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.920 But Alex Anthopolis was. 966 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:49.920 A guy that is the GM of the Braves, and 967 00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:55.159 he does his business in a very particular way. Number One, 968 00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:58.039 I remember when he was hired, he told us not 969 00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:03.199 an arrogance and annoying and you know, obnoxious way like 970 00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:06.360 the former Texans head coach did of trying to tell 971 00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:08.239 the media how things were going to be when he 972 00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:11.199 took over. Yeah, first off, Bill, win ball games and 973 00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:15.119 actually set a culture of winning before you gravy train 974 00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:17.679 off where you just came from and expect people to 975 00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:20.239 believe that that's just going to translate here. Because you 976 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:23.280 were part of the same staff as Bill Belichick, you 977 00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:27.400 learned pretty quickly that's not the case. But regardless, you know, 978 00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:29.800 he just kind of said, hey, look, you know, I'll 979 00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:32.079 give you my number. You can text me whenever you want, 980 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:34.159 you can do whatever. I'm just telling you right now, 981 00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:36.920 I don't do rumors. If you ask me about a rumor, 982 00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:40.000 I'm just not going to comment on it, and sure 983 00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:42.119 enough he didn't. And if nothing else too, if you 984 00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:45.320 ever did text him about certain things, he would, you know, say, 985 00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:47.480 for example, hey, you know, rumors are that you guys 986 00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:49.559 are in on show heyo Tani, Yeah, he'd look pretty 987 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.639 good in the Braves uniform something jokingly like that. I mean, 988 00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:55.400 you know, nothing too serious, but I mean he just, 989 00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:57.639 you know, more often and it's not more often than not, 990 00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:01.320 he would never delve into that. And I think Dana 991 00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:03.880 Brown is kind of a similar type of guy that 992 00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:06.559 he's going to keep it a pretty tight circle in 993 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:09.280 terms of how they're going to build up this roster. 994 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:12.639 But another thing is too is the way that they 995 00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:15.880 handled free agents. Free Agents for the most part that 996 00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:19.000 were not part of their organization already were signed two 997 00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:22.360 short term deals, even guys that were brought back. I mean, 998 00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:24.880 Charlie Morton kind of in the same you know, mold 999 00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:27.920 as you say Kakuchi is with the Astros, I think 1000 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:30.199 if you say Kakuchi is back with the Astros next 1001 00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:33.079 year and beyond, it's probably looking like a two year 1002 00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:35.079 deal with a third for an option if he can 1003 00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:36.000 get something better. 1004 00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:37.239 Out elsewhere. 1005 00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:39.239 I don't think the Astros will be too torn up 1006 00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:41.719 to let him pursue that option. But also though too, 1007 00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:43.960 I mean, you heard him the other day talk about 1008 00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:46.400 how he really has enjoyed his time here, the brief 1009 00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.400 time that he was here, and he'd like to come 1010 00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:51.039 back because some of the adjustments that they made for 1011 00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:55.199 him have probably helped him become a even more effective 1012 00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:59.239 pitcher going forward. So you know, I think that's something 1013 00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:01.199 to keep an eye on. But that's probably the mold 1014 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:03.920 that you're going to be looking for trades. You heard 1015 00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:08.960 him mention the possibility of trades. Alexanthopolis loved trades. As 1016 00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:11.599 a matter of fact, most of his moves were not 1017 00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:14.199 on the free agents side, they were on the trade side. 1018 00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:17.960 And what does Dana Brown have to trade? Well, Number one, 1019 00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:19.639 with some of the guys we saw come up and 1020 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:21.960 pitch this year for this team, he's got a little 1021 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:24.880 bit more pitching depth than they had probably coming into 1022 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:25.840 last season. 1023 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.960 So that's one. 1024 00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:31.039 Two, what can happen with does somebody out there covert 1025 00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:33.800 Jake Myers? Does somebody out there say, hey, we can 1026 00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.079 improve Jake Myers as a hitter here? We already know 1027 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:38.960 what he is defensively, let's go that route, or even 1028 00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:40.800 some of the guys down in the minor leagues. Does 1029 00:49:40.840 --> 00:49:44.760 the Shay Whitcomb interest? Somebody out there does Zach Desenzo interest, 1030 00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:47.599 somebody out there. All those different types of things we'll 1031 00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:50.880 have to pick up and carry over to the other side. 1032 00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:53.199 James and Kline, I see you right there as well 1033 00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:55.559 as Al on the west side. Get to all of 1034 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:58.079 y'all on the other side as well. You want to 1035 00:49:58.159 --> 00:50:00.880 join them, we'll continue the astros conversation. That's someone three 1036 00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:03.639 two one two five seven ninety. Once again, that's someone 1037 00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:06.159 three two one two five seven ninety. As we continue 1038 00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:15.760 to roll along here on Space City Saturday. 1039 00:50:16.039 --> 00:50:20.119 Welcome aboard, Welcome to another Space City Saturday on Sports 1040 00:50:20.159 --> 00:50:24.000 Talk seven ninety Dad Matthews Live and local h Town 1041 00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:28.480 breakdown of the world that matters to you, the Houston 1042 00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:29.639 sports world. 1043 00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:32.159 All these great Houston fans here. We love you all. 1044 00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:35.840 So finish up on that to do list. 1045 00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:39.800 Flute up the cooler, because you can't drink in talk 1046 00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:43.159 sports all day if you don't start now bear me 1047 00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.679 in the eight. 1048 00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:49.519 This is Space City Saturday. That's insane. Here's seven nineties 1049 00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:50.599 Dad Matthews. 1050 00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:59.679 And it's a good time to start right now because 1051 00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:04.039 college football, the eleven o'clock hour games have kicked off 1052 00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.880 or about to kick off. I think here in about 1053 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:08.960 a minute or two, they're gonna go in there in 1054 00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:12.760 college station between MISSOO and Texas A and m NO 1055 00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:16.719 Texas this week the Longhorns off as next week of 1056 00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:21.000 course red River they're in DFW there at the Cotton Bowl, 1057 00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:24.719 so we'll be paying close attention to that as well 1058 00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:26.800 as the UH Cougars. 1059 00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.920 Last night, nice win. 1060 00:51:28.880 --> 00:51:31.159 On my way home from dinner, shout it out to 1061 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:35.400 Kevin Ashenfelder and Ted party over there on KPRC nine 1062 00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:37.480 to fifty, our sister station as part of us here 1063 00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:41.320 at iHeartRadio Houston doing a great job on the call, 1064 00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:43.760 and made a joke with them on a text. I said, 1065 00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:45.760 you know, hey, you know, you guys are sounding great. 1066 00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:49.679 I guess it helps to have good actual offense on 1067 00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:51.599 the field, right, doesn't that help a little bit? 1068 00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:51.760 So? 1069 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:56.599 Xeon Chris last night's a great option for Willie Fritz's 1070 00:51:56.599 --> 00:51:58.440 team as they went up there and beat a three 1071 00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:01.679 and two TCU team and really kind of controlled the 1072 00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:04.039 game all the way through. But able to win for 1073 00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:06.880 the first time there since nineteen eighty nine. So great 1074 00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:10.079 win for Willy Fritz and the staff there at u 1075 00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:12.679 of H first Big twelve win of the Willy Fritz era. 1076 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:15.280 So I think, if nothing else, it kind of showed 1077 00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:18.280 you that the future is bright over there. He is 1078 00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:20.559 a heck of a coach, and that looked like a 1079 00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:22.840 much improved football team in that game. 1080 00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.760 And you know, their. 1081 00:52:24.639 --> 00:52:27.559 Defense has been pretty salty all season long. I think 1082 00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:31.039 that's been kind of the most consistent part of that 1083 00:52:31.159 --> 00:52:34.079 UH team. But we'll see how it all goes going forward. 1084 00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:36.519 So not a ton of college football on today's show, 1085 00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:39.480 much more than just a mention. A lot of astros 1086 00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:42.760 conversation is part of the discussion. Was talking about Dana 1087 00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:45.519 Brown in the last segment. A couple more things on that. 1088 00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:48.559 But James and Klein wants away in here on Space 1089 00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.280 City Saturday. 1090 00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:50.119 James, what's going on? 1091 00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:54.079 Yeah, this Hayward and Gamble. I know they had him 1092 00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:56.239 for the rest of the season. They do they have 1093 00:52:56.280 --> 00:52:57.960 him for the following season. I mean, they're gonna be 1094 00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:58.559 back next year. 1095 00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:03.000 I don't know their contract situations, but as far as 1096 00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:05.719 I believe, I think they are both free agents. But 1097 00:53:05.800 --> 00:53:07.480 now that you mentioned that, I will look that up. 1098 00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:11.360 I mean, I'm assuming you probably were huge fans of 1099 00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:13.119 what they added to this roster this year. 1100 00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:17.360 Well about Gamble, he brought spark as far as hitting, 1101 00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:18.880 and Hayward as well. 1102 00:53:18.920 --> 00:53:21.360 I mean, he had some power and he doesn't strike 1103 00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:22.039 out a whole lot. 1104 00:53:22.079 --> 00:53:24.840 So I kind of like both the guys, and you know, 1105 00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:27.199 I'm just wondering if they're glad to just spring training 1106 00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:30.079 or they're just okay, thanks guys, well you know, good luck. 1107 00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:32.199 How they're going to handle that situation. 1108 00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:35.039 Yeah, I mean I think right now, you know, as 1109 00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:38.159 we talked about, I mean, in terms of the overall, 1110 00:53:38.400 --> 00:53:42.599 you know, priorities for the Astros this offseason, I mean, 1111 00:53:42.639 --> 00:53:44.760 I think we know who number one is, James. It's 1112 00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:47.840 to try to bring back Alex Bregman, and they are 1113 00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:49.760 going to try everything they can to be able to 1114 00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:52.679 make sure that happens. Both players, as I'm talking with 1115 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:56.320 you right now, both free agents, but both players who 1116 00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:58.920 I know for a fact really enjoyed their time here 1117 00:53:58.960 --> 00:53:59.800 with the Astros. 1118 00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:02.599 Hayward really did. Gamble did as well. 1119 00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:06.199 Obviously, his season came to a premature end with him 1120 00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:09.519 running into the wall there in Anaheim. But I mean 1121 00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:11.519 I think there are probably players they will keep an 1122 00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:15.519 eye on, and if the situation is right for them, 1123 00:54:15.639 --> 00:54:18.159 for either one or both of them to come back, 1124 00:54:18.440 --> 00:54:21.840 then yeah, I'm sure that Dana Brown will entertain doing that, 1125 00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:25.519 either as you said, as a spring training invite or 1126 00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:27.960 even just you know, straight up as a major league 1127 00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:30.719 signee and you're part of the roster, You're you're going 1128 00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:32.480 to be breaking camp with us, and you're part of 1129 00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:33.440 this team. 1130 00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:36.239 All right, Well, thank you. That's all. I just thought 1131 00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:38.679 maybe had some more insight on that, But that was good. 1132 00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:41.679 Thank you, awesome, Thank you so much. Appreciate the call. 1133 00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:43.519 No, I mean, look, you know I talked about it 1134 00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:46.599 with Jason Hayward of I mean, you heard how glowingly 1135 00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:50.360 players talked about him, you know, Mauricio Dumont in the 1136 00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:53.400 clubhouse after that game, you know, talking about you know, 1137 00:54:53.440 --> 00:54:56.039 growing up in Non Duras and watching him, you know, 1138 00:54:56.079 --> 00:54:58.599 in his major league debut and just following his career 1139 00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:00.519 all the way through and getting to share a clubhouse 1140 00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:02.639 with him, and you know, just you know how guys 1141 00:55:02.679 --> 00:55:06.000 talked about really sort of a leadership role that he 1142 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:06.679 stepped into. 1143 00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:07.519 Immediately. 1144 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:11.159 I mean, you're talking about someone who again has been 1145 00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:15.360 a pros pro ever since day one as a major leaguer, 1146 00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:17.800 and he came up as a young twenty year old kid. 1147 00:55:18.280 --> 00:55:21.280 They're in the early twenty tens with the Atlanta Braves 1148 00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:24.719 alongside Freddie Freeman, and they were part of kind of 1149 00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:28.480 the rejuvenation of that organization. I mean, remember that was 1150 00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:31.760 an organization that had won fourteen straight in l E's 1151 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:33.760 titles and had kind of hit a little bit of 1152 00:55:33.800 --> 00:55:36.519 a snag and made the postseason here and there. But 1153 00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:38.320 those were supposed to be the guys who kind of 1154 00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:40.960 carry the torch from Chipper Jones and the crew and 1155 00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:43.920 be able to put them in position to, you know, 1156 00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:46.360 get into the postseason, get deep into the postseason for 1157 00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:49.039 some time. And as he's gotten older, i mean he's 1158 00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:51.599 become a family man. He has, you know, had his 1159 00:55:51.679 --> 00:55:55.239 priorities change in that regard, but he's always been a 1160 00:55:55.280 --> 00:55:58.519 pros pro when it comes down to how he handles himself. 1161 00:55:58.599 --> 00:56:01.000 He was a popular guy in the clubhouse there with 1162 00:56:01.039 --> 00:56:03.800 the Cubs. Remember when the Cubs won the World Series 1163 00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:06.679 in twenty sixteen, Jason Hayward as they were going through 1164 00:56:06.679 --> 00:56:09.559 that rain delay there in Cleveland was the guy that 1165 00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:12.159 got up and spoke to the team about stay focused, 1166 00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:14.840 be ready to go. This is ours to win, and 1167 00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:16.960 we can go out there and make it happen. And 1168 00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:19.360 he helped make it happen because the Cubs were able 1169 00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:21.119 to win the World Series that year. And then he 1170 00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:24.000 went out to LA played with the Dodgers. Same deal, 1171 00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:27.239 I mean kind of you know, I think in certain ways, 1172 00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:30.119 like when Tony Kemp was DF eight here with the 1173 00:56:30.159 --> 00:56:32.719 Astros that you know, it was the same kind of 1174 00:56:33.159 --> 00:56:35.559 feeling there in the clubhouse there in La of wait 1175 00:56:35.679 --> 00:56:38.480 this guy. I mean, we love this guy, we want 1176 00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:42.079 to have this guy around, and the Dodgers felt like 1177 00:56:42.159 --> 00:56:43.920 it was time for him to move on, and so 1178 00:56:44.039 --> 00:56:46.400 he did and he found a home here with the Astros. 1179 00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:50.679 So I would be probably shocked, Jeames, if both of 1180 00:56:50.719 --> 00:56:52.920 them are back, but I would not be shocked if 1181 00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:56.719 either one of them are back. And again, I mean, 1182 00:56:56.760 --> 00:57:00.360 you know where Hayward is in his career at this point. 1183 00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:03.480 He is now let me see how old Jason Hayward is. 1184 00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:08.800 He is thirty five and will turn thirty six next August. 1185 00:57:08.960 --> 00:57:11.360 So he's on the later stages of his career. I mean, 1186 00:57:11.639 --> 00:57:13.599 I think if you offer him a decent enough deal 1187 00:57:13.679 --> 00:57:16.719 for a year, maybe an option for a second, then yeah, 1188 00:57:16.760 --> 00:57:19.079 you could possibly have him back. And that provides you 1189 00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:21.079 some outfield depth. I mean, you saw what he could 1190 00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:22.599 do out in left field, you saw what he could 1191 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:25.159 do out in right field. And again, I mean a 1192 00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:27.760 veteran presence in that clubhouse. And we talked about this 1193 00:57:27.800 --> 00:57:30.639 the other day with Chandler Rome that if you lose 1194 00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:32.960 Alex Bregman, that's gonna be something you're going to be 1195 00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:35.960 looking to try to replace. Is somebody that is a 1196 00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:39.480 good veteran leader in that room. And one of the 1197 00:57:39.480 --> 00:57:42.480 guys that he mentioned too over at first base was 1198 00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:45.559 a possibility of you don't bring back Bregman, that money 1199 00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:48.960 can be spent elsewhere. A guy like Anthony Rizzo and 1200 00:57:49.159 --> 00:57:51.880 what he means to teams in terms of, you know, 1201 00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:55.039 how he handles himself. He puts together good at bats. 1202 00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:56.840 The average is a little down. I get that he 1203 00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:59.440 gives you good defense over there at first base, but 1204 00:57:59.639 --> 00:58:03.480 he's sood that would be widely respected in that clubhouse. 1205 00:58:03.599 --> 00:58:06.039 I mean, if that's somebody, that's a possibility also to 1206 00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:09.800 another name. Again, the average down but the power way 1207 00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:13.039 up forty plus home runs this year. Anthony Santander, who 1208 00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:16.400 is a fellow countryman with Jose Altuve, and as Chandler 1209 00:58:16.440 --> 00:58:21.000 Roma pointed out, very close with Jose Altuve. So that's 1210 00:58:21.039 --> 00:58:23.679 somebody else that could be a possibility to be looked 1211 00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:28.800 at as offseason moves. So the chances are a plenty 1212 00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:31.119 out there for the Astros to be able to add 1213 00:58:31.119 --> 00:58:33.280 and you know, just to kind of build off of 1214 00:58:33.320 --> 00:58:36.079 what I was talking about with Dana Brown in terms of, 1215 00:58:36.440 --> 00:58:38.079 you know, what to look for in terms of building 1216 00:58:38.159 --> 00:58:41.320 this roster going forward. I mean, you know, he obviously 1217 00:58:41.360 --> 00:58:43.280 is trying to find good players that can come in 1218 00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:46.239 here and sure up this this lineup, because this is 1219 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:48.280 an offense that is going to need to improve in 1220 00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:50.519 twenty twenty five if this team is going to have 1221 00:58:50.639 --> 00:58:53.840 a chance to not only win the American League West again, 1222 00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:56.840 but you have to suspect that the Mariners are going 1223 00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:59.760 to make moves. You have to suspect that the Rangers 1224 00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:01.800 are going to try to be in position to be 1225 00:59:01.840 --> 00:59:04.239 able to get back into the postseason next year after 1226 00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:07.360 missing out this year, coming off the World Series last year. 1227 00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:09.159 I mean, I don't think there's any doubt about it, 1228 00:59:09.199 --> 00:59:11.119 And I know that some people were pretty annoyed with 1229 00:59:11.559 --> 00:59:14.400 me responding to a Rangers fan that shouted out the 1230 00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:16.519 Astros saying, hey, look, you know I don't like you guys, 1231 00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:19.719 but respect for what you just accomplished. I said, hey, look, 1232 00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:22.679 you know this is a team that's incredibly talented there 1233 00:59:22.719 --> 00:59:25.039 in Arlington. They'll be back in the fold next year. 1234 00:59:25.199 --> 00:59:28.320 I don't have any doubts about that. So that's somebody 1235 00:59:28.320 --> 00:59:31.719 else to concern yourself with as well. And you know 1236 00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:34.159 that's that's something that the Astros have been, you know, 1237 00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:37.920 looking at. But if it comes to trades for a 1238 00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:41.360 possibility for Dana Brown this offseason, I think you need 1239 00:59:41.400 --> 00:59:45.239 to look at who is available. And I understand that 1240 00:59:45.280 --> 00:59:47.559 the farm system is not what it used to be, 1241 00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:51.239 but let's also to keep an eye on some of 1242 00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:53.480 the trades that Dana Brown has already made. The most 1243 00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:56.960 recent one I'll use for an example, who was traded away. 1244 00:59:57.320 --> 01:00:00.920 You know, you traded away Will Wagner for Yusa Ka Kouchi, 1245 01:00:01.000 --> 01:00:04.280 along with Joey lo Berfido and also with Jake Bloss. 1246 01:00:04.559 --> 01:00:07.920 But we'll start with Wagner first, pretty blocked wherever he 1247 01:00:08.039 --> 01:00:10.320 was going to try to play anywhere on the field. 1248 01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:13.440 Second base, we know that that's that place was blocked. 1249 01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:17.159 Third base, likely blocked at least in the immediate with 1250 01:00:17.239 --> 01:00:20.559 Alex Bregman, and still likely blocked in the future because 1251 01:00:20.639 --> 01:00:22.440 I don't think that you wanted to go with him. 1252 01:00:22.320 --> 01:00:23.599 As your everyday third baseman. 1253 01:00:23.719 --> 01:00:26.519 That's number one, Jake bloss Where does he fit in 1254 01:00:26.519 --> 01:00:29.079 in terms of the pitching rotation. You've still got Luis 1255 01:00:29.119 --> 01:00:32.079 Garcia coming back sometime this next season, You're gonna have 1256 01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:35.960 Christian Javier, You're gonna have Jose Orkeaty coming back. Lance McCullers, 1257 01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:38.280 what becomes of him going forward? Does he make a 1258 01:00:38.320 --> 01:00:40.079 move to the bullpen. I know that that's something he 1259 01:00:40.079 --> 01:00:42.639 doesn't like to talk about or even have brought up 1260 01:00:42.679 --> 01:00:44.920 to him, but I think it's something at this stage 1261 01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:48.400 because when it comes to McCullers, I think if you're 1262 01:00:48.440 --> 01:00:50.800 expecting Lance McCullers to be what he's been in the past, 1263 01:00:51.079 --> 01:00:54.800 I really think you're gonna be disappointed. He's been almost 1264 01:00:54.800 --> 01:00:58.599 away for the last two years, being away for you know, 1265 01:00:58.639 --> 01:01:01.800 two times three sixty five however many days that is, 1266 01:01:02.519 --> 01:01:06.039 that is a really long time to come back and 1267 01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:08.000 still be as effective as you were in the past. 1268 01:01:08.159 --> 01:01:10.280 I think that you're probably going to be looking at 1269 01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:12.880 a guy that's going to be playing a lot of 1270 01:01:12.960 --> 01:01:15.159 catch up next year in terms of trying to get 1271 01:01:15.199 --> 01:01:17.400 back to being that pitcher again. And that's why I 1272 01:01:17.400 --> 01:01:19.760 think a bullpen option could be a good one for him, 1273 01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:21.559 or even a spot start here and there. 1274 01:01:22.039 --> 01:01:23.519 But let's call it what it is. 1275 01:01:24.199 --> 01:01:26.239 What has he not proven during his career that he 1276 01:01:26.280 --> 01:01:28.960 can stay healthy as a starter. What is a chance 1277 01:01:29.000 --> 01:01:31.719 for him to be able to add longevity to his career? 1278 01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:35.159 The bullpen as a possibility for him. So I think 1279 01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:37.360 that you know, you look at players, and you know 1280 01:01:37.400 --> 01:01:39.400 any of the guys that could possibly be traded. As 1281 01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:42.239 I mention the three for you say Kakuchi, that kind 1282 01:01:42.239 --> 01:01:44.679 of to me signaled from Dana Brown of can we 1283 01:01:44.719 --> 01:01:47.679 lose these guys and continue sustaining what we've done so 1284 01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:50.280 far to this point, And the answer was yes, because 1285 01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:53.320 do you necessarily have long term goals and aspirations for 1286 01:01:53.360 --> 01:01:55.239 those guys. I think the answer to that was no. 1287 01:01:55.840 --> 01:01:58.039 And that's why you saw those guys going to Toronto 1288 01:01:58.159 --> 01:02:00.159 and you saw you, say, Kakuchi coming back here. 1289 01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:02.000 So any of the trades made this offseason. 1290 01:02:02.440 --> 01:02:03.880 I think that's going to be something that you look 1291 01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:06.320 at of do the Astros have long term plans for 1292 01:02:06.360 --> 01:02:08.960 Shay Whitcomb, DoD they have long term plans for Zach Desnzo, 1293 01:02:09.480 --> 01:02:11.559 even for some of the other guys. I mean, you know, 1294 01:02:11.599 --> 01:02:13.920 there were possibilities. I mean some people thought that Bryce 1295 01:02:13.960 --> 01:02:16.960 Matthews was going to be gone for Yandy Diaz. I mean, 1296 01:02:17.159 --> 01:02:19.320 that's something to keep an eye on. Even though that 1297 01:02:19.440 --> 01:02:23.119 you heard Dana Brown mentioned Matthews by name the other day, 1298 01:02:23.199 --> 01:02:25.079 is somebody that they have an eye on. And also 1299 01:02:25.159 --> 01:02:27.719 Jacob Melton as well, So it doesn't sound like those 1300 01:02:27.719 --> 01:02:30.760 guys will be available on the trade market. But that 1301 01:02:30.960 --> 01:02:33.360 usually kind of in the same mold of his boss 1302 01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:35.199 that he had in Atlanta. That's kind of the way 1303 01:02:35.199 --> 01:02:37.320 that they did business. And it'll be interesting to see 1304 01:02:37.360 --> 01:02:40.960 if Dana carries that over here to Houston as well. 1305 01:02:41.000 --> 01:02:43.800 All right, coming up next, we'll continue the Astros conversation. 1306 01:02:43.880 --> 01:02:45.199 I see some of you want to weigh in on 1307 01:02:45.280 --> 01:02:48.199 the phone lines. I see Dave, I see Bill right there. 1308 01:02:48.239 --> 01:02:50.199 If you want to join them there on the phone lines, 1309 01:02:50.239 --> 01:02:52.079 you can do so. Sebon one three, two one two 1310 01:02:52.119 --> 01:02:55.000 five seven ninety. Once again, that's seb one three two 1311 01:02:55.079 --> 01:02:57.760 one two five, seven ninety. Because the final thing we'll 1312 01:02:57.760 --> 01:03:01.920 talk about with the Astros is this was once a weakness, 1313 01:03:01.960 --> 01:03:03.519 but it soon became a strength. 1314 01:03:03.559 --> 01:03:04.960 How strong is it for the Astros. 1315 01:03:05.000 --> 01:03:06.960 We'll talk about that on the other side as we 1316 01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:09.400 continue to roll along here on Space City Saturday. Dan 1317 01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:11.480 Matthews here with you on your home with the Astros 1318 01:03:11.480 --> 01:03:15.400 and the Rockets. 1319 01:03:16.400 --> 01:03:20.519 Space City Saturday continues Sports Talk seven ninety. 1320 01:03:22.159 --> 01:03:27.719 Sports Talk seven ninety, Man Matthews here with you. We're 1321 01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:30.199 gonna do a little bit of Texans in the next 1322 01:03:30.239 --> 01:03:32.719 segment as we had a chance to catch up with 1323 01:03:33.079 --> 01:03:36.679 Jeremy White of Joe and Jeremy in the mornings. They're 1324 01:03:36.760 --> 01:03:41.880 up in Buffalo on the Bill's flagship station, WGR, so 1325 01:03:42.519 --> 01:03:44.559 we will get into some of that conversation. He was 1326 01:03:44.599 --> 01:03:47.800 on with us on the A team yesterday. So good stuff, 1327 01:03:48.119 --> 01:03:51.400 especially on the Bills. How they stack up right now 1328 01:03:51.400 --> 01:03:54.840 coming in. I mean Von Miller suspended, he won't play. 1329 01:03:55.880 --> 01:03:59.480 Do you have some other injuries to on that Bill's team. 1330 01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:02.800 We're uage product at Oliver not going to be playing 1331 01:04:02.840 --> 01:04:05.800 in this one. He's out with injury as well as 1332 01:04:06.079 --> 01:04:09.000 they are dealing it with some injury issues there, but 1333 01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:12.159 also too, I mean, something we've talked about all off 1334 01:04:12.199 --> 01:04:14.760 season here, and you know, as you pay attention to 1335 01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:19.719 the press conferences this week up there in Buffalo, you 1336 01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:25.400 still see Josh Allen being asked about his relationship with 1337 01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:31.639 Stefan Diggs, and he was not very shy in terms 1338 01:04:31.639 --> 01:04:33.960 of saying there is no issue there. We're all good, 1339 01:04:34.199 --> 01:04:36.119 so you know, stop trying to kind of make this 1340 01:04:36.199 --> 01:04:40.079 a thing. So that is something that continues to be 1341 01:04:40.199 --> 01:04:43.119 talked about, and I'm sure tomorrow all the cameras will 1342 01:04:43.159 --> 01:04:46.880 be Josh Allen comes out for his warm ups, you know, 1343 01:04:47.039 --> 01:04:50.239 Steffan Diggs comes out for his warm ups. Do they 1344 01:04:50.280 --> 01:04:52.679 acknowledge each other, do they talk to each other for 1345 01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:54.760 a few minutes, all those different types of things. I'm 1346 01:04:54.760 --> 01:04:56.360 sure that's all going to be part of it. But 1347 01:04:56.719 --> 01:04:58.639 that's just the way it goes. We're all looking for 1348 01:04:58.679 --> 01:05:01.599 storylines all the time, right, so probably going to be 1349 01:05:01.639 --> 01:05:03.360 the case. So, yeah, we had a good conversation with 1350 01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:06.000 Jeremy White. We will hear that here coming up in 1351 01:05:06.039 --> 01:05:07.400 the bottom of this hour. 1352 01:05:07.440 --> 01:05:10.159 But one final one on the astros. 1353 01:05:10.199 --> 01:05:11.480 If you want to weigh in you can do so 1354 01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:14.199 Semon one three two one two five seven ninety. Once again, 1355 01:05:14.199 --> 01:05:16.480 that's Sebon one three two one two five seven ninety. 1356 01:05:16.480 --> 01:05:19.039 I want to take us all back to last February 1357 01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:22.400 and it was me and Ross in West Palm Beach 1358 01:05:22.480 --> 01:05:26.719 for spring training and I joined the Shawn Salisbury Show 1359 01:05:26.760 --> 01:05:28.760 and one of the questions that saw you know, Sean 1360 01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:31.119 had asked me at the time was what you perceive 1361 01:05:31.199 --> 01:05:33.159 to be a weakness for this team right now? And 1362 01:05:33.199 --> 01:05:36.280 at the time, we pretty much knew that Justin Verlander 1363 01:05:36.440 --> 01:05:38.039 was not gonna be ready to go for the season. 1364 01:05:38.119 --> 01:05:41.679 Same deal with Lance Pacolor, same deal with uh with 1365 01:05:41.960 --> 01:05:45.239 Luis Garcia. We didn't know at the time that you 1366 01:05:45.280 --> 01:05:47.840 were going to have injuries pop up for both Jose 1367 01:05:47.960 --> 01:05:52.440 Archidi and Christian Hobber. But the starting rotation was a 1368 01:05:52.440 --> 01:05:54.840 little bit of a question mark, and for much of 1369 01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:56.360 the beginning part of the season it. 1370 01:05:56.360 --> 01:05:59.159 Remained that way because I've said at. 1371 01:05:59.079 --> 01:06:02.280 Numerous times you didn't, in an ideal world want to 1372 01:06:02.320 --> 01:06:05.320 have to use Spencer Arraghetti this year, but you ended 1373 01:06:05.400 --> 01:06:07.599 up having to use him because you just had really 1374 01:06:07.639 --> 01:06:10.840 nobody else to go with in the starting rotation. You 1375 01:06:11.320 --> 01:06:13.840 had some inconsistent performances at the beginning of the year 1376 01:06:13.880 --> 01:06:16.920 from Fromber Valdez, but then Fromber got back to being 1377 01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:19.920 twenty twenty two Fromber all over again, and you're like, Okay, 1378 01:06:20.119 --> 01:06:21.199 here's that guy again. 1379 01:06:21.679 --> 01:06:22.519 We like that guy. 1380 01:06:22.599 --> 01:06:26.239 We love hashtag good Fromber. That's great to see early 1381 01:06:26.280 --> 01:06:28.119 on in the season. We talked about a little bit 1382 01:06:28.159 --> 01:06:31.159 earlier with Ari Alexander and how much Alex Bregman helped him. 1383 01:06:31.239 --> 01:06:34.639 But Hunter Brown probably if you could go back the 1384 01:06:34.840 --> 01:06:38.800 Doc Brown DeLorean and go to the clubhouse there in 1385 01:06:39.320 --> 01:06:41.599 Kansas City after that start where he couldn't even get 1386 01:06:41.599 --> 01:06:43.920 out of the first inning and tell him, hey, let 1387 01:06:43.920 --> 01:06:45.760 me show you what you're gonna look like in June 1388 01:06:45.880 --> 01:06:48.480 and July and August for this team this year, and 1389 01:06:48.559 --> 01:06:50.440 what he looked like in that start the other night. 1390 01:06:50.559 --> 01:06:54.320 I mean, Hunter Brown was outstanding in that start against 1391 01:06:54.400 --> 01:06:57.360 the Tigers, and if he got any type of capable 1392 01:06:57.400 --> 01:07:00.719 offense whatsoever in that game, then we're talking about it 1393 01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:03.719 going to a winner take all game three there for 1394 01:07:03.880 --> 01:07:06.440 a chance to move on to the Alds. And with 1395 01:07:06.519 --> 01:07:08.519 you being at home, I understand what it's been for 1396 01:07:08.559 --> 01:07:11.320 the Astros on the home field, which I mean, the 1397 01:07:11.360 --> 01:07:14.519 haters have kind of let you know what the Astros 1398 01:07:14.519 --> 01:07:16.920 record has been in the postseason at Minute Made Park 1399 01:07:16.960 --> 01:07:19.760 for the last couple of years, especially most recently. But 1400 01:07:20.960 --> 01:07:23.480 it was a chance for you to be able to 1401 01:07:23.480 --> 01:07:25.679 win that game, and Hunter Brown was a huge reason 1402 01:07:25.880 --> 01:07:28.000 for you being in that position. And we'll see what 1403 01:07:28.000 --> 01:07:30.119 happens with Usay Kakuchi. But I say all of that 1404 01:07:30.760 --> 01:07:33.519 to say that the Astros are in position now to 1405 01:07:34.039 --> 01:07:38.119 have a ton of options at their avail when they 1406 01:07:38.159 --> 01:07:39.480 go to spring training next year. 1407 01:07:39.599 --> 01:07:41.679 And I mean I almost think that you're going to be. 1408 01:07:41.599 --> 01:07:46.000 Looking at spring training starters plural during that time of 1409 01:07:46.199 --> 01:07:49.960 about rolling seven or eight deep at that point, and 1410 01:07:50.000 --> 01:07:52.239 maybe even more than that, maybe even nine or ten 1411 01:07:52.840 --> 01:07:55.599 in terms of trying to whittle that down and see 1412 01:07:55.920 --> 01:07:56.559 who fits. 1413 01:07:56.679 --> 01:07:57.800 And also too as. 1414 01:07:57.719 --> 01:07:59.800 Well, I mean I talked about it with trades as 1415 01:07:59.840 --> 01:08:03.119 a possibility. I mean, does Dana Brown feel comfortable packaging 1416 01:08:03.119 --> 01:08:05.400 a couple of those guys to be able to go 1417 01:08:05.440 --> 01:08:07.599 out and get somebody that can be a meaningful bat 1418 01:08:07.599 --> 01:08:09.440 for this team. I mean we talked about it again 1419 01:08:09.519 --> 01:08:11.639 the other day. I can't tell you enough to go 1420 01:08:11.719 --> 01:08:14.480 listen to the conversation we have with Chandler Rome on 1421 01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:19.680 the iHeartRadio app on the eighteen page to go find 1422 01:08:19.920 --> 01:08:22.079 that in studio visit that we had with Chandler. 1423 01:08:22.079 --> 01:08:24.600 But some of the stuff he brought up was outstanding. 1424 01:08:24.600 --> 01:08:26.920 And one of the things he did bring up is, look, 1425 01:08:26.960 --> 01:08:28.720 we're trying to figure out what's going to be the 1426 01:08:28.760 --> 01:08:32.520 future of Alex Bregman here in an Astro's uniform, and 1427 01:08:33.479 --> 01:08:35.960 the Saint Louis Cardinals are one of the teams out 1428 01:08:35.960 --> 01:08:39.199 there that are entering into a full rebuild. One of 1429 01:08:39.239 --> 01:08:41.640 the guys that could be available that would probably be 1430 01:08:42.319 --> 01:08:44.520 the same amount of money that you'd be looking to 1431 01:08:44.520 --> 01:08:46.880 pay Alex Bregman. He's taking a step back a little 1432 01:08:46.880 --> 01:08:51.119 bit offensively, but you also don't lose anything defensively over 1433 01:08:51.159 --> 01:08:54.279 at third base. And Nolan Aeronato, he's thirty three now, 1434 01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:57.600 and I understand, you know, people's thoughts about aging players, 1435 01:08:57.680 --> 01:09:01.199 but you know that's somebody out there that maybe Dana Brown, 1436 01:09:01.279 --> 01:09:03.720 could you package a couple of those pitchers, and you 1437 01:09:03.760 --> 01:09:06.920 know one of your higher end prospects or even position 1438 01:09:07.039 --> 01:09:10.119 player is a Chas McCormick, somebody that would fit into 1439 01:09:10.199 --> 01:09:12.119 the plans of what the Cardinals are looking for. Or 1440 01:09:12.159 --> 01:09:15.640 even you know, a Jake Myers fit into that as well. 1441 01:09:15.680 --> 01:09:18.239 Along with a couple of those guys, be enough to 1442 01:09:18.239 --> 01:09:19.560 be able to get Nolan Aeronato. 1443 01:09:19.680 --> 01:09:20.520 I mean, you know, I. 1444 01:09:20.479 --> 01:09:22.920 Think that that's something that this team will be looking at. 1445 01:09:22.960 --> 01:09:26.039 I think that priority number one again, could you bring 1446 01:09:26.079 --> 01:09:28.359 back Alex Bregman. And if you can do that, then 1447 01:09:28.399 --> 01:09:30.960 I think that other chances to be able to upgrade 1448 01:09:30.960 --> 01:09:34.079 this roster are going to be done either through hey, 1449 01:09:34.159 --> 01:09:36.359 let's give this guy a shot as a you know, 1450 01:09:36.479 --> 01:09:40.279 a spring training invite, or even to as well. More 1451 01:09:40.279 --> 01:09:42.399 than anything, I think a couple of those ways that 1452 01:09:42.439 --> 01:09:44.199 you're able to bring in players is going to be 1453 01:09:44.239 --> 01:09:47.000 through trade. And I think that if I had to 1454 01:09:47.000 --> 01:09:49.239 predict what is going to be a theme of this 1455 01:09:49.399 --> 01:09:53.239 Astros twenty twenty four into twenty twenty five offseason, It's 1456 01:09:53.279 --> 01:09:54.800 going to be trades of plenty. 1457 01:09:54.840 --> 01:09:56.680 I think Dana Brown's gonna be wheeling a dealing. 1458 01:09:56.760 --> 01:09:59.079 I think that's what he is going to be looking 1459 01:09:59.119 --> 01:10:02.039 to do in term of improving it not only the lineup, 1460 01:10:02.079 --> 01:10:04.920 but also too. He did not seem like he was 1461 01:10:05.039 --> 01:10:08.840 opposed to improving the back end of the rotation. Do 1462 01:10:08.880 --> 01:10:10.800 you go a veteran guy there in the back end 1463 01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:13.079 of the rotation as a four or five starter for you, 1464 01:10:13.720 --> 01:10:16.159 or even too as well to help out in the 1465 01:10:16.159 --> 01:10:18.079 bullpen as well. I mean, you know, we talked about 1466 01:10:18.079 --> 01:10:21.239 it with Ari Alexander that I think next year your 1467 01:10:21.239 --> 01:10:23.399 setup man is Brian A bray You. In my mind, 1468 01:10:23.479 --> 01:10:25.760 I think that he has the stuff to be the 1469 01:10:25.800 --> 01:10:28.119 setup man for you, and I also think that he's 1470 01:10:28.159 --> 01:10:30.279 a more effective pitcher at this point in his career 1471 01:10:30.439 --> 01:10:32.960 than Ryan Presley is. I would feel a lot better 1472 01:10:33.000 --> 01:10:35.520 heading into Josh Hater with Brian A bray You than 1473 01:10:35.520 --> 01:10:37.680 I would Ryan Presley, and I think we saw that 1474 01:10:37.680 --> 01:10:40.319 play out a lot this season. So all of those 1475 01:10:40.319 --> 01:10:42.800 options again on the table. I mean, you heard Dana 1476 01:10:42.800 --> 01:10:45.960 Brown say it's in that segment. You know, nothing is 1477 01:10:46.000 --> 01:10:48.159 off the table at this point for the Astros in 1478 01:10:48.199 --> 01:10:50.880 terms of trying to get back deeper into the postseason 1479 01:10:50.960 --> 01:10:53.880 next season and beyond. All right, let's look into some 1480 01:10:53.920 --> 01:10:58.479 Texans talk. Jeremy White from WGR in Buffalo joined us 1481 01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:01.079 yesterday on the A Team We Come Back. I want 1482 01:11:01.079 --> 01:11:03.920 to give you a chance to hear from him as 1483 01:11:04.000 --> 01:11:06.439 we continue along here in the eleven o'clock hour, on 1484 01:11:06.680 --> 01:11:09.359 your home of the Astros and the Rockets on Dan Matthews, 1485 01:11:09.439 --> 01:11:11.039 this is Space City Saturday. 1486 01:11:13.000 --> 01:11:17.159 It's Space City Saturday, one Sports Talk seven night here. 1487 01:11:18.000 --> 01:11:21.880 Sort of a fitting song, Melvin, But also though too, 1488 01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:25.640 it's early on in the NFL season, so the Texans 1489 01:11:25.680 --> 01:11:28.279 in this case have more than one shot, but they 1490 01:11:28.319 --> 01:11:31.560 got one shot tomorrow, So Eminem is correct about that. 1491 01:11:31.680 --> 01:11:34.119 Melvin Brown, by the way behind the glass there in 1492 01:11:34.399 --> 01:11:36.560 our uptown at Galleria Studios. 1493 01:11:37.119 --> 01:11:38.800 The Texans taking on the. 1494 01:11:38.680 --> 01:11:43.000 Bills tomorrow over there at NRG Stadium should be a 1495 01:11:43.039 --> 01:11:46.199 fun atmosphere for this one. The Texans like the Bills 1496 01:11:46.199 --> 01:11:49.680 a little banged up, still know Joe Mixon for this one. 1497 01:11:49.800 --> 01:11:52.960 Gonna be interesting to see what Damian Pierce. It probably 1498 01:11:53.039 --> 01:11:55.319 sounds like he's not going to be going another week, 1499 01:11:55.399 --> 01:11:58.479 So it looks like Cam Akers and Daria Goomba Walle 1500 01:11:58.600 --> 01:12:02.640 going to be your running backs tomorrow for that one. 1501 01:12:02.840 --> 01:12:07.159 And the Texans also to dealing with some injury issues elsewhere. 1502 01:12:07.239 --> 01:12:09.199 We'll see what happens with Titus Howard if he's able 1503 01:12:09.239 --> 01:12:11.279 to give it a go tomorrow or if Blake Fisher 1504 01:12:11.319 --> 01:12:13.439 is playing at right tackle. So that is all on 1505 01:12:13.520 --> 01:12:17.079 the Texans side. As for the Bill side, yesterday on 1506 01:12:17.119 --> 01:12:18.600 the A team, we had a chance to catch up 1507 01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:21.880 with Jeremy White, part of Jeremy or Joe and Jeremy, 1508 01:12:22.720 --> 01:12:27.359 the Joe and Jeremy Morning Show there on WGR in Buffalo, 1509 01:12:27.399 --> 01:12:30.520 and they are the Bill's flagship station. As we had 1510 01:12:30.520 --> 01:12:32.760 a chance to catch up with him about the Bill 1511 01:12:33.000 --> 01:12:34.760 side of tomorrow's matchup. 1512 01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:39.680 Jeremy White from radio there in Buffalo, the same thing 1513 01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:42.439 we brought up as the show began. Even though it 1514 01:12:42.560 --> 01:12:45.159 sounds silly, they've been to the postseason so many times 1515 01:12:45.279 --> 01:12:48.840 it sounds less silly. But yeah, this is a tiebreaker game, 1516 01:12:48.880 --> 01:12:52.960 five games into the season, and there's a quarterback matchup 1517 01:12:53.399 --> 01:12:55.520 that I think the rest of the country should be 1518 01:12:55.560 --> 01:12:56.039 interested in. 1519 01:12:56.079 --> 01:12:56.640 Between C. J. 1520 01:12:56.760 --> 01:13:00.359 Stroud and Josh Allen different stages of their careers, certainly 1521 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:03.439 the two most likely probably three along with Lamar Jackson. 1522 01:13:03.479 --> 01:13:06.199 If somebody's going to upend the Chiefs and Mahomes, it's 1523 01:13:06.199 --> 01:13:08.119 going to be one of these three guys in the AFC, 1524 01:13:08.239 --> 01:13:11.239 if they can prevent them from again dominating here. I 1525 01:13:11.279 --> 01:13:13.399 was looking back at Josh Allen's career. He's gone four 1526 01:13:13.439 --> 01:13:16.399 straight games to open this season without an interception. He's 1527 01:13:16.439 --> 01:13:19.119 only gone four straight games without an interception one other 1528 01:13:19.199 --> 01:13:20.640 time in his career, and that was all the way 1529 01:13:20.680 --> 01:13:24.880 back in twenty nineteen. What is it about this year's team, 1530 01:13:25.239 --> 01:13:28.960 this full season? I assume with Joe Brady's offense that 1531 01:13:29.000 --> 01:13:32.840 you think has had him clicking so well, well. 1532 01:13:32.720 --> 01:13:33.319 That's the thing. 1533 01:13:33.399 --> 01:13:36.239 Like the passing game for Josh Allen and these Bills 1534 01:13:36.359 --> 01:13:39.880 is a shorter air yards passing game with more yards 1535 01:13:39.880 --> 01:13:42.600 after catch by design. This has been like a two 1536 01:13:42.600 --> 01:13:45.880 to three year transition from Brian Dable as the offensive 1537 01:13:45.880 --> 01:13:47.560 coordinator a few years back. Then they go to Ken 1538 01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:51.800 Dorsey and it seemed to want yards and there were 1539 01:13:51.800 --> 01:13:54.039 thirty second in the NFL in the yak yards. With 1540 01:13:54.119 --> 01:13:55.840 Ken Dorsey in a full season one they were the 1541 01:13:55.880 --> 01:13:59.600 thirty first, and then Dorsey got a second season, got 1542 01:13:59.680 --> 01:14:01.560 fired half way through. I kind of think it's a 1543 01:14:01.560 --> 01:14:04.159 bit of chasing something they didn't really have to chase. 1544 01:14:04.520 --> 01:14:07.479 But nevertheless, they are here now and now they are 1545 01:14:07.479 --> 01:14:10.319 a yak yard team. So what's different about Alan? Why 1546 01:14:10.359 --> 01:14:12.720 are the fewer interceptions? I think it's because the ball 1547 01:14:12.760 --> 01:14:16.960 isn't traveling as far, so safer throws easy button throws. 1548 01:14:17.279 --> 01:14:19.800 You know, he says zero interceptions through four games. I 1549 01:14:19.800 --> 01:14:22.960 don't necessarily think that's the best thing. You know, he's 1550 01:14:22.960 --> 01:14:25.279 a guy that throws down the field. He's a guy 1551 01:14:25.319 --> 01:14:27.720 that can rip it pretty much anywhere. And to this 1552 01:14:27.800 --> 01:14:29.800 point in his career, you know, you'll see the stats 1553 01:14:29.800 --> 01:14:32.000 that he leads the league in interceptions since his time 1554 01:14:32.000 --> 01:14:34.000 in the league. A lot of Bills fans kind of 1555 01:14:34.000 --> 01:14:37.560 don't care because he's such an exciting player. He's such 1556 01:14:37.560 --> 01:14:40.840 a good player that take a bogey birdie golf. For sure, 1557 01:14:40.880 --> 01:14:44.319 there's some bogey, there's more birdies, and this guy is 1558 01:14:44.439 --> 01:14:47.720 worth letting him off the leash, even he uses that 1559 01:14:47.800 --> 01:14:50.279 phrase sometimes. So they've got him under control and that 1560 01:14:50.279 --> 01:14:51.880 can be good. But there are going to be times 1561 01:14:51.920 --> 01:14:53.720 that they got a lot of loose and hopefully those 1562 01:14:53.760 --> 01:14:55.359 aren't too few and far between them. 1563 01:14:55.640 --> 01:14:58.960 Talking to Jeremy White of w g R in Buffalo, 1564 01:14:59.000 --> 01:15:01.880 Texans and Bills this Sunday here in Houston with a 1565 01:15:01.920 --> 01:15:04.720 new and kickoff. All right, So the elephant in the room, 1566 01:15:04.760 --> 01:15:06.279 I guess would be Stefan Diggs. 1567 01:15:06.920 --> 01:15:09.520 What the elephant in our room? Right in huge right 1568 01:15:09.560 --> 01:15:12.159 clearly did a couple I guess this is probably a 1569 01:15:12.199 --> 01:15:12.680 two parter. 1570 01:15:13.159 --> 01:15:16.119 Did were you amused at how much was made about 1571 01:15:16.359 --> 01:15:20.239 Stefan Diggs being a bad locker room guy by maybe 1572 01:15:20.279 --> 01:15:22.479 some members of the national media, or maybe you agree 1573 01:15:22.479 --> 01:15:22.920 with that. 1574 01:15:22.920 --> 01:15:24.880 That's the first part of the question. The second part 1575 01:15:24.920 --> 01:15:26.319 is where. 1576 01:15:26.239 --> 01:15:29.960 You did you think that the Bills offense would drop 1577 01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:32.079 off when that transaction was made? 1578 01:15:32.119 --> 01:15:34.000 And you know, are you surprised that it really hasn't. 1579 01:15:35.079 --> 01:15:38.640 Yeah, well, you won't find a bigger Digs fan than me, period. 1580 01:15:38.720 --> 01:15:41.720 Like I liked him before the Bills went and got him, 1581 01:15:41.760 --> 01:15:45.000 and when he forced his way out of Minnesota, as 1582 01:15:45.039 --> 01:15:49.039 it said, I was thrilled. He had great success here. 1583 01:15:49.079 --> 01:15:51.720 He was a huge part of what they did. I 1584 01:15:51.760 --> 01:15:56.520 am amused, among other things, I some Bills fans like 1585 01:15:56.600 --> 01:15:59.920 to rewrite the history of his time here. He was dominant, 1586 01:15:59.920 --> 01:16:03.000 he was amazing, He was cool. Like I said, you 1587 01:16:03.000 --> 01:16:06.880 won't find a bigger fan. Thing got tense, and you 1588 01:16:06.880 --> 01:16:09.199 know it pumps to find anybody to tell you really 1589 01:16:09.239 --> 01:16:11.560 what happened. Jeremy Fowler wrote a big piece on the 1590 01:16:11.600 --> 01:16:14.520 divorce between Digs and the Bills and quoted a bunch 1591 01:16:14.520 --> 01:16:16.880 of team sources, and there wasn't any team source in 1592 01:16:16.920 --> 01:16:20.800 there saying that he demanded targets. My impression at Diggs 1593 01:16:20.800 --> 01:16:24.800 has always been he is manic about winning. He's insane 1594 01:16:24.800 --> 01:16:27.359 about wanting to win. And when they went from AFC 1595 01:16:27.439 --> 01:16:31.199 championship team to divisional round exit, divisional round exit, divisional 1596 01:16:31.279 --> 01:16:34.039 round exit, he started to ask questions, why are we 1597 01:16:34.119 --> 01:16:38.319 plateauing here? Why aren't we moving forward? And the Cincinnati 1598 01:16:38.319 --> 01:16:40.840 game two years ago, the Bills losing the playoffs by 1599 01:16:40.880 --> 01:16:43.640 seventeen at home to Cincinnati. That's the game that happens 1600 01:16:43.680 --> 01:16:45.479 in the DeMar Hamlin season. So it's kind of be 1601 01:16:45.920 --> 01:16:49.000 like the haze of post Hamlin and the team was 1602 01:16:49.039 --> 01:16:51.000 a shell of itself, and you could say that guys 1603 01:16:51.000 --> 01:16:53.640 weren't focused and guys really had trouble focusing, and that 1604 01:16:53.800 --> 01:16:57.800 is a reasonable case to make. But Diggs laser focused 1605 01:16:58.039 --> 01:17:01.560 on the sideline. Diggs is raising his arms at Alan 1606 01:17:01.960 --> 01:17:04.159 and we don't know what said. No one ever has 1607 01:17:04.199 --> 01:17:06.319 heard what was said. Was it get your head in 1608 01:17:06.319 --> 01:17:07.880 the game? Was it what are we doing out here? 1609 01:17:08.000 --> 01:17:10.880 Was it wake up? The point is I'd ever had 1610 01:17:10.880 --> 01:17:13.319 a problem with that on any level. You know, you're 1611 01:17:13.359 --> 01:17:15.760 in a big game and someone's upset that you're losing. 1612 01:17:15.800 --> 01:17:18.960 That's what it's supposed to look like to me. So Digs, 1613 01:17:19.079 --> 01:17:20.640 to me, is a guy that's always been able to 1614 01:17:20.640 --> 01:17:23.039 go between the lines and put anything that's on the 1615 01:17:23.039 --> 01:17:26.560 outside to the side during the hambling game. Some of 1616 01:17:26.560 --> 01:17:29.119 those reporting on this from Tyler Dunn, who writes about 1617 01:17:29.119 --> 01:17:32.079 the Bills at length of other NFL stuff. He reported 1618 01:17:32.279 --> 01:17:33.800 that Digs are one of the guys that when they 1619 01:17:33.800 --> 01:17:35.000 thought they were going to go out and have to 1620 01:17:35.000 --> 01:17:37.359 play again, he started to move people to do it. 1621 01:17:37.560 --> 01:17:39.560 So I've always got the impression that Digs is someone 1622 01:17:39.560 --> 01:17:43.319 that's very good at compartmentalizing and focusing everything there can 1623 01:17:43.359 --> 01:17:46.479 be on the field, and some players aren't good at that, 1624 01:17:46.800 --> 01:17:50.279 and some players can't take someone that intense all the time. So, 1625 01:17:50.920 --> 01:17:54.119 you know, the expiration date on the relationship between Digs 1626 01:17:54.159 --> 01:17:56.479 and the Bills came. I'm not happy about it. I 1627 01:17:56.520 --> 01:17:58.760 do think they will continue to miss him. I still 1628 01:17:58.760 --> 01:18:00.840 think they do miss him now, or a player of 1629 01:18:00.880 --> 01:18:03.560 his caliber. In this offense, you know, it's got it success, 1630 01:18:03.600 --> 01:18:06.760 it's got Josh Allen. But he's a great player. He's 1631 01:18:06.800 --> 01:18:08.720 one of the bills best players of all time. And 1632 01:18:08.800 --> 01:18:10.880 I am not one to rewrite history. And act like 1633 01:18:10.920 --> 01:18:12.000 I'm glad he's gone. 1634 01:18:12.199 --> 01:18:13.399 That's an opinion. 1635 01:18:13.399 --> 01:18:15.960 A lot of people here share all the things about 1636 01:18:16.119 --> 01:18:17.840 he wants to win again. 1637 01:18:17.880 --> 01:18:20.319 It's new here. He's on a one year deal here, so. 1638 01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:21.960 Granted there's some differences, but I think a lot of 1639 01:18:21.960 --> 01:18:24.720 people see it here in Houston similarly for about who 1640 01:18:24.760 --> 01:18:26.720 the person is and the leader that he is and 1641 01:18:26.760 --> 01:18:29.319 how helpful he's been. Curious from a how do you 1642 01:18:29.439 --> 01:18:32.720 rationalize this standpoint only in that they're still running the 1643 01:18:32.760 --> 01:18:36.920 Brady offense this year quite obviously not Tom Joe. When 1644 01:18:36.960 --> 01:18:39.840 they made that switch last year, it was their intention 1645 01:18:40.000 --> 01:18:43.520 and it played out to limit how much Diggs was 1646 01:18:43.560 --> 01:18:44.640 a focus of their offense. 1647 01:18:44.680 --> 01:18:46.359 He was a lot less of a focus. 1648 01:18:46.520 --> 01:18:49.079 He got the ball less, they targeted less, they did 1649 01:18:49.119 --> 01:18:51.800 other things, and they won a bunch of football games 1650 01:18:51.800 --> 01:18:53.319 to close out the year. They won six out of 1651 01:18:53.359 --> 01:18:56.720 seven and basically stole the division. He can still play. 1652 01:18:56.920 --> 01:18:58.520 He's going to be a bigger part of the offense 1653 01:18:58.640 --> 01:19:00.600 here than he was in the latest ages of their 1654 01:19:00.640 --> 01:19:04.840 offense there. Why did that, I guess work for the 1655 01:19:04.880 --> 01:19:07.199 Bills last year, which they're continuing this year. 1656 01:19:08.119 --> 01:19:09.840 Part of the reason that it worked is that their 1657 01:19:09.840 --> 01:19:11.640 defense came around. I mean, if you go look at 1658 01:19:11.640 --> 01:19:13.600 the games that they won, they did score a bunch 1659 01:19:13.640 --> 01:19:16.079 of points in a loss to Philadelphia, and then they 1660 01:19:16.079 --> 01:19:18.399 got some wins late in the season. They beat the Chiefs, 1661 01:19:18.439 --> 01:19:20.840 which was big. They beat Dallas by running the football, 1662 01:19:20.840 --> 01:19:22.439 and that's great. I mean, everybody runs on Dallas. 1663 01:19:22.479 --> 01:19:24.000 We've seen that, right, And then they got. 1664 01:19:23.920 --> 01:19:25.760 To win over San Diego on a last minute kick 1665 01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:30.079 over Ethan Stick. Like it's a little bit of rewriting 1666 01:19:30.239 --> 01:19:33.399 that stretch of Bill's football to say Joe Brady fixed things. 1667 01:19:33.439 --> 01:19:35.399 What happened was the Bill stopped turning the ball over 1668 01:19:35.680 --> 01:19:38.399 and they got their defense to play healthy. Matt Milano 1669 01:19:38.399 --> 01:19:39.880 missed most of the season last year. It took the 1670 01:19:39.880 --> 01:19:42.880 Bills a long time to find answers at linebacker and 1671 01:19:42.920 --> 01:19:46.079 to kind of bring things together defensively, because early in 1672 01:19:46.119 --> 01:19:49.039 the season their losses were a loss to Denver where 1673 01:19:49.039 --> 01:19:50.640 they had twelve men on the field for the game 1674 01:19:50.640 --> 01:19:53.439 winning kick. That's not on Stefan Diggs. The game, they 1675 01:19:53.439 --> 01:19:57.199 give up game winning drives to Mac Jones, not on Diggs, 1676 01:19:57.239 --> 01:20:01.640 an overtime kick return, touchdown, turn touchdown, not on Digs. 1677 01:20:01.800 --> 01:20:03.840 So it was one of these things where all of 1678 01:20:03.880 --> 01:20:06.359 a sudden, the win loss, even though it's not related 1679 01:20:06.399 --> 01:20:10.000 to one wide receiver, became a talking point. So you know, 1680 01:20:10.000 --> 01:20:12.199 if the Bills use that as a bit of a 1681 01:20:12.279 --> 01:20:15.039 lever to pull, that's fine. They got out from under 1682 01:20:15.079 --> 01:20:17.680 his money. They are going to clear their cap. They're 1683 01:20:17.720 --> 01:20:20.279 going to be sixty two million dollars clear next year, 1684 01:20:20.600 --> 01:20:22.600 taken on the dead eat dead money. When you have 1685 01:20:22.720 --> 01:20:25.239 Josh Allen, you kind of have that buffer. You can 1686 01:20:25.319 --> 01:20:28.279 have a transition year and still win eleven games. So 1687 01:20:28.600 --> 01:20:30.800 no matter what with Josh Allen, it's going to look good. 1688 01:20:31.119 --> 01:20:35.199 Right now. At receiver, it looks eh. They've got Khalil Shakir, 1689 01:20:35.279 --> 01:20:37.159 who's a nice player. He's broken out quite a bit. 1690 01:20:37.279 --> 01:20:38.439 He is out for this game. 1691 01:20:38.720 --> 01:20:39.600 That's bad news. 1692 01:20:39.760 --> 01:20:43.039 They've got Dalton Kincaid, a talented tight end that really 1693 01:20:43.079 --> 01:20:45.239 has not yet broken out the way that people thought 1694 01:20:45.239 --> 01:20:48.479 they would pass that. I mean, these are prayers. Curtis 1695 01:20:48.520 --> 01:20:51.560 Samuel eight million dollars a year they brought in and 1696 01:20:51.880 --> 01:20:53.279 he has not really been a big part of their 1697 01:20:53.319 --> 01:20:55.359 offense just yet. We might see some of that this week. 1698 01:20:55.800 --> 01:21:01.039 Marquez Valdez, Scantling and Max Hollins keon Coleman. These are 1699 01:21:01.159 --> 01:21:04.279 receivers that you're kind of hoping turn into something. But 1700 01:21:04.479 --> 01:21:07.520 it's long been my opinion that Bill's fans, these Bills 1701 01:21:07.520 --> 01:21:10.279 fans that rewrite the Digs era, they don't really understand 1702 01:21:10.479 --> 01:21:14.840 just how good and how important he was. He's a 1703 01:21:14.880 --> 01:21:18.439 star with gravity that polls defenses and made everything easy 1704 01:21:18.479 --> 01:21:20.960 for people behind him. And the sin for the Bills 1705 01:21:21.039 --> 01:21:24.039 during the Digs era was they let it drift. Their 1706 01:21:24.119 --> 01:21:28.000 receiver room went from Diggs and Beasley and Emmanuel Sanders 1707 01:21:28.039 --> 01:21:30.319 and gave Davis to just Digs and Davis and then 1708 01:21:30.439 --> 01:21:33.159 guys that couldn't really get on the field. So I 1709 01:21:33.159 --> 01:21:35.119 think they do miss him. Their offense is still good, 1710 01:21:35.159 --> 01:21:36.840 It's always going to be good with Josh Allen. But 1711 01:21:36.880 --> 01:21:39.159 the worst it should really ever be is like ten. 1712 01:21:39.760 --> 01:21:43.520 So if it's eight, I don't necessarily think that's going great. 1713 01:21:43.600 --> 01:21:45.359 I think that's near the floor of what you should be. 1714 01:21:45.920 --> 01:21:47.680 We'll see where Joe Brady goes. I think he's got 1715 01:21:47.720 --> 01:21:51.920 some good ideas, some good concepts, but I am not thinking, oh, 1716 01:21:51.960 --> 01:21:53.720 Diggs is gone and they'll never miss them again. 1717 01:21:53.840 --> 01:21:55.800 All right, Ten seconds for you, Jeremy on the way 1718 01:21:55.800 --> 01:21:57.680 out the door, who is four and one after. 1719 01:21:57.439 --> 01:21:58.119 The game. 1720 01:22:00.159 --> 01:22:01.399 Houston because of the injuries. 1721 01:22:01.800 --> 01:22:04.560 Really, I mean, Shakira is big, Taylor rap is out, 1722 01:22:04.600 --> 01:22:06.920 that's big. At Oliver is out, that's big. The Bills 1723 01:22:07.079 --> 01:22:09.640 ruled out a bunch of guys today and they don't 1724 01:22:09.680 --> 01:22:11.840 have anybody who Shakir so Shakier not in the slot. 1725 01:22:11.880 --> 01:22:12.680 It's a big problem. 1726 01:22:12.880 --> 01:22:14.720 Agreed, We'll see what happens. 1727 01:22:14.800 --> 01:22:17.079 Jeremy really appreciate the time, and we'll talk to you 1728 01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:17.560 against soon. 1729 01:22:18.479 --> 01:22:24.279 Thanks guys, all right, good stuff there from Jeremy White 1730 01:22:24.359 --> 01:22:27.960 from WGR there in Buffalo. I mean, you know, talked 1731 01:22:27.960 --> 01:22:29.920 about it from the Bill's side. A lot of guys 1732 01:22:30.119 --> 01:22:32.800 that are out. Still haven't had Christian Harris for this year. 1733 01:22:33.000 --> 01:22:35.319 That's been a huge part of this Texans team that 1734 01:22:35.399 --> 01:22:38.239 you would like to have in the fold. The good 1735 01:22:38.279 --> 01:22:40.680 news though, I mean Tank Dell with our very own 1736 01:22:41.000 --> 01:22:44.520 Aaron Wilson in the Texans locker room yesterday saying good 1737 01:22:44.520 --> 01:22:47.960 to go. He'll be out there tomorrow against the Bills. 1738 01:22:48.159 --> 01:22:50.640 So looking forward to it. Gonna be a fun atmosphere. 1739 01:22:51.000 --> 01:22:54.359 I think we can all agree on that, Bills. I 1740 01:22:54.399 --> 01:22:56.840 threw it out there on Twitter too as well. I 1741 01:22:56.880 --> 01:22:59.000 want to see a table jump like, I think I'm 1742 01:22:59.000 --> 01:23:02.319 gonna be making my way a little slower into the stadium, 1743 01:23:02.359 --> 01:23:04.920 go through some of the tailgate lots there at NRG, 1744 01:23:05.039 --> 01:23:07.159 and I want to see if any of Bill's mafia 1745 01:23:07.720 --> 01:23:10.119 is ready to perform for the crowd. I will not 1746 01:23:10.199 --> 01:23:13.199 be jumping onto any tables. That will not be happening. 1747 01:23:13.279 --> 01:23:15.359 I think if I did that, I would probably be 1748 01:23:15.920 --> 01:23:21.039 in a chair, and not for good reasons. So not 1749 01:23:21.079 --> 01:23:25.119 gonna be doing that, but definitely be willing to watch 1750 01:23:25.279 --> 01:23:29.560 people who want to make themselves part of their own 1751 01:23:29.720 --> 01:23:31.840 unaired episode of Jackass. 1752 01:23:31.880 --> 01:23:33.840 So that'll be fun to be able to watch. 1753 01:23:33.880 --> 01:23:37.199 So hopefully I can be able to put eyes upon 1754 01:23:37.239 --> 01:23:41.720 that tomorrow. College football ongoing right now, Aggie's out to 1755 01:23:42.079 --> 01:23:46.920 an early lead, noted missou alum Bindubo's who of course 1756 01:23:46.960 --> 01:23:50.239 you hear here on social media, seeming to believe that 1757 01:23:50.640 --> 01:23:55.199 the Zebras are calling it pretty heavily in the A 1758 01:23:55.279 --> 01:23:57.960 and M favor right now. But the Aggie's out to 1759 01:23:58.119 --> 01:24:00.560 a ten to nothing lead in that one. They're at 1760 01:24:00.640 --> 01:24:04.159 Kyle Field, so pretty fun. I did just throw this 1761 01:24:04.239 --> 01:24:07.720 out though, because I'm watching it on ABC right now 1762 01:24:08.000 --> 01:24:10.359 and they showed the Cora cadets, and of course you 1763 01:24:10.399 --> 01:24:12.920 know they've got the twelve mantals, they're waving them, doing 1764 01:24:12.960 --> 01:24:15.640 all of that. One of the guys with horns down, 1765 01:24:15.960 --> 01:24:19.279 you're playing Miszoo, stop doing the horns down like Texas 1766 01:24:19.319 --> 01:24:21.399 should be the furthest thing from your mind right now. 1767 01:24:21.439 --> 01:24:24.119 And I know that it's a rivalry all that kind 1768 01:24:24.159 --> 01:24:26.439 of stuff, but can we stop doing this when you're 1769 01:24:26.479 --> 01:24:29.960 not playing Texas the horns down thing? Come on, Ags, Seriously, 1770 01:24:30.279 --> 01:24:32.800 you get made fun of for enough things, no need 1771 01:24:32.840 --> 01:24:36.199 to add to it. So let's try to help help 1772 01:24:36.239 --> 01:24:41.439 yourself help yourself in that case. So anyway, that's what's 1773 01:24:41.640 --> 01:24:44.560 happening right now, all right. Coming up next, something brought 1774 01:24:44.640 --> 01:24:47.760 up on the NFL players side that I wanted to 1775 01:24:47.760 --> 01:24:50.920 get into before we got out of here today. As 1776 01:24:50.960 --> 01:24:53.840 the players don't want to do this anymore. We'll discuss 1777 01:24:53.880 --> 01:24:56.800 that on the other side as we wrap up this 1778 01:24:57.079 --> 01:24:59.720 edition of Space City Saturday. Still time for you to 1779 01:24:59.720 --> 01:25:01.359 get in and if you want to want any of 1780 01:25:01.359 --> 01:25:03.600 the astro stuff we talked about earlier, that's on the 1781 01:25:03.640 --> 01:25:05.039 table if you want to. 1782 01:25:05.119 --> 01:25:05.840 It's fair game. 1783 01:25:06.000 --> 01:25:09.359 Hop on a board at seven one three, two, one, two, five, 1784 01:25:09.439 --> 01:25:11.479 seven ninety. Once again, that's seven one, three two on 1785 01:25:11.560 --> 01:25:15.520 two five, seven ninety. Dan Matthews, Space City Saturday. We'll 1786 01:25:15.520 --> 01:25:18.680 wrap it up here next on Sports Talk seven ninety. 1787 01:25:19.319 --> 01:25:19.960 Exactly what. 1788 01:25:23.039 --> 01:25:28.279 Space City Saturday? On Sports Talk seven ninety. 1789 01:25:28.479 --> 01:25:29.920 We've had enough for it this week. 1790 01:25:30.600 --> 01:25:34.760 I mean, you know, I would say, you know, you 1791 01:25:34.760 --> 01:25:37.279 don't want the Texans to hurt us tomorrow, but we've 1792 01:25:37.319 --> 01:25:40.920 already been hurt enough by the Astros. So hopefully it's 1793 01:25:41.239 --> 01:25:43.880 one of those you can get a strong end to 1794 01:25:43.960 --> 01:25:47.039 the week to propel us forward in this Texan season. 1795 01:25:47.039 --> 01:25:50.600 They're three and one Buffalo coming in after a tough 1796 01:25:50.680 --> 01:25:56.159 loss last week to the Baltimore Ravens, So even though 1797 01:25:56.159 --> 01:25:57.960 they're a little banged up, you got to believe that, 1798 01:25:58.600 --> 01:26:02.479 you know, Doug mcdug McDermott's team is going to be 1799 01:26:02.720 --> 01:26:06.880 looking for a strong bounce back in their efforts inside 1800 01:26:07.039 --> 01:26:11.359 NRG Stadium tomorrow, So we'll see how it all goes 1801 01:26:11.800 --> 01:26:15.560 for that game. Someone three two one two five seven 1802 01:26:15.680 --> 01:26:18.319 ninety is the number to get in on the phone lines. 1803 01:26:18.319 --> 01:26:22.000 I know, I said, Doug McDermott, Sean McDermott. See sometimes 1804 01:26:22.079 --> 01:26:26.000 I mix up my name. Doug McDermott is a basketball player, 1805 01:26:26.199 --> 01:26:27.319 was a basketball player. 1806 01:26:27.319 --> 01:26:28.479 It doesn't matter anyway. 1807 01:26:29.279 --> 01:26:34.159 So the nfl PA coming out with something interesting yesterday 1808 01:26:34.159 --> 01:26:39.840 in terms of how you postgame interviews and how interviews 1809 01:26:39.880 --> 01:26:40.159 in the. 1810 01:26:40.119 --> 01:26:41.800 Locker room are conducted. 1811 01:26:41.880 --> 01:26:44.600 And when I brought this up yesterday on the A Team, 1812 01:26:44.840 --> 01:26:47.800 WEX was mentioning that this would not be in regards 1813 01:26:47.880 --> 01:26:51.760 to game days, This would be more towards the practice weeks. 1814 01:26:51.760 --> 01:26:54.359 But I think it's one of those It starts there 1815 01:26:54.560 --> 01:26:57.039 and it doesn't necessarily end there. Once you open the 1816 01:26:57.079 --> 01:26:59.640 door of this, then it's a possibility of it being 1817 01:26:59.680 --> 01:27:03.680 the case going forward. But the NFLPA on Friday issue 1818 01:27:03.720 --> 01:27:07.640 to statement urging the NFL to make quote immediate changes 1819 01:27:07.720 --> 01:27:11.840 to its current, quote outdated media policy in regards to 1820 01:27:12.199 --> 01:27:16.199 locker room interviews. The statement reads like this quote. Over 1821 01:27:16.239 --> 01:27:18.439 the past three years, the NFLPA has tried to work 1822 01:27:18.439 --> 01:27:21.920 with the NFL and Pro Football Writers Association of America 1823 01:27:22.319 --> 01:27:25.680 to move media interviews out of locker rooms. However, there's 1824 01:27:25.720 --> 01:27:29.000 been a little willingness to collaborate on a new solution. 1825 01:27:29.159 --> 01:27:32.560 Players field at locker room interviews invade their privacy and 1826 01:27:32.760 --> 01:27:36.920 are uncomfortable this isn't about limiting media access, but about 1827 01:27:36.960 --> 01:27:41.439 respecting players privacy and dignity. The statement continues, quote the 1828 01:27:41.520 --> 01:27:46.840 NFL's current policy is outdated. We the nfl PA Executive Committee, 1829 01:27:46.920 --> 01:27:49.680 urged the NFL to make immediate changes to foster a 1830 01:27:49.760 --> 01:27:53.640 more respectful and safer working place for our players. In 1831 01:27:53.680 --> 01:27:56.239 the meantime, we encourage each player to ask for interviews 1832 01:27:56.239 --> 01:28:01.479 outside the locker room during the week. I understand sort 1833 01:28:01.479 --> 01:28:03.399 of to a point where the players are coming from, 1834 01:28:03.439 --> 01:28:07.119 but I mean a respectful and safer working place. What 1835 01:28:07.239 --> 01:28:11.439 does people holding microphones make unsafe in the locker room? Like, 1836 01:28:11.920 --> 01:28:16.119 I understand it from the standpoint of, you know, you know, 1837 01:28:16.159 --> 01:28:19.880 that's where players get dressed. That's where players want to 1838 01:28:19.920 --> 01:28:23.399 be able to, you know, speak freely in that place, 1839 01:28:23.439 --> 01:28:25.840 because I mean, it is a safe space. The locker room, 1840 01:28:25.880 --> 01:28:28.880 the clubhouse in baseball, it's supposed to be a safe place, 1841 01:28:28.920 --> 01:28:31.680 but it's also too At the same time, I think, 1842 01:28:31.880 --> 01:28:36.399 what from the media perspective allows for interviews in locker 1843 01:28:36.479 --> 01:28:41.960 rooms and clubhouses to be better than in more sterilized environments. 1844 01:28:41.960 --> 01:28:46.239 From the standpoint of, you know, scrums outside the outside 1845 01:28:46.239 --> 01:28:49.279 of the locker room, where everybody's standing around, you kind 1846 01:28:49.279 --> 01:28:51.880 of get canned answers, you get canned responses. Same deal 1847 01:28:51.920 --> 01:28:55.199 with press conferences as well. You just really if you're 1848 01:28:55.239 --> 01:28:57.439 trying for a one on one, you don't get the 1849 01:28:57.479 --> 01:29:01.159 same type of you know, just cant did responses that 1850 01:29:01.359 --> 01:29:05.960 I think you could get from having those types of situations. 1851 01:29:06.000 --> 01:29:08.279 And you know it's also too as well. 1852 01:29:08.479 --> 01:29:11.079 I mean, you know, I've heard it from both the 1853 01:29:11.119 --> 01:29:14.199 player's side, but also to the media side as well. 1854 01:29:14.880 --> 01:29:17.880 Here's where I think it could go sideways. I've covered 1855 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:20.920 college football for a long time, and in college football, 1856 01:29:21.079 --> 01:29:25.760 aside from championship games for conferences and bowl games, you 1857 01:29:25.800 --> 01:29:29.640 do not get locker room access. You get a certain 1858 01:29:29.680 --> 01:29:32.000 amount of players brought out, and more often than not, 1859 01:29:32.239 --> 01:29:34.760 it's the same guys that are brought out every single week, 1860 01:29:35.079 --> 01:29:37.520 and they're told the party line to be able to 1861 01:29:37.520 --> 01:29:41.000 toe and the talking points to throw out there. So 1862 01:29:41.279 --> 01:29:43.720 you really just don't get any good responses. It's college 1863 01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:45.640 I get that, but at the same time, you just 1864 01:29:45.720 --> 01:29:48.279 don't really get the chance to be able to build 1865 01:29:48.319 --> 01:29:50.479 up that relationship and a huge part of this business 1866 01:29:50.520 --> 01:29:53.760 that people don't necessarily think about, because it is what 1867 01:29:53.960 --> 01:29:56.199 makes those who are really good at this job, good 1868 01:29:56.239 --> 01:29:59.359 at their jobs, is building up that relationship, that trust 1869 01:29:59.439 --> 01:30:02.479 of being able to have that where soon enough the 1870 01:30:02.520 --> 01:30:05.399 player or the coach they trust you, you get better 1871 01:30:05.439 --> 01:30:07.600 answers out of them because they know, Hey, if I 1872 01:30:07.640 --> 01:30:10.399 say this to this guy or this lady, they're not 1873 01:30:10.560 --> 01:30:12.880 going to twist my words, they're not going to put 1874 01:30:12.880 --> 01:30:14.800 me in a bad light. And I can trust that 1875 01:30:14.840 --> 01:30:17.319 they're going to do me right if indeed I'm speaking 1876 01:30:17.439 --> 01:30:18.920 my mind a little bit more freely. 1877 01:30:19.199 --> 01:30:20.960 I think the other part of it as well. 1878 01:30:21.359 --> 01:30:25.479 This could kind of lend to a chance to be 1879 01:30:26.000 --> 01:30:30.880 taken advantage of by organizations because you have media relations 1880 01:30:30.920 --> 01:30:32.840 people who are doing their job, and their job is 1881 01:30:32.880 --> 01:30:34.560 to be able to protect the franchise. How do you 1882 01:30:34.560 --> 01:30:37.920 protect the franchise? You protect players in certain cases from 1883 01:30:38.000 --> 01:30:41.560 themselves or you know, anybody inside the building from themselves. 1884 01:30:41.880 --> 01:30:44.520 And it could be say you have an agreed upon 1885 01:30:44.600 --> 01:30:46.800 interview with a player, Oh so and so can't do it. 1886 01:30:46.800 --> 01:30:48.399 He's got to go to training, he's got to go 1887 01:30:48.479 --> 01:30:51.680 do all of this, whatever it might be. The convenient 1888 01:30:51.760 --> 01:30:56.479 excuses could arise as opposed to you haven't agreed upon interview, 1889 01:30:56.600 --> 01:30:58.800 you go that player's locker. Hey, you ready to go? 1890 01:30:58.960 --> 01:31:01.239 You want to talk about this right now? Yeah, let's 1891 01:31:01.239 --> 01:31:03.760 do this right now. All those different types of things, 1892 01:31:04.079 --> 01:31:06.079 that's what I think kind of allows for that to 1893 01:31:06.119 --> 01:31:08.079 be the case. I think the other part of this 1894 01:31:08.279 --> 01:31:10.479 as well, I'll just go ahead and say it. In 1895 01:31:10.520 --> 01:31:13.720 some cases there's people who are credentialed for games that 1896 01:31:13.800 --> 01:31:17.359 honestly should not be. This is a job that you 1897 01:31:17.479 --> 01:31:19.439 have to pay your dues in order to be able 1898 01:31:19.479 --> 01:31:21.439 to get to a certain point and gain that trust 1899 01:31:21.479 --> 01:31:24.000 of not only the people that I've talked about, but 1900 01:31:24.079 --> 01:31:28.039 also to you the audience as well. I mean, you know, 1901 01:31:28.159 --> 01:31:31.239 I understand in the age of podcasting and everything else 1902 01:31:31.279 --> 01:31:33.640 of the sort that people think, oh, anybody can just 1903 01:31:33.680 --> 01:31:36.600 do this like I love you know of people all 1904 01:31:36.640 --> 01:31:38.079 the time. You know, oh you know I want to 1905 01:31:38.079 --> 01:31:40.640 host a radio show. All right, Well you know how 1906 01:31:40.680 --> 01:31:44.279 much do you prepare what? Yes, there's preparation that goes 1907 01:31:44.319 --> 01:31:48.600 into this. There's you know, preparation of forming your argument 1908 01:31:48.760 --> 01:31:51.439 and you know, being able to craft how and when 1909 01:31:51.600 --> 01:31:53.760 you want to bring things up on your show. It's 1910 01:31:53.760 --> 01:31:56.479 not just turning on a microphone and winging it and 1911 01:31:56.560 --> 01:31:58.680 just going That's not how this job is done at 1912 01:31:58.760 --> 01:32:02.199 least not well so in that case right there. I mean, 1913 01:32:02.479 --> 01:32:05.159 you know, getting to a major market in this business, 1914 01:32:05.199 --> 01:32:06.279 for example. 1915 01:32:05.920 --> 01:32:07.000 You've got to pay your dues. 1916 01:32:07.000 --> 01:32:09.319 You've got to be able to have not only the 1917 01:32:09.319 --> 01:32:11.840 trust of the audience but also to the trust of 1918 01:32:11.880 --> 01:32:14.760 people who may be hiring you to know that you 1919 01:32:14.800 --> 01:32:16.920 can go on and be able to be two things 1920 01:32:17.000 --> 01:32:21.319 informative and entertaining. And I think in certain cases, you know, 1921 01:32:21.399 --> 01:32:24.039 this would be just another step that they can try 1922 01:32:24.039 --> 01:32:27.159 to say that it's not about limiting media access, but 1923 01:32:27.359 --> 01:32:30.720 eventually that's what it would become, because then you would 1924 01:32:30.720 --> 01:32:32.560 have you know, a player, Hey, so and so wants 1925 01:32:32.560 --> 01:32:34.399 to talk to you outside. Oh, tell them, you know, 1926 01:32:34.399 --> 01:32:36.920 tell them I've got this. I you know, I don't 1927 01:32:36.920 --> 01:32:38.760 want to do it. I mean, then you've got the 1928 01:32:38.800 --> 01:32:42.199 middleman or middle lady in the media relations person who 1929 01:32:42.239 --> 01:32:44.319 then has to go and deliver the bad news of 1930 01:32:44.680 --> 01:32:47.239 you know, oh, well, you know, hey, they can't do it, 1931 01:32:47.239 --> 01:32:50.439 they've got this, they've got whatever, and then you're screwed. 1932 01:32:50.520 --> 01:32:54.840 You're standing with yourself in terms of being in a 1933 01:32:54.880 --> 01:32:57.359 tough spot of you had a story that you were 1934 01:32:57.560 --> 01:32:59.800 planning on being able to run with and now you 1935 01:32:59.800 --> 01:33:03.479 can run with it. So, I mean to a certain point, 1936 01:33:03.520 --> 01:33:06.000 like I said, I understand it is their safe place. 1937 01:33:06.119 --> 01:33:09.000 It is, you know, where they're supposed to be able 1938 01:33:09.000 --> 01:33:11.479 to be themselves, but also to at the same time, 1939 01:33:11.960 --> 01:33:15.279 I mean, let's not act like it's completely invasive all 1940 01:33:15.319 --> 01:33:17.600 the time. We're in there for forty five minutes at 1941 01:33:17.600 --> 01:33:19.760 a time. You know when we're coming in, you know 1942 01:33:19.960 --> 01:33:22.119 we'll be there. And if you want to avoid the 1943 01:33:22.159 --> 01:33:25.359 cameras and people in there, then make that your time 1944 01:33:25.399 --> 01:33:27.840 to go to the cafeteria, make that your time to 1945 01:33:27.880 --> 01:33:29.439 go to the weight room, whatever it is. 1946 01:33:29.880 --> 01:33:32.840 I mean, you can do that. That's that's not a problem. 1947 01:33:32.880 --> 01:33:35.880 You know when the media relations you know department is 1948 01:33:35.880 --> 01:33:37.840 going to be coming in with the media. So if 1949 01:33:37.840 --> 01:33:39.640 you want to avoid it, then avoid him that way. 1950 01:33:39.840 --> 01:33:42.319 But I mean, you know, to say that this is invasive, 1951 01:33:42.439 --> 01:33:45.039 I'm sorry. I just I can't ride with you on that. 1952 01:33:45.039 --> 01:33:46.880 That's going to do it for us here on Space 1953 01:33:46.920 --> 01:33:49.039 City Saturday. I want to think Melvin Brown for his 1954 01:33:49.079 --> 01:33:52.079 great work as always behind the glass, Aria Alexander joining 1955 01:33:52.159 --> 01:33:55.279 us earlier, appreciate his time also too great to hear 1956 01:33:55.319 --> 01:33:59.920 from Jeremy White from WGR There in Buffalo. 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