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<v Speaker 1>Greenish citations everyone of Tritch Weill's kind of Fantasy Baseball Live.

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<v Speaker 1>It is August the ninth, about three point fifteen in

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon. Here is always from my good buddy, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Tim mcclaud tmmy believe it's almost the middle of August.

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<v Speaker 2>It is almost the middle of August. And hey, my

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<v Speaker 2>apologies for holding things up to get things going. But

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<v Speaker 2>I got locked out.

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<v Speaker 1>Tam got locked out of the Patreon site and I

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<v Speaker 1>said his password again. He's still locked out, so we'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to figure it out another day. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but you can be me. So that's I guess

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta.

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<v Speaker 1>Not go to the Discord site and be you. I

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<v Speaker 1>could do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm expecting lots of funds. Okay, I really am.

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<v Speaker 1>How's your Tim? I gave you Friday off offully you

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<v Speaker 1>spend it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah. I worked in car shops and on Saturday, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I worked and went up to drive, brought brought the

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<v Speaker 2>car we're looking at down, took it for a good drive.

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<v Speaker 2>Certain nice when you work where a dealership, if you

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to look at a car, you just

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<v Speaker 2>sort of borrow one and go up and bring your

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<v Speaker 2>car back down and go for a drive, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Cool, and you like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a zoom zoom sort of guy moving forward. I

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<v Speaker 2>think rich a.

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<v Speaker 1>Zoom as in the software zoom or zoom as in

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<v Speaker 1>the zoom.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's it's a Mazda and all. They ran a

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<v Speaker 2>whole series of commercials for a long time that had

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<v Speaker 2>the zoom zoom model.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was part of their commercial program, their marketing program.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything was zoom doom, this, zoom doom that. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>after all of my time spent in Japan recruiting players, have.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever owned a Japanese car?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I haven't. But one of the things that I

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<v Speaker 2>did do was, well, just from talking talking to people,

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<v Speaker 2>they have a tendency to not want to break very oft.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the last a heck of a long time,

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<v Speaker 2>I went on and took a look at a couple

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<v Speaker 2>large Canadian used cars and there was a whole mess

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<v Speaker 2>of them with two hundred thousand plus kilometers still running.

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<v Speaker 2>So that to me is a positive sign.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I've owned Japanese cars and you know they

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<v Speaker 1>run forever. That is. That is true. So some of

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<v Speaker 1>the some of the American cars, they run for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean as long as you keep the will changed.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, cars cars run. I mean they last a

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<v Speaker 1>long time.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>The average age at least is eleven years. The average

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<v Speaker 1>age of a car on the road is eleven years.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I think with the salt that we pour on

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<v Speaker 2>our roads, probably considerably lower. And our winters take a

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<v Speaker 2>real toll on vehicles, they really do. I know people

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<v Speaker 2>that have got vehicles that have lasted a long period

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<v Speaker 2>of time and they get them undercoded every year before winter, ah,

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<v Speaker 2>just to try and protect protect the undercarriage from salt erosion.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a real it's a real thing, it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a yeah, we'll get to base one and a second.

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<v Speaker 1>Just want to tackle on. It's something similar when we

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<v Speaker 1>lived at the beach for eight years. The average HVAC

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<v Speaker 1>you know, your air conditioning unit that sits outside most

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<v Speaker 1>of them here and normally last about fifteen twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>They last about six or seven years at the beach,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you got to put in a brand new

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<v Speaker 1>one and you get the absolute cheapest one you can

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<v Speaker 1>because they have one of their high efficiency and this,

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<v Speaker 1>that and the other, and save you don't get them.

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<v Speaker 1>You get the cheapest one because six seven years later

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<v Speaker 1>you're replacing it again, and it just sucks because they

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<v Speaker 1>just disintegrate because of the salt.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was gonna say, it doesn't matter how much

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<v Speaker 2>you spend. The salt's gonna take its toll on it,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's high end or low end. So why and

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<v Speaker 2>why throw your money away? Right exactly?

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<v Speaker 1>The guy said, I remember the last one I bought.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes, we had this high energy efficiency fifteen thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>I go, okay, what's your cheapest one? Oh, sir, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want that. It's not very efficient. What's your cheapest one?

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<v Speaker 1>It costs four thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take that, I'll take two. I'll take it.

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<v Speaker 1>Still, But sir, you're gonna it's gonna they're gonna charge

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<v Speaker 1>you ten percent more for your energy usage. I'm aware,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll take the cheap one.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifte eleven thousands a lot of exactly, so more than

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't. I've done a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>For sure, for sure. So uh, it's been a fun

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<v Speaker 1>baseball week. Up is down and down is up. The

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers finally won a game yesterday. They're three and seven

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<v Speaker 1>over the last tense they they get the big Trek

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<v Speaker 1>Scooble signing Timmy doesn't pitch is okay, doesn't win. But

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<v Speaker 1>they've been struggling and all of a sudden, you look

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<v Speaker 1>in the Mets roared back and they they can't lose

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<v Speaker 1>the game. I mean it is it has been a

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<v Speaker 1>weird week in baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Well yeah, and you know, on on top of the

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<v Speaker 2>fact they picked up Scooble, Edwin Diaz returned and he

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<v Speaker 2>ain't blowing He ain't blowing his horn, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>The victory last night, he blew the save, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's too he blew. You know, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's pitched a clean inning since he's been back.

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<v Speaker 2>O'donne's saved. O'dannie saved him last night with a Lady

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<v Speaker 2>Enning homer. But no, the Dodgers. Dodgers have been looking

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<v Speaker 2>like mere mortals. Is scary, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 1>Without looking, who's got the best record in baseball?

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<v Speaker 2>Out looking Milwaukee, I would guess that is correct.

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<v Speaker 1>Milwaukee's seventy three and forty four with a one forty

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<v Speaker 1>run differential the same as the Dodgers. But there are

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<v Speaker 1>three games up on the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>That's crazy, Yeah it is. Milwaukee has a good baseball team,

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<v Speaker 2>they really do. And yeah they're tied with Queen's today,

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<v Speaker 2>one all in the bottom of the fifth and mister

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<v Speaker 2>Rosky he allowed to run Brooks Brooks Lee with a

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<v Speaker 2>whole drop.

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<v Speaker 1>Drop fantacy maners got to drop him to he gave

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<v Speaker 1>up a run.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, drop him now before he has no value,

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<v Speaker 2>or trade him now before he has no value, something

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Some things don't change, though, and that is the Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles Angels. Tim are terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes they are. Yeah, yeah, yeah they are, that's all.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're going to continue to be terrible for.

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<v Speaker 1>A while. Yeah, they're losing again today, ten to two

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<v Speaker 1>with the Marlins. The Marlins have crawled back up to

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred. Let's see, he's doing the damage for the Marlins,

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<v Speaker 1>co nine with a home run. Gusto Pitch pitched a

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<v Speaker 1>good game but comes out in the fourth inning. We've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a lot of that this year, to tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of four plus innings and then guys

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<v Speaker 1>get guys get sent to the showers after that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you're looking. In a lot of cases, all you

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<v Speaker 2>have to do is look at the walks and look

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<v Speaker 2>at the bitches, and hey, you're not There's a reason

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<v Speaker 2>that we call them five inning. Preddy, you walk two

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<v Speaker 2>or three guys, that adds an extra fifteen bitches to

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<v Speaker 2>your you know, at least fifteen pitches over and above

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<v Speaker 2>to your pitch counts. It's hard to get into the fifth,

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<v Speaker 2>six seventh inning when you're sitting at sixty sixty pitches

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<v Speaker 2>after three innings. You know, it's it. It's a struggle.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, that's just the way of the world that

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<v Speaker 2>that it's always been and it always will be. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're walk badgers, yeah, you're you're gonna drive your your

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<v Speaker 2>counts up. That's why the first inning, to me is

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<v Speaker 2>so important in games. If you get a hitter that

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<v Speaker 2>can run a count up on a picture, even if

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<v Speaker 2>he makes the out running running that count up, that's huge.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. That used to be the the Yankees kind of way,

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<v Speaker 1>the Yankee way. Now that you've got all these guys

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<v Speaker 1>that just swing and miss all the time, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's weird watch the Yankees. Just not the same team.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, but uh, let's talk about the Nationals back

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<v Speaker 1>on the win column here seven to one, uh bemblic

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<v Speaker 1>or tease with another home run. That's great. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>platoon but he's got big boy power. It's just he

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<v Speaker 1>cannot hit a lefty to save his life.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what they

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<v Speaker 2>do with him over the next six weeks. As I

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned in my waiver war article, I think the next

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<v Speaker 2>six weeks is you could go a long way in

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<v Speaker 2>shaping his future with that team.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean maybe, I mean, I think it's pretty clear

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<v Speaker 1>the last three years he's got huge power, huge eggs

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<v Speaker 1>of velocity, and it's been like one ten against the left.

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<v Speaker 1>He just cannot hit left handed pitching. Now maybe that changes.

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<v Speaker 1>If it does, also it becomes a lot more interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's he's going to be a platoon guy, but

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<v Speaker 1>big boy power. He could be like Jock Peterson. That's yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems to have work for him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a decent that's a decent player. You're balthemore Orioles

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<v Speaker 2>are scoring some runs today.

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<v Speaker 1>They've actually played pretty well since uh since the trail.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they they've maybe lost two in a row

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<v Speaker 1>here to Texas, but prior to coming in there. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean they're still not out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I it's still a little bit earlier for that.

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<v Speaker 2>But like I'm looking at Ta kuber Rocker, he just

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<v Speaker 2>got smoked today fiber and runs in two and two thirds,

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<v Speaker 2>he's up to This is why we don't have four invibiting.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's up to sixty one pitches through two and

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<v Speaker 2>two thirds.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and he's been pretty good this season. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I actually started against the Orioles and I got him

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<v Speaker 1>in one league, and I it's just crazy. I mean something,

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<v Speaker 1>you start, you said him, he has a great game,

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<v Speaker 1>you start him.

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<v Speaker 2>He stinks.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's very, very frustrating.

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<v Speaker 2>Big time yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Alonzo, Pete Alonzo with his twenty fourth home run, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's got to get to thirty maybe thirty five. It's

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not what the Orioles were expecting, but it's still

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<v Speaker 1>good power.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know what is batting average is thirty six

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<v Speaker 2>points higher than Gunner Henderson.

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<v Speaker 1>What what is wrong there? Tim? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a base dealer, he's a home run hitter, he's

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<v Speaker 2>an average hitter, but none happened at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't get I mean he's like ex

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<v Speaker 1>of velocities down a little bit, but he's still hitting

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<v Speaker 1>the ball really hard. I I don't understand. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if it's two years in a row that he's

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<v Speaker 1>just not hit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you can't have a two fourteen bat hit

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<v Speaker 2>in the lago spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean that probably does have a pretty well

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<v Speaker 1>he's only walking eight point six percent of the time,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's probably what a two ninety five one base percentage.

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<v Speaker 1>That's unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year he hit two seventy four, but he's got

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<v Speaker 1>just bad luck. But eighteen home runs only eight stolen bases. Man, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>No, he might want to take in that extension when

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I mean, do you really think he's

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen enough in the past couple of years and

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean his his again, his ex velocity is

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<v Speaker 1>off the season. Eighty nine point six is worse than

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<v Speaker 1>I just you just don't see that. That's just weird.

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<v Speaker 2>Very you know what else is weird? And I saw

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<v Speaker 1>That's confirming he's not been very good. Tim Let's face it.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably? But not to me. That's what that's a past

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<v Speaker 2>for the only the only picture right now that I've

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So let's let's I've now got Paul skins up.

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<v Speaker 1>You are correct, I mean, ninety eight point eight to

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<v Speaker 1>ninety eight point two in twenty twenty five, that's within

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, Yeah, ninety six point nine.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not fairly significant.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he's still doing really hard. I mean shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's one ninety seven expected batting average against

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<v Speaker 1>He still looks really good to me, even at ninety

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if I'm looking at the top five picture next year,

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<v Speaker 2>what I want to see is consistent results. They don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be the best results, but I want consistency.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's important.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really hard, though, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well when you take a look take a look at

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<v Speaker 2>Yama Mortal, he's just sort of humming right along. Not best.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a top ten picture. But how many games have

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<v Speaker 2>we seen Yama Mortal in his rather brief allow five

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<v Speaker 2>or more and runs? How many times has he been

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's fair, So Paul, just just more data to

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you can just roll your eyes if you

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine. So it's a run better. He still got

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<v Speaker 1>really really good stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, man, Yeah, I you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know either. That's why it looks for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks I mean, I mean I don't know about

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<v Speaker 1>dropping them too much. I mean this, this, this looks

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but he's very consistent at it this year.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. I agree that Gunnar Henderson is a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more disconcerting. Why has he got the huge eggs

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<v Speaker 1>of velocity down? He's added a little bit more leverage

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<v Speaker 1>to try to hit more balls out. I get that,

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<v Speaker 1>but we need to find out what has happened with

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<v Speaker 1>his eggs of velocity because that's that's driving everything, and

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<v Speaker 1>he is getting a little unlucky. So maybe it's not

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<v Speaker 1>as bad as the surface that show. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>can squint and see that, so, you know. I have

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<v Speaker 1>these conversations because I do a lot of work for agents,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have this conversation when a kid's in college

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm arguing the same thing, I don't know, am

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<v Speaker 1>I going to invest fifty thousand dollars in this kid to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to get him the nutrition and training and

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<v Speaker 1>then he's not going to be very good? And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to argue that it feels like the exact same conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Yeah, it's my money Wilson. Really it's

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<v Speaker 2>And the next thing, you want a ten percent share.

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<v Speaker 1>Rich You're right, how about we go halves he's on it.

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<v Speaker 1>You put in twenty five and I put in twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, yes, yes, yeah, I'll talk to Laurie and get

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<v Speaker 2>back to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Yeah, I don't think i'd ever do that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I know there's there's that's part of the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>Oh the guy in Cleveland that got thrown out of

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<v Speaker 2>Ah, yes, what's his name again?

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<v Speaker 1>I forgot anyway, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Looked it up after the last podcast, Yeah, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>and and you know what happened?

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<v Speaker 1>What's a I forgot?

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<v Speaker 2>I forgot it again. He's still on the roster. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm scrolling down jud buying Emmanuel class A manual.

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<v Speaker 1>Class A was one of those guys that sold his

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<v Speaker 1>future earnings to people to invest in. And I guess

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<v Speaker 1>he got the last laugh right, because he made money

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<v Speaker 1>off of future earnings and there ain't going to be

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<v Speaker 1>no future earnings, so I guess it work.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, well, he's still getting paid, so I guess

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<v Speaker 2>there's something for now. Anyways, at least I imagine he's

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<v Speaker 2>still getting paid.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I wouldn't think he's getting paid. I would think

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<v Speaker 1>he's on administrative leave. I was assuming he's not getting

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<v Speaker 1>it's not getting paid. Let's see, yeah, is a manual

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<v Speaker 1>class A m hmmm, still getting getting paid. Let's see

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<v Speaker 1>here what the Google machines say. No, it's no longer

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<v Speaker 1>getting paid.

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<v Speaker 2>He's on the restricted list.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's not getting he ain't going to get paid.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, but it's the funny thing is he already

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<v Speaker 1>what gave him motivation to do that. If you think

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<v Speaker 1>about it, he's like, well, what do I have to

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<v Speaker 1>lose except my dignity, throat, I've already gotten paid for

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<v Speaker 1>my future. Let me see if I can double double

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<v Speaker 1>down and gamble a little way.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Yeah, yeah, it's yeah, what price do

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<v Speaker 2>you put on dignity?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's see what. Let's say what his contract wants.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I guaranteed it was. Mine would probably be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot less than his. Kidding that's one on.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh yeah, A j Ewing's still batting a leadoff, still

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<v Speaker 1>playing really nice, two sixty three batting average, very strong,

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<v Speaker 1>bashett is having a good game today. Yes, Robert Junior

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<v Speaker 1>hit a hit, a home run, hit his fifth. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Jones with a tough outing. I just traded I

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<v Speaker 1>traded him away. Got lucky on that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I was going to say, timing is every thing

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<v Speaker 2>well done? Yeah, Bene with another decent day, two for

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<v Speaker 2>three with an RBI.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, if the Mets can just stay the course to

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<v Speaker 1>me let these young kids kind of again. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the Orioles and you go, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we said for them, and look where it's gone them.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely nowhere. But I think if they just let these

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<v Speaker 1>year and a good part of next year, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they hire, they bring in some pitching to augment and

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<v Speaker 1>they got really good young pitching.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I don't know how you accomplish it, but

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<v Speaker 2>at some point in time, you've got to have something

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<v Speaker 2>called team chemistry. And yeah, they're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>find some way to work through that. But no, with

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<v Speaker 2>you em and you know Soto is gonna hit. He's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have a four hundred ov B for the next

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<v Speaker 2>seven eight years and hit twenty five thirty plus home runs. Whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a good core there, there's no doubting that. But

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<v Speaker 2>they got they got some tweaking to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched the Athletics versus Boston yesterday times. It was

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<v Speaker 1>the only game one, and I got a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>watch my buddy Cage jump looked really really good. And

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<v Speaker 1>the Boston broadcasters, I mean, the Boston had come in

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<v Speaker 1>winning I think on another ten game winning trick was

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<v Speaker 1>just absolutely ridiculous, and they were just on a high

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<v Speaker 1>and just got of hand it to him by jump.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, as I'm watching the game, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the starting lineup and it's so grad. It's it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's Monasterio, It's Siegler, It's Jared Durant and is two

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<v Speaker 1>on bam. It's Eli White, remember Eli White. The speeds

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<v Speaker 1>are kid. I mean, how are they doing this?

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<v Speaker 2>Eli White today is three for three with a run

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<v Speaker 1>But he's still hitting two thirty eight. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how they're doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, hey, Durbin has been hot, hot, hot hot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Raphaella's had a really nice season and William Wilson. Cantreras

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<v Speaker 1>has been great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I wish William was playing like Wilson.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but they're doing this with that Roman Anthony, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Trevor's story a little bit and Garret Ksha don't forget

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<v Speaker 1>Karrit Crochet hasn't played in honest, it's May.

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<v Speaker 2>Forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and they're playing great. They're winning again today.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. They are now twelve games, twelve games over five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred penning today's result.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>They were way under five hundred at the end of May.

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<v Speaker 2>And I still remember talking about selling off on their bullpen.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, we had we had a roll as

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<v Speaker 1>Chapman gone, he was gone, and yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because we talked about who was going to be left.

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<v Speaker 1>And we both agree both of them are going.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, crazy crazy game that we that they play, that

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<v Speaker 2>we play.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean it is, yeah, it's it's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, you're talking about team chemistry, and again

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's just the broadcasters I was listening to. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they were so excited. They said, the team is excited

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<v Speaker 1>about what's going on with, you know, with the club,

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<v Speaker 1>and they maybe that has something to do with it.

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<v Speaker 1>These guys get on a roll. They like each other,

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<v Speaker 1>and next thing you know, they're they're winning ten games

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<v Speaker 1>in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, after winning fourteen or whatever it was in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, yeah and insane.

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<v Speaker 1>The age just scored another run, So it's three three.

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<v Speaker 1>The Yankees and Atlanta tied up at one to one.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind a pitching battle between Schlittler, who's just been really,

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<v Speaker 1>really good. This is another eleven strikeouts and for the Braves,

425
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<v Speaker 1>grand Holmes held up. The Yankees don't have enough bats anymore, Tim,

426
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<v Speaker 1>they just don't have enough.

427
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<v Speaker 2>No, but I you know, I was looking at the

428
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<v Speaker 2>bottom of that lineup, and a couple of times this

429
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<v Speaker 2>week I saw Jones and Lumbard Junior Yill in the

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<v Speaker 2>box score with NaNs numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. All I know is Spencer Jones this this week,

432
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<v Speaker 1>and I took him off of the prospect list because

433
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<v Speaker 1>he is no longer eligible. Tim, he's I don't have

434
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<v Speaker 1>to worry about. I don't have to worry about predicting

435
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<v Speaker 1>if he's going to be any good or not. That's

436
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<v Speaker 1>all on you, So good luck.

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you for that. I don't know, Yes, well,

438
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<v Speaker 2>guess what I'm got to quote you. I don't either.

439
00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:54.160
<v Speaker 1>He's got power. I you know, you just have to

440
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<v Speaker 1>deal with this. He's hit two fourteen. Yeah, I can

441
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<v Speaker 1>see that.

442
00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:04.799
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, Kyle Schwarber Mini, Kyle Schwarber with a bit

443
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<v Speaker 2>of speed. How's that? Yeah?

444
00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:11.119
<v Speaker 1>You hope? What do you? I mean? Obviously Lombard Junior

445
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<v Speaker 1>has been fantastic. Do you think it'll stick?

446
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I think it will. I I don't. I don't

447
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<v Speaker 2>think we see Anthony Volpe until sometime in September of that. Yeah,

448
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<v Speaker 2>I just if even that, I I think they've moved on.

449
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<v Speaker 2>It's changed time.

450
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<v Speaker 1>And well, I mean they're saying here, the media is

451
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<v Speaker 1>basically saying here that Chisholm is a free agent at

452
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<v Speaker 1>the end of the season, and they're gonna have Volti

453
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<v Speaker 1>playing at second base, and that's where they're gonna They're

454
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<v Speaker 1>gonna have Volpi and Lombard Junior as they're up the

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<v Speaker 1>middle tandem. That's that's what they're saying.

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<v Speaker 2>He could be. But I know that every time Volpi

457
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<v Speaker 2>while in New York, every time he makes a misstep,

458
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<v Speaker 2>there's you know, hey, players make mix missteps. They're human.

459
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<v Speaker 2>Every time something happens involving they're gonna boo him like

460
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<v Speaker 2>you ain't ever seen it's Yeah, I I don't know

461
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<v Speaker 2>how he could. I don't know how he could play

462
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<v Speaker 2>in New York moving forward. Yeah, Hey, I know they're

463
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<v Speaker 2>paying them, but he's got to have an awful, awful

464
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<v Speaker 2>thick skin. Ignore what he's going to hear every time

465
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<v Speaker 2>there's a mistake, and he will make something. I don't

466
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<v Speaker 2>care how good of how good you are. Yeah, you're

467
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<v Speaker 2>going to fail occasionally. Man. Like I said, Hey, if

468
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<v Speaker 2>he can survive in New York after everything that's happened

469
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<v Speaker 2>the past couple of years, hey, all them more power

470
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<v Speaker 2>to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Yeah, it's unfortunate, least for here because he's a

472
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<v Speaker 1>local kid to where we live. So we went to

473
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<v Speaker 1>school two miles away. So that's a real bomber. Today,

474
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<v Speaker 1>it's take a break, get back and uh Rich Wilson

475
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<v Speaker 1>had a star star sighting this week. I'll tell you

476
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<v Speaker 1>about it till we get back. We live in a

477
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<v Speaker 1>very cool town, historic town. Lots of trendy bars and

478
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<v Speaker 1>then lots of bars that look like you know something,

479
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<v Speaker 1>that like richness of those bars, like you might see

480
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<v Speaker 1>them in an old, old fashioned kind of movie. So

481
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<v Speaker 1>they do. Hollywood comes in and does a lot of

482
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<v Speaker 1>movies here, and there's something called grown Up three. It's

483
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<v Speaker 1>an Adam Sandler Chris Rock movie. And so they're in

484
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<v Speaker 1>town shooting at probably I think a restaurant hotel combination,

485
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<v Speaker 1>maybe two or three miles from where we live. But

486
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<v Speaker 1>they came into our town to eat, which is what

487
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<v Speaker 1>everybody does. And I'm in line picking up my pizza

488
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<v Speaker 1>two days ago and I turned turn around. Guy asked

489
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<v Speaker 1>me what's good here? And I said, well, you know, so,

490
00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about the different pieces. I look up and

491
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<v Speaker 1>it was Adam Sandler, kind of like like you look familiar.

492
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<v Speaker 1>He goes, yeah, I am. I go, oh, I think

493
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<v Speaker 1>I know who you are. This is what you want

494
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<v Speaker 1>to get. Else get this, I said, enjoy, and I

495
00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.480
<v Speaker 1>walked out with my pizza.

496
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<v Speaker 2>You probably got to thank you.

497
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<v Speaker 1>He said, Hey, that sounds great. That's what I'm going

498
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<v Speaker 1>to get. I said, I'm not steering your wong. I

499
00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.160
<v Speaker 1>live upstairs, trust me. I ate way too many too

500
00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:44.799
<v Speaker 1>much pizza here, so this I know. Yeah. So uh,

501
00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:47.039
<v Speaker 1>all right, let's get back to baseball. And I got

502
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<v Speaker 1>a couple of questions for you here. Let me get

503
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<v Speaker 1>to my notes. The hunter Green having elbow surgery again.

504
00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:57.920
<v Speaker 1>Now they haven't said if it's Tommy john or or

505
00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:01.880
<v Speaker 1>Brace surgery, Mike brace surgery. He's already had Tommy Johnny

506
00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:04.839
<v Speaker 1>just a couple of years ago. This isn't a bad development.

507
00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:09.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is not good. It is really not good.

508
00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:16.279
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's it could be and it could be

509
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<v Speaker 2>getting towards the end here, Rich you know, like how

510
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<v Speaker 2>many you have? Well, yeah, I know he's so young.

511
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<v Speaker 2>But when was the last time he was truly healthy?

512
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<v Speaker 1>Has he ever truly been healthy?

513
00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.640
<v Speaker 2>That would Yeah, I had a.

514
00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:36.200
<v Speaker 1>Shoulder problem before, he had an elbow problem.

515
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<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah, yeah. Are we looking at Lancema Colors?

516
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<v Speaker 1>I mean we well, I mean I think it's a

517
00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:47.839
<v Speaker 1>better picture. Had more upsight than Lancel Colors, but it's

518
00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.400
<v Speaker 1>it's a fair Are we looking at Dustin?

519
00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:58.440
<v Speaker 1>So he was healthy in twenty twenty four and fifty innings, okay,

521
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<v Speaker 1>twenty six starts. He probably he was on the I

522
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<v Speaker 1>L for a couple of three.

523
00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Weeks, so yeah, yeah, Okay, that's only two years ago.

524
00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.240
<v Speaker 2>Past two years have been Yeah, well where that where

525
00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:11.359
<v Speaker 2>that what happened before the one hundred and fifty innings?

526
00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:15.599
<v Speaker 2>That's got twelve five Yeah, Okay.

527
00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.000
<v Speaker 1>So he's never he's never had a game started that

528
00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:23.039
<v Speaker 1>begins with three, so he's always.

529
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I don't. I In dynasty leagues, I think

530
00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:31.000
<v Speaker 2>you have no unless you want to give him a

531
00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:35.440
<v Speaker 2>boy if you're sitting on him. Yeah, in re draft

532
00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:40.559
<v Speaker 2>leagues for next year, I would, I would, I would.

533
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:44.480
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be touching him by the time he comes back,

534
00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.599
<v Speaker 2>even in the best set of circumstances. He's going to

535
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<v Speaker 2>be back for September, right, that's a long time to

536
00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:53.799
<v Speaker 2>sit on. Yeah. No, it's tough.

537
00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.759
<v Speaker 1>He's not going to play next year. I wouldn't think

538
00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:01.119
<v Speaker 1>no again, if it's let me, it's fallen exactly what

539
00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:04.599
<v Speaker 1>Dustin May did, and that was too back to back surgeries,

540
00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:08.880
<v Speaker 1>maybe with a year or two in between. And I

541
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<v Speaker 1>mean Dustin May, he didn't come back for a long time,

542
00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.279
<v Speaker 1>but before you and then he wasn't very good when

543
00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.920
<v Speaker 1>he came back.

544
00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:18.880
<v Speaker 2>So I don't know a twenty twenty nine he'll win

545
00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.240
<v Speaker 2>somebody a league.

546
00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.960
<v Speaker 1>Here you go yours truly, because I have my fink

547
00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:26.720
<v Speaker 1>on three or four dynasty leagues. I mean, it's tough,

548
00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.599
<v Speaker 1>it's tough, but I have a lot of depth in

549
00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:35.119
<v Speaker 1>my pitching. I've learned from past mistakes. So Calyn Culpeper

550
00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:39.839
<v Speaker 1>gets the call with the Minnesota Twins, A really interesting call. Again,

551
00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:43.640
<v Speaker 1>we're still a little too far out for these guys

552
00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:46.920
<v Speaker 1>to still be rookie eligible. And we know that teams

553
00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:49.240
<v Speaker 1>like to do this because they get that sandwich pick

554
00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:52.519
<v Speaker 1>in the draft of you know, they they win the

555
00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:55.640
<v Speaker 1>Workie of the Year or they come close to it.

556
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<v Speaker 1>There is some report, but kln Culpeper caught him up

557
00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.039
<v Speaker 1>a little. What do you think.

558
00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:05.279
<v Speaker 2>I mentioned him in the waiver wire. I don't know

559
00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:07.400
<v Speaker 2>if you read my capsule there, but I thought I

560
00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:11.599
<v Speaker 2>was being fairly fairly creative with my last sentence. Do

561
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<v Speaker 2>you want me to utter it now?

562
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<v Speaker 1>Sure?

563
00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:18.240
<v Speaker 2>Well, hey, Kalin's a pepper. Wouldn't you like to roster

564
00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:20.759
<v Speaker 2>a pepper? Took?

565
00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:25.480
<v Speaker 1>All right, that's pretty funny today. I let my AI assistant.

566
00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.920
<v Speaker 1>I hopefully kept that and I gave them specific instructions,

567
00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:32.680
<v Speaker 1>don't change any of the puns. So, but I I

568
00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.759
<v Speaker 1>didn't get a chance to read it.

569
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, No, I started like what the Twins are doing.

570
00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:44.160
<v Speaker 2>They're they're they're in the hunt for the AL Central

571
00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:48.839
<v Speaker 2>title and they're bringing up a top kid who's finally healthy. Okay,

572
00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:51.119
<v Speaker 2>it was like they're not wasting it and they're not

573
00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:54.000
<v Speaker 2>taking any chances on his next Iyel state. If it's

574
00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:56.079
<v Speaker 2>going to happen, it's going to happen at the big

575
00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:58.920
<v Speaker 2>league level. So I started liking what the twins are doing.

576
00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:02.720
<v Speaker 2>The kid's got some popp he's got some speed. Hey, good,

577
00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:05.279
<v Speaker 2>good for them that they're bringing this kid up and

578
00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.559
<v Speaker 2>hopefully he contributes.

579
00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:11.319
<v Speaker 1>I think he's really good. I think this is a

580
00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:15.319
<v Speaker 1>kid that we haven't people don't talk enough about. It

581
00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:18.319
<v Speaker 1>could be because I mean, last year was healthy, he

582
00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:20.640
<v Speaker 1>went twenty home runs, twenty five stolen bases, and hit

583
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<v Speaker 1>two eighty nine. So their speed and power in a

584
00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:28.400
<v Speaker 1>field of hit. He's already hit a home run so

585
00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:31.720
<v Speaker 1>far this season. This is a guy that, yeah, and

586
00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:35.240
<v Speaker 1>everybody's excited about George Lombard and Max Clark. This is

587
00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:38.000
<v Speaker 1>a guy that's brought up there with that talent. He's

588
00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.480
<v Speaker 1>a very good baseball player.

589
00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:42.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and if you're looking at adding him through the

590
00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:45.279
<v Speaker 2>waiver wire this week, you will not pay as much

591
00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.799
<v Speaker 2>for Colepepper. I don't think as you will for Lombard.

592
00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:50.759
<v Speaker 1>I think I'd rather have Culpepper. He might have been

593
00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:53.960
<v Speaker 1>ranked Tiger than I have to go back and take

594
00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:56.400
<v Speaker 1>a look. But I just think he doesn't get the

595
00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:59.400
<v Speaker 1>do I don't know why. I mean, I mean people

596
00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:03.240
<v Speaker 1>that play. Yeah, he played for the Yankees, you're going

597
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:06.839
<v Speaker 1>to get more more juice. But Colpeper has a chance

598
00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:08.720
<v Speaker 1>to be a very very good baseball player. I was

599
00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.240
<v Speaker 1>happy to see him called up and again didn't quite

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<v Speaker 1>understand it, just given the baseball stuff Jackson Job, Tim,

601
00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:19.680
<v Speaker 1>I love what I didn't read what you about him

602
00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:22.559
<v Speaker 1>in the way. We'll save it for that. But I mean,

603
00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:27.359
<v Speaker 1>can you imagine if Jackson Job had not gotten hurt

604
00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:34.279
<v Speaker 1>and you had Job, Myz schoobl and Troy Melton. I mean,

605
00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:39.519
<v Speaker 1>that would have been the best rotation in baseball.

606
00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:44.559
<v Speaker 2>Maybe be up there for sure. Yeah, I think is

607
00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.200
<v Speaker 2>hurt right now.

608
00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:47.640
<v Speaker 1>I think he's been hurt all season.

609
00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:54.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, I can't believe after his last outing he's healthy. Yeah,

610
00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:58.839
<v Speaker 2>he got up big time. Yeah, So yeah, it'd be

611
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:03.519
<v Speaker 2>it would be quite the rotation, no doubting and.

612
00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.680
<v Speaker 1>Job up to one hundred miles of hours. Tim. We'll

613
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<v Speaker 1>talk about that in a few minutes. But we also,

614
00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:09.360
<v Speaker 1>as I did some math or Patreon members.

615
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I like that, right, well done, Well done, so.

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<v Speaker 1>Kate Anderson, Joshua By as other top prospec Here's the math, everybody.

617
00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:22.159
<v Speaker 1>So to remain rookie eligible, you have to stay as

618
00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:24.679
<v Speaker 1>a hitter below one hundred and thirty eight bats in

619
00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:28.519
<v Speaker 1>a pictriple of fifty innings. That's easy to manage, right,

620
00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.840
<v Speaker 1>So the so the teams can manage that, they can

621
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<v Speaker 1>put the guy on the bench and you know, or

622
00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:36.920
<v Speaker 1>just stop stop throwing them if he gets close to

623
00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.840
<v Speaker 1>that fifty innings. And if all.

624
00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:45.639
<v Speaker 2>Loan the Rockies, I'll loan the Rockies my Avoco soulator.

625
00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:50.960
<v Speaker 1>What you cannot alter is forty five days of major

626
00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:54.760
<v Speaker 1>league service to stay rookie eligible, if you take the

627
00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.840
<v Speaker 1>twenty ninth of which is really weird. Twenty ninth of

628
00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.920
<v Speaker 1>September is the last day, so it's really early this season.

629
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<v Speaker 1>That makes August thirteenth as forty five days out. So

630
00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:10.880
<v Speaker 1>anytime after August thirteenth, these guys could now get called

631
00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:14.599
<v Speaker 1>and remain prospect eligen. It's gonna be tougher for Klein

632
00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:17.360
<v Speaker 1>Culpepper and the Max Clark's and the Lombards of the world.

633
00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:20.280
<v Speaker 1>But some of these other guys. They could bring them up. Now,

634
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.920
<v Speaker 1>does Kate Anderson have a place to pitch will? That

635
00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.840
<v Speaker 1>is what we don't know. Maybe they'll go to a

636
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:31.880
<v Speaker 1>six man rotation. But that's that's my latest theory, Tim. Yeah.

637
00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, you know, it's nice to know those numbers.

638
00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:38.000
<v Speaker 2>And you know that josh Bias doesn't get called up

639
00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.760
<v Speaker 2>sometime around the fourteenth, fifteenth, you might as well got

640
00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:43.159
<v Speaker 2>him lose, right, Well, he.

641
00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.199
<v Speaker 1>Could get a September call up, But I mean, what's

642
00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:47.119
<v Speaker 1>that well, I mean, I don't even I mean, at

643
00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:51.920
<v Speaker 1>some point because what Joshua Bias, what bothers me with

644
00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:56.159
<v Speaker 1>him is the success that JJ Weatherhold has had this season.

645
00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:00.519
<v Speaker 1>And for all we know, the Cardinals go, look, this

646
00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:03.440
<v Speaker 1>worked perfectly for us, and Weatherhold's got a good chance

647
00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:06.360
<v Speaker 1>of winning the Rookie of the Year and we started

648
00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:09.280
<v Speaker 1>them up the beginning of the season. Let's do that.

649
00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:12.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, So from now on in Saint Louis, every

650
00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:15.559
<v Speaker 2>time somebody doesn't get a promotion, we're going to say

651
00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.440
<v Speaker 2>they got weather holded.

652
00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:18.199
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, exactly, exactly.

653
00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

654
00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.440
<v Speaker 1>I don't think that's an unreasonable position to take, by the.

655
00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:26.440
<v Speaker 2>Way, Yeah, I don't know for us.

656
00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:29.000
<v Speaker 1>To take that for us to assume that they're going

657
00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.400
<v Speaker 1>to follow with what's worked in the past. I mean,

658
00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:36.320
<v Speaker 1>that's what people do, whether we exactly whether it's it's

659
00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.039
<v Speaker 1>the right thing to do or not. I think that's

660
00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.559
<v Speaker 1>where you and I have a problem with.

661
00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.360
<v Speaker 2>But I mean, yeah, exactly.

662
00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:45.639
<v Speaker 1>But it's shocked if Bias is not here until April

663
00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.440
<v Speaker 1>next season, if we have a season.

664
00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:50.519
<v Speaker 2>I have, I have been two legues, and I have

665
00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.679
<v Speaker 2>sort of counting on the power. So no, it wouldn't

666
00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.239
<v Speaker 2>shock me if he doesn't get called up.

667
00:36:54.800 --> 00:37:03.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, anything to glean from Trek Scooble's mediocre start

668
00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:05.400
<v Speaker 1>for Terrek School, Casey my is getting blown up, Freddy

669
00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:08.599
<v Speaker 1>Peralta getting blown up, Robbie Ray getting blown up, all

670
00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:12.960
<v Speaker 1>guys that were traded at the deadline, just trying to

671
00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.960
<v Speaker 1>find their footing in their new city.

672
00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:19.679
<v Speaker 2>What do you think, Well, I schoobl didn't have a

673
00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:24.400
<v Speaker 2>bad oding, two earned runs over six and well if yeah, yeah,

674
00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:28.079
<v Speaker 2>if you, if you, if your expectations were sixteen strikeouts

675
00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.920
<v Speaker 2>because he's a Dodger and a no hitter, well yeah.

676
00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:35.599
<v Speaker 1>That's what my expectations are. Quite frankly, tell me, Okay.

677
00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:37.599
<v Speaker 2>They're higher than mine.

678
00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:41.400
<v Speaker 1>I mean he's Trek scoobway goes to the Dodgers that say,

679
00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:45.679
<v Speaker 1>I was told by everybody on television that this was

680
00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:48.519
<v Speaker 1>best picture in baseball. He was going to make the

681
00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:51.199
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers a three peak. That's what I was told.

682
00:37:52.559 --> 00:38:01.480
<v Speaker 2>But he's still good. But again, of things happened last year.

683
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:04.400
<v Speaker 2>Congratulations to the Dodgers. They did win the World Series.

684
00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:06.280
<v Speaker 2>They were the champions, But I don't know if they

685
00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:10.360
<v Speaker 2>were the better team in the World Series. Anybody can

686
00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.039
<v Speaker 2>win and lose on any given day.

687
00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.920
<v Speaker 1>That's coming through.

688
00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:20.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm no law. I'm nasty now, Rachel. Okay,

689
00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:23.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm not a nice guy. By the way, you.

690
00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:25.639
<v Speaker 1>And your damn weather you just talked about last week

691
00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:29.760
<v Speaker 1>all week long, Tim, It's been here and it absolutely blows.

692
00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:34.239
<v Speaker 1>I mean it's it's unbelievable how hot it is here.

693
00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.320
<v Speaker 1>I mean it's it's not the temperature hot, but you

694
00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.440
<v Speaker 1>go outside and it feels like you're in a sauna.

695
00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.920
<v Speaker 1>It's unbelievable here.

696
00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know, by now we're usually getting our first snowfall. Okay,

697
00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:48.639
<v Speaker 2>and it's still eighty five flipping degrees here.

698
00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:53.599
<v Speaker 1>It's hot El Nino, man, where everything's reversed. There's no

699
00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:56.199
<v Speaker 1>hurricanes at the moment, which is great, but all the

700
00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:58.400
<v Speaker 1>heat ships up here where we live.

701
00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:03.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's yeah, it's been a hot hot

702
00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:06.639
<v Speaker 2>July August, Yeah.

703
00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:08.440
<v Speaker 1>For sure. But I wanted to thank you for that

704
00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.039
<v Speaker 1>because I told you after I think it was the

705
00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:14.039
<v Speaker 1>last Sunday. So Tim says the hot water's coming. He goes,

706
00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:17.039
<v Speaker 1>I hope he's wrong, like Wednesday. She goes, I hate

707
00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.360
<v Speaker 1>Ti mccleodic. Oh I do too.

708
00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:27.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a family thing. Okay, well done, glory, thank you.

709
00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I'll try and send some cold weather in January. Make up.

710
00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.840
<v Speaker 1>We said it all in a very loving way that

711
00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:44.440
<v Speaker 1>we talked about so so uh, this is kind of

712
00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:48.079
<v Speaker 1>a dumb question. But five inning Freddy went to three

713
00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:52.559
<v Speaker 1>point two? Is his next outing more likely to be

714
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:56.639
<v Speaker 1>two plus innings Freddy or five plus innings Freddy?

715
00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:03.079
<v Speaker 2>U Freddie Parolta has not been good all year? Why

716
00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:05.480
<v Speaker 2>would we why would we expect out of the blue

717
00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:10.519
<v Speaker 2>for him to change that in one start or two starts.

718
00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:13.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say he's going to continue being Freddy

719
00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:15.360
<v Speaker 2>until Tampa Bay actually has some time to work on

720
00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:18.519
<v Speaker 2>a few things, and less than a week is not

721
00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:21.440
<v Speaker 2>time to work on a few things. So if I,

722
00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:25.159
<v Speaker 2>if I I don't have Parolta, I've got him in

723
00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:29.599
<v Speaker 2>one redraft and one dynasty and he's sitting mood. I'm

724
00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:33.199
<v Speaker 2>just gonna sit him until I see some semblance of

725
00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:37.599
<v Speaker 2>five inning Freddy and that first start. No, it wasn't happening.

726
00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.280
<v Speaker 2>I started.

727
00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:41.960
<v Speaker 1>Boy, I guess, guess when Freddy next pitches?

728
00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.480
<v Speaker 2>When would that be Monday?

729
00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.360
<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow?

730
00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.679
<v Speaker 2>Yes?

731
00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:49.199
<v Speaker 1>And Sacramento.

732
00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:54.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh well, let me get him back for that, please please,

733
00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:01.920
<v Speaker 2>that's not good. No. And you know what, because we're

734
00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:05.280
<v Speaker 2>picking on them, making them go into this, you'll probably

735
00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.559
<v Speaker 2>pitch a two hitter or something, okay, just to rub

736
00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:10.039
<v Speaker 2>it in their bases, and everybody else is as they

737
00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.599
<v Speaker 2>have them on their bench, right, you can't start them

738
00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:17.000
<v Speaker 2>in Sacramento. But yeah, no, you just can't start them there.

739
00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:22.480
<v Speaker 1>And there's a article thirty eight minutes ago on MLB

740
00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:27.880
<v Speaker 1>dot com title mis become second fastest picture in MLB

741
00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:32.239
<v Speaker 1>history to two hundred strikeouts in a single season. That's

742
00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:33.159
<v Speaker 1>pretty impressive.

743
00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.559
<v Speaker 2>It is incredibly impressive.

744
00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:40.199
<v Speaker 1>Trying to find out who the fastest one two one hundred.

745
00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:46.880
<v Speaker 2>Was, Doc Goodense, Oh Spen, Spencer Strider, oh, Strider Schreider hundred.

746
00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:50.679
<v Speaker 1>That obviously didn't end well. I mean, Spencer Strider. We

747
00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:55.360
<v Speaker 1>talked about, you know, kind of what Hunter Green's is is.

748
00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:57.760
<v Speaker 1>Is Hunter Green going to become Spencer Stryder.

749
00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:03.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's possible, which is not good.

750
00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:08.320
<v Speaker 1>No. No, he's a side young and he's gonna be

751
00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:09.840
<v Speaker 1>the number one picture off the board. I know you're

752
00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:12.199
<v Speaker 1>not interested in and I get it, totally getting me.

753
00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:14.440
<v Speaker 1>He's going to be your number one picture off the board.

754
00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:18.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I am. I'm going to try and go

755
00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:21.519
<v Speaker 2>safer if I can get Sanchez or Yama Motor. That's

756
00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:25.960
<v Speaker 2>my early thoughts. Sanchez, Yamma Motor. I think I'll roll

757
00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.559
<v Speaker 2>in that direction.

758
00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I get that. I mean that makes

759
00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:34.199
<v Speaker 1>total sense to me. The Athletics fire their general manager

760
00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:36.679
<v Speaker 1>David Frass. After all, it was his fault to me

761
00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:40.480
<v Speaker 1>of moving the team out of Oakland into Sacramento. It's

762
00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:41.320
<v Speaker 1>definitely his fault.

763
00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:45.559
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, definitely the only positive here for David forrest

764
00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:49.400
<v Speaker 2>Okay as a GM. Okay, his next GM job, you'll

765
00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:51.039
<v Speaker 2>probably make more than minimum wage.

766
00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:54.480
<v Speaker 1>That's true. You know, it's funny. I was watching this

767
00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.679
<v Speaker 1>as the time with watching my Buddy Cage Jump Play,

768
00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:58.760
<v Speaker 1>and then I saw this news. I was writing writing

769
00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:01.760
<v Speaker 1>the notes for you, and I just I just decided

770
00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.119
<v Speaker 1>to do kind of a deep dive on the new

771
00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:09.599
<v Speaker 1>stadium in Las Vegas. I must say, Tommy, it looks beautiful.

772
00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:12.760
<v Speaker 1>I mean it looks a little bit like the Sydney

773
00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:16.320
<v Speaker 1>Opera House, you know, kind of that that kind of architecture,

774
00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:22.280
<v Speaker 1>and it's it's enclosed except the outfield, like a window

775
00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:25.480
<v Speaker 1>is there? That looks like it's open to me? I

776
00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:28.280
<v Speaker 1>mean I think it's there's not a wall there or

777
00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:32.760
<v Speaker 1>glass there. It looks completely open. And I have no idea.

778
00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:35.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm not smart enough to even even venture. I guess

779
00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.719
<v Speaker 1>is that going to be? Is that going to help

780
00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.000
<v Speaker 1>or hurt? Or what is that going to do to

781
00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:41.840
<v Speaker 1>the aerodynamics in that park?

782
00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.920
<v Speaker 2>Well, it could end up proving to be a pain

783
00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:46.000
<v Speaker 2>in the glass.

784
00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:49.239
<v Speaker 1>That could be. I'll give you I'll give you a

785
00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:54.039
<v Speaker 1>a rim shot for that. But if people haven't seen it,

786
00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:56.679
<v Speaker 1>you should go take it is absolutely beautiful.

787
00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:01.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it has to look nice Vegas. It's sort

788
00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:03.440
<v Speaker 2>of a rule. Okay, yeah, it has to look nice.

789
00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:06.239
<v Speaker 2>It's in Vegas. But based on where I'm what I'm

790
00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:08.679
<v Speaker 2>hearing a lot of the casinos right now are hurting

791
00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:11.159
<v Speaker 2>real bad and there might even be some bankruptcy. So

792
00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:14.880
<v Speaker 2>let's hope it doesn't follow suit with the casino industry

793
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.440
<v Speaker 2>right now.

794
00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:18.199
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I haven't heard that, Is that true?

795
00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:22.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Wow, Yeah, casinos are the business. Business is down.

796
00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:25.679
<v Speaker 1>You know what else is down? Not to get off

797
00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:27.639
<v Speaker 1>the baseball subject, I read read an article I think

798
00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:30.519
<v Speaker 1>it was in the Wall Street Journal today of how

799
00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:34.599
<v Speaker 1>how little people are drinking now and a lot of

800
00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:38.840
<v Speaker 1>wineries are going under because people around the world are

801
00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:42.639
<v Speaker 1>just they're no longer drinking, you know. The alcohol consumption

802
00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:46.840
<v Speaker 1>has gone down drastically, which is pretty interesting. That's that's

803
00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:48.239
<v Speaker 1>pretty fascinating as well.

804
00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:52.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, again, I won't get into the politics of the day,

805
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.960
<v Speaker 2>but we're not buying anything American in liquor right now,

806
00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:58.920
<v Speaker 2>so it's having a huge bearing on things.

807
00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:03.400
<v Speaker 1>But that's part of it as well. But apparently I

808
00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:05.519
<v Speaker 1>read this article they said, and maybe this is one

809
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:09.800
<v Speaker 1>that some California vineyards are just burning their fields, which

810
00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:12.840
<v Speaker 1>makes no sense to me, but that's I don't know, I.

811
00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:15.440
<v Speaker 2>Don't know they're taking they're taking the look, they're taking

812
00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:16.840
<v Speaker 2>the Long Island out of the ice.

813
00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:20.599
<v Speaker 1>They are taking a long island, Timmy. That is that

814
00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:23.679
<v Speaker 1>is a wrap for looking at games. And let's take

815
00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:26.119
<v Speaker 1>a quick break and come back and look at you

816
00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:40.159
<v Speaker 1>waiver war. It's a good one this week lost. It

817
00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:44.719
<v Speaker 1>is an extremely young waiver wire report. Lots of kids

818
00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:48.440
<v Speaker 1>under twenty five, which you always like to see. And

819
00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:50.639
<v Speaker 1>my buddy basib I was just looking at him thinking

820
00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:52.800
<v Speaker 1>about picking him up, and I kind of laughed out loud.

821
00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:55.719
<v Speaker 1>I've been writing about him for gazillion years and it

822
00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:57.599
<v Speaker 1>was good to see him having some success and making

823
00:45:57.639 --> 00:46:00.639
<v Speaker 1>a ten o'cloud waiver wire. That's exciting. I mean, so,

824
00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:03.480
<v Speaker 1>what was it like looking for the names that they

825
00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:07.440
<v Speaker 1>come easily? I'm curious on the waiver to excuse me,

826
00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:10.400
<v Speaker 1>the closer report? Did that come easier? Did that took

827
00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:12.039
<v Speaker 1>a lot of digging to figure it out?

828
00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:16.519
<v Speaker 2>The closer report took a fair bit of work, okay,

829
00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:20.000
<v Speaker 2>because so many teams and hopefully I got most of them,

830
00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:22.920
<v Speaker 2>most if not all of them right. There were so

831
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:27.639
<v Speaker 2>many players that changed teams, okay. I was deleting names,

832
00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:31.599
<v Speaker 2>adding names, shuffling all over the place. The closer report

833
00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:35.440
<v Speaker 2>was it was, it was a handful as far as

834
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:39.920
<v Speaker 2>the article itself. I actually did something very very very

835
00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:43.320
<v Speaker 2>very novel, and it made a whole lot of sense.

836
00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:47.800
<v Speaker 2>I started this basically after we got off the air

837
00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:53.400
<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday. Okay, we reviewed everything, so I started.

838
00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:58.119
<v Speaker 1>We started from that thing You're welcome.

839
00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:02.119
<v Speaker 2>Exactly, Yes, thank you. I appreciate it when you make

840
00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:07.079
<v Speaker 2>my life easier. But no, I so I had. I

841
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:12.079
<v Speaker 2>had names starting on actually even before we did the podcast,

842
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:14.679
<v Speaker 2>I had some of the traded names, et cetera, et cetera.

843
00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:18.440
<v Speaker 2>So it was actually a lot of fun because again

844
00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:21.320
<v Speaker 2>I spread it out over a full week and I

845
00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:25.920
<v Speaker 2>got into the actual written narratives. I did the closer

846
00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:29.239
<v Speaker 2>report last night for the most part, and a lot

847
00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:32.079
<v Speaker 2>of the written narratives were this morning, so it was

848
00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:37.199
<v Speaker 2>all sorted out organized. It flows fairly smoothly, but again

849
00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:41.039
<v Speaker 2>because of the volume involved. Had I not taken and

850
00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:46.400
<v Speaker 2>worked on it, you know, starting on Monday of the week,

851
00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:49.199
<v Speaker 2>it would have been it would have been a handful.

852
00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.480
<v Speaker 1>The first one brings a smile to my eye because

853
00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:58.360
<v Speaker 1>I love your analysis. I did read some of them,

854
00:47:58.519 --> 00:48:00.519
<v Speaker 1>I guess I didn't read the one that you made

855
00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:06.280
<v Speaker 1>the joke on. Uh, Caleb, Uh, what was the one

856
00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:09.400
<v Speaker 1>you were telling me, oh, Caling Culpepper, I missed that one.

857
00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.599
<v Speaker 1>But I loved your analysis, and Andrew Alvarez, you really

858
00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:15.119
<v Speaker 1>broke it down from a baseball savant standpoint.

859
00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:19.119
<v Speaker 2>Tell us what people should pack him up. People should

860
00:48:19.159 --> 00:48:23.760
<v Speaker 2>pick him up because he's got a good pitch mix. Okay,

861
00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:26.199
<v Speaker 2>he's got a curve, he's got a forcing fastball, he's

862
00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:28.519
<v Speaker 2>got a slider, and I think he throws a sinker

863
00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:30.840
<v Speaker 2>eight percent of the time. He's got a fourth pitch

864
00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:34.280
<v Speaker 2>in there, so he's he's got it all. But what

865
00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:39.440
<v Speaker 2>I really like is the fact that he's he's a

866
00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:42.480
<v Speaker 2>southball and he's got a ninety two point eight mile

867
00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:46.400
<v Speaker 2>an hour fastball, which right away says to you, ninety

868
00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:50.039
<v Speaker 2>two point eight on the fastball. Yeah, but then you

869
00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:53.360
<v Speaker 2>look at what he does with his breaking stuff. Okay,

870
00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:56.599
<v Speaker 2>he's got the curve at twenty seven eighteen, the slider

871
00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:59.000
<v Speaker 2>is at twenty six to sixty. Man, he can spin

872
00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:04.280
<v Speaker 2>that breaking stuff big time, Okay, which I think, who's

873
00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:07.679
<v Speaker 2>going to help offset the fact that he has a

874
00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:12.440
<v Speaker 2>relatively low velocity fastball. The problem is to walks. Okay, yeah,

875
00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:16.320
<v Speaker 2>it is definitely a problem. But when I see a

876
00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:20.199
<v Speaker 2>picture that can spin a curve and spin a slider,

877
00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:23.840
<v Speaker 2>and he's pictures from the left hand side. He's got

878
00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.880
<v Speaker 2>an okay fastball. It's not like it's eating It's not

879
00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:33.719
<v Speaker 2>Tommy MALONEI ish, Okay, there's upside there. Okay, If at

880
00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:37.920
<v Speaker 2>some point in time his control improves, he could be

881
00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:41.880
<v Speaker 2>a really, really good find. So basically what I put

882
00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:45.239
<v Speaker 2>is he's a work in progress, but I'd like to

883
00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:48.920
<v Speaker 2>see how that progress looks on my roster compared to

884
00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:51.719
<v Speaker 2>the competition. So that's where I am with Alvarez. He

885
00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:53.480
<v Speaker 2>intrigues me, good man.

886
00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:57.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's definitely obviously the path is very narrow.

887
00:49:57.760 --> 00:49:59.760
<v Speaker 1>If you don't have velocity, I mean, you've got to

888
00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:03.920
<v Speaker 1>have great control. He's off stuff that really spinds, so

889
00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.639
<v Speaker 1>he's going to get some swing and miss with his pitches.

890
00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:09.920
<v Speaker 1>But I mean it makes any mistakes throw ninety two

891
00:50:09.960 --> 00:50:11.960
<v Speaker 1>miles an hour, it's going he's going to get hit.

892
00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:15.519
<v Speaker 1>So that's right, that's the problem. Miserowski. You throw one

893
00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:17.679
<v Speaker 1>hundred and two, you make a mistake, it's still one

894
00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:18.239
<v Speaker 1>hundred and.

895
00:50:18.159 --> 00:50:24.920
<v Speaker 2>Two, yeah, exactly. Yeah, odds are pretty good. It is

896
00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:30.800
<v Speaker 2>in the catcher's mitt before you've completed your swing through

897
00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:31.239
<v Speaker 2>the ball.

898
00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:35.719
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and this is just the way it is

899
00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:37.239
<v Speaker 1>when you throw that hard.

900
00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:38.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

901
00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:42.920
<v Speaker 1>No, very few players have the have the bat speed

902
00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:46.760
<v Speaker 1>to pick up pick up the type of pitch and

903
00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:51.239
<v Speaker 1>then start to swing. Almost everybody against Jacob Mezeroski. Why

904
00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:54.280
<v Speaker 1>you so successful? Have got the cheat on the fastball?

905
00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:58.239
<v Speaker 1>Have got to start his swing earlier, and you started

906
00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:00.800
<v Speaker 1>thinking it's a fastball coming alson, it's a change up

907
00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:03.960
<v Speaker 1>or you know, some kind of some kind of breaking bit.

908
00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:06.039
<v Speaker 1>You're you look stupid. And that's why I get so

909
00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:09.239
<v Speaker 1>many bad looking swings. Looks like the bud guys are

910
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:11.960
<v Speaker 1>way out front because also they see, oh it's it's

911
00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:14.840
<v Speaker 1>different than a fastball. They try to make the adjustment

912
00:51:14.920 --> 00:51:16.480
<v Speaker 1>and guess what, it's too late.

913
00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:20.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're down on one knee smiling. It's and then

914
00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:23.280
<v Speaker 2>walking back to the Yeah, then walking back to the Doug.

915
00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:26.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah that's yeah. So Alverra is intrigues me. He's five

916
00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:31.119
<v Speaker 2>percent rostered. I'm going to see I'm going to see

917
00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:32.960
<v Speaker 2>how many leagues I can add him in just to

918
00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:34.320
<v Speaker 2>see what happens.

919
00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:36.400
<v Speaker 1>Good, good for you, and I hope it works out.

920
00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:40.760
<v Speaker 1>So I got a chance after the Red Sox game yesterday,

921
00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:43.440
<v Speaker 1>I flipped every and watched the Angels game. Got a

922
00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:46.599
<v Speaker 1>chance to watch Moys's bellisterios. You know who he is,

923
00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:54.239
<v Speaker 1>Tim Alejandra Kirk. I know baseball, the baseball references. Moys's

924
00:51:54.280 --> 00:51:56.679
<v Speaker 1>bellisterios is one hundred and ninety five pounds.

925
00:51:56.960 --> 00:52:00.920
<v Speaker 2>That's a lot by he is. I haven't see he's

926
00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:03.599
<v Speaker 2>as big as Kirk. Kirk's a tank, a little tank,

927
00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:05.280
<v Speaker 2>but he's a same height.

928
00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:08.719
<v Speaker 1>They're both five ft eight. Maybe, yeah, maybe Kirk's got

929
00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:12.880
<v Speaker 1>twenty pounds on him, but it's a big fact. He's

930
00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:14.880
<v Speaker 1>a little fat kid. I mean that, that's who he is.

931
00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:19.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry to say it like that. Well, yeah, I

932
00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:23.320
<v Speaker 1>can flat out hit just like Alahama Kirk can. I

933
00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.880
<v Speaker 1>think there's going to be maybe a little bit more

934
00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:28.599
<v Speaker 1>power than Kirk. The Kirk's got decent power, but he's

935
00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:33.400
<v Speaker 1>a He's the shortest, big, heavy set kid. That's that's

936
00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:33.920
<v Speaker 1>who he is.

937
00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:40.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And the big the big thing that we should

938
00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:42.920
<v Speaker 2>get out of this this whole exercise, is the fact

939
00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:45.400
<v Speaker 2>that he's playing in Anaheim, so he should get If

940
00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:48.159
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't get an opportunity to play in Anaheim, he

941
00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:53.840
<v Speaker 2>won't get an opportunity anywhere. Okay, it's yeah, he's going

942
00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:56.280
<v Speaker 2>to get that opportunity as the number two catcher. I

943
00:52:56.599 --> 00:53:00.000
<v Speaker 2>think I'll take a chance on him heading into all

944
00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:03.400
<v Speaker 2>six weeks of the season. Look at the cot id do.

945
00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:05.559
<v Speaker 1>Contact look at me if you had a chance to

946
00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:07.719
<v Speaker 1>watch me. I saw him a couple of years ago

947
00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:11.119
<v Speaker 1>at the Fall League. He looked okay to me, because

948
00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:13.000
<v Speaker 1>that was always a concern that he was really gonna

949
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:14.840
<v Speaker 1>put on Wait, and I'm like, I think he's okay,

950
00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and I look, well, wow, he put on He put

951
00:53:18.920 --> 00:53:22.719
<v Speaker 1>on some serious palmage. But Kirk is only striking out

952
00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:26.480
<v Speaker 1>twelve thirteen percent of the time. I don't think Moys's

953
00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:30.320
<v Speaker 1>Ballisterius is quite at that level yet. But in the

954
00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:34.079
<v Speaker 1>minor leagues Triple A Timmy five hundred and nine played

955
00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:37.639
<v Speaker 1>appearances and twenty twenty five he struck out thirteen percent

956
00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:40.679
<v Speaker 1>of the time. So there's a lot of similarities there

957
00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:44.760
<v Speaker 1>between kirk thirteen home runs. So yeah, Kirks, Kirk's a

958
00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:45.559
<v Speaker 1>good little player.

959
00:53:46.679 --> 00:53:51.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, he is. Yeah, I don't disagree. So Ballisterio

960
00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:54.280
<v Speaker 2>is a twenty percent roster, there's an opportunity to get

961
00:53:54.280 --> 00:53:56.199
<v Speaker 2>in a second catcher. I think that might help you

962
00:53:56.239 --> 00:53:56.880
<v Speaker 2>down the stretch.

963
00:53:58.440 --> 00:54:00.440
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I've never known how to pronounce this

964
00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:03.039
<v Speaker 1>guy's first name, os Leviz. I don't know if it's

965
00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:08.039
<v Speaker 1>ass Elvis. I always struggled to actually write it because

966
00:54:08.119 --> 00:54:10.840
<v Speaker 1>it was a very odd name that he Basibi is

967
00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:15.079
<v Speaker 1>his last name, second base shortstop with the Giants.

968
00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:18.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's nice to see him back, you know.

969
00:54:18.679 --> 00:54:20.639
<v Speaker 2>The first time we saw him, yeah, it was a

970
00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:22.960
<v Speaker 2>long time ago. And he's still only twenty five. You know.

971
00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:25.440
<v Speaker 2>The race brought him up early in twenty twenty three.

972
00:54:26.079 --> 00:54:31.159
<v Speaker 2>He struggled and we haven't seen him since. But San

973
00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:35.320
<v Speaker 2>Francisco is now home man. In the past seven games,

974
00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:38.559
<v Speaker 2>he's going eight for twenty six, three home runs, eight RBIs.

975
00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:42.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking a small bit is worth it, just to

976
00:54:42.480 --> 00:54:46.159
<v Speaker 2>see what happens in week two and possibly week three.

977
00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:50.559
<v Speaker 2>He's two percent rostered, so he's you know, hey, when

978
00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:55.599
<v Speaker 2>everybody else out there, okay is chasing Lombard and Culpepper

979
00:54:56.000 --> 00:55:01.360
<v Speaker 2>and you're broke with fourteen dollars, fab give give us leaves?

980
00:55:01.800 --> 00:55:03.599
<v Speaker 2>Uh A look.

981
00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:07.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm looking at the pronunciations. Oh slave vs.

982
00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:11.719
<v Speaker 2>Slavey, slavey slavey okay o.

983
00:55:12.119 --> 00:55:14.519
<v Speaker 1>H hyphenated s l A, so that would be oh

984
00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:18.440
<v Speaker 1>slave and then it's E E C E vs O.

985
00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:23.960
<v Speaker 2>Slaves sleeve O slave Yeah, old slavey Okay, Yeah.

986
00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:25.559
<v Speaker 1>So I think it's pretty close to what you said.

987
00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:28.679
<v Speaker 2>Good there, nice Ukrainian lad.

988
00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:34.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure I don't think so to give you a

989
00:55:34.760 --> 00:55:37.400
<v Speaker 1>stupid grim shottle because I started laughing.

990
00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:41.119
<v Speaker 2>But there we go. There are rules for a reason.

991
00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:43.239
<v Speaker 2>We get true.

992
00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:47.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, many thanks, this guy is he is not Ukrainian.

993
00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:51.519
<v Speaker 1>Now I don't know why I'm laughing. Now you got

994
00:55:51.559 --> 00:55:58.000
<v Speaker 1>me laughing, all right, rettbat By the way, Ukraine doing

995
00:55:58.119 --> 00:55:59.960
<v Speaker 1>really good in the war. There were think we're all

996
00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:01.239
<v Speaker 1>rooting for Ukraine.

997
00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:02.760
<v Speaker 2>So we are.

998
00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:07.400
<v Speaker 1>It's amazing how that war has changed. From me. They're

999
00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:09.639
<v Speaker 1>really defining the way war is going to be fought

1000
00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:14.840
<v Speaker 1>with everything is drones and all all remote control and stuff.

1001
00:56:14.840 --> 00:56:16.239
<v Speaker 1>It's absolutely fascinating.

1002
00:56:18.599 --> 00:56:21.639
<v Speaker 2>Well you're looking straight to Hormo and Hermos. It's it's

1003
00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:26.000
<v Speaker 2>the same thing, the rone. Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't matter

1004
00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:28.079
<v Speaker 2>how big your aircraft area, how many planes it has.

1005
00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:31.719
<v Speaker 2>On one little five thousand dollars, drone can sink it. Yeah.

1006
00:56:31.719 --> 00:56:33.280
<v Speaker 2>That changes the way the game's played.

1007
00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:40.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so my, my, nephew runs helicopter helicopter company, and

1008
00:56:41.239 --> 00:56:47.760
<v Speaker 1>they are they are creating drones as well. Uh and

1009
00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:54.000
<v Speaker 1>they cost like fifteen to make and and you know,

1010
00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:56.920
<v Speaker 1>and they carry a payload, and you know they're testing

1011
00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:59.480
<v Speaker 1>them and they're in the wild. Now you put temmy

1012
00:56:59.719 --> 00:57:02.320
<v Speaker 1>like like militarily where they are. But show me some

1013
00:57:02.440 --> 00:57:05.679
<v Speaker 1>video which are publicly available, and they're amazing, Timmy, It's

1014
00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.079
<v Speaker 1>just like you know that that's how And you can

1015
00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:11.000
<v Speaker 1>have these nerds sitting in it that play video games,

1016
00:57:11.000 --> 00:57:14.920
<v Speaker 1>sitting in a book somewhere three thousand, five thousand miles

1017
00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:17.519
<v Speaker 1>away and doing the remote control with these things, and

1018
00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:22.519
<v Speaker 1>it's it's it's a safer war and it's pretty it's

1019
00:57:22.559 --> 00:57:24.760
<v Speaker 1>pretty crazy. What's actually happening.

1020
00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:28.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know with my background in Pong, I'm looking

1021
00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:29.840
<v Speaker 2>at the playing some joubs down the road.

1022
00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:35.480
<v Speaker 1>I've given you too many rim shots. Brett Brett Bateman.

1023
00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:38.559
<v Speaker 1>I saw him play the other day. It's more about him.

1024
00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:42.880
<v Speaker 2>If you're looking for power, he ain't happening. If you're

1025
00:57:42.920 --> 00:57:47.000
<v Speaker 2>looking for a good hit tool with solid wheels, it

1026
00:57:47.639 --> 00:57:50.559
<v Speaker 2>just might happen. For now, I I've got to give

1027
00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:53.440
<v Speaker 2>him a look. If your game is the al only model.

1028
00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:56.519
<v Speaker 2>But uh, the Jay's tossed him me in the leadoff

1029
00:57:56.559 --> 00:58:01.199
<v Speaker 2>spot today, which I sort of like, I don't know

1030
00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:05.639
<v Speaker 2>how he did. I haven't, I haven't jacked talking. Yeah,

1031
00:58:05.639 --> 00:58:10.760
<v Speaker 2>the last I saw Schwarz, Okay, yeah, in an al

1032
00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:15.039
<v Speaker 2>only he's not rostered in an al only you roster.

1033
00:58:15.239 --> 00:58:17.800
<v Speaker 2>Everybody with a pulse and Bateman might be around for

1034
00:58:17.840 --> 00:58:21.840
<v Speaker 2>a while on their big league rosters, So yeah, give

1035
00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.400
<v Speaker 2>him a look.

1036
00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:25.119
<v Speaker 1>If Schwarber with two home runs and a stolen base

1037
00:58:25.239 --> 00:58:27.679
<v Speaker 1>just just becaused him.

1038
00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:31.800
<v Speaker 2>That was a pity stolen bas Rich, we know it.

1039
00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:37.559
<v Speaker 1>Schwarber's batting one and a rise, batting fourth, Bryce Harper

1040
00:58:37.559 --> 00:58:38.559
<v Speaker 1>and right field.

1041
00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:41.000
<v Speaker 2>Makes total sense.

1042
00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:43.000
<v Speaker 1>I just it's the dumbest thing.

1043
00:58:43.800 --> 00:58:45.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just hoped.

1044
00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:46.760
<v Speaker 1>I hope they got because I got Bryce Harper a

1045
00:58:46.800 --> 00:58:49.599
<v Speaker 1>couple of leagues in which I'm in the money. If

1046
00:58:49.599 --> 00:58:53.239
<v Speaker 1>he gets hurt playing right field, Timmy.

1047
00:58:52.239 --> 00:58:54.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm better. Hear you yelling all the way from here.

1048
00:58:54.400 --> 00:59:00.280
<v Speaker 1>With Cody Bradford starting picture with the Texas Rangers.

1049
00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:05.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, solid, Hey, he's been hurt on the il. He

1050
00:59:05.480 --> 00:59:08.599
<v Speaker 2>made his debut and it was it was okay, four

1051
00:59:08.639 --> 00:59:11.119
<v Speaker 2>and a third shadowed innings he's lowed a couple walks

1052
00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:15.360
<v Speaker 2>struck of five. Again, we're still looking at building up

1053
00:59:15.480 --> 00:59:21.440
<v Speaker 2>arm strength. I'd look at rostering him now, but I

1054
00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:25.679
<v Speaker 2>think they had him on a seventy pitch count. I

1055
00:59:25.719 --> 00:59:28.480
<v Speaker 2>think that will gradually increase to the point where he's

1056
00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:31.159
<v Speaker 2>pitching five and six innings. But they're going to be

1057
00:59:31.199 --> 00:59:34.679
<v Speaker 2>careful with them. But again, it's a situation where pitching

1058
00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:38.440
<v Speaker 2>is tough. I give Bradford a look. He's not a

1059
00:59:38.440 --> 00:59:40.480
<v Speaker 2>bad starter when he's one healthy.

1060
00:59:41.760 --> 00:59:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Calin Culpepper. Anything to add on mister Culpeper, No, I

1061
00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:49.800
<v Speaker 1>think I would if I had the money.

1062
00:59:49.840 --> 00:59:55.119
<v Speaker 2>I think I I might be tempted to be very

1063
00:59:55.119 --> 00:59:58.800
<v Speaker 2>aggressive with Culpepper. I think Minnesota is going to play him,

1064
00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:01.000
<v Speaker 2>and as much as we know, oh that Lombard is

1065
01:00:01.039 --> 01:00:06.239
<v Speaker 2>gonna play Colepepper is not a He's not a bad

1066
01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:09.639
<v Speaker 2>consolation price. If you're playing the middle infield game this week.

1067
01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:14.559
<v Speaker 1>Order these three for the rest of the season. Cal Culpepper,

1068
01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:18.599
<v Speaker 1>Max Mark, George Lombard.

1069
01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:29.960
<v Speaker 3>Junior, Uh Clark, big gap, Yeah, I've Clark.

1070
01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:33.320
<v Speaker 2>I Yeah, I think he is. I think he's gonna

1071
01:00:33.519 --> 01:00:37.880
<v Speaker 2>gonna rock rock our world for the next six weeks. Yeah.

1072
01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:43.320
<v Speaker 2>I Lombard right now has a guaranteed playing time, so

1073
01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:46.559
<v Speaker 2>that gives him a slight edge, But I like the

1074
01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:50.079
<v Speaker 2>stolen based potential maybe a bit. I'm gonna call it

1075
01:00:50.119 --> 01:00:52.360
<v Speaker 2>a draw. In the next two I'll probably focus on

1076
01:00:52.440 --> 01:00:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Culpepper because I think he'll be a little bit less expensive.

1077
01:00:58.039 --> 01:01:03.679
<v Speaker 1>Best mccommon on George Lombard. Look, I love George Lombard.

1078
01:01:03.880 --> 01:01:12.760
<v Speaker 1>I do. I I've seen him play conservatively forty five

1079
01:01:12.880 --> 01:01:16.639
<v Speaker 1>fifty games, seen a lot of year in my neck

1080
01:01:16.679 --> 01:01:19.159
<v Speaker 1>of the woods. See I mean, yeah, I mean I've

1081
01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:22.599
<v Speaker 1>seen him play a lot. I don't think I've ever

1082
01:01:22.639 --> 01:01:27.599
<v Speaker 1>seen him play like have a great game, like you

1083
01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:32.280
<v Speaker 1>kind of come away going wow, that's amazing. But if

1084
01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:35.079
<v Speaker 1>you piece it all together, he hits the ball pretty hard.

1085
01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:39.079
<v Speaker 1>He's obviously fast. He's a great defender at shorts. Why

1086
01:01:39.119 --> 01:01:40.880
<v Speaker 1>they had n't why they had him playing third base

1087
01:01:41.159 --> 01:01:43.320
<v Speaker 1>in triple A, I didn't understand that he's a great

1088
01:01:43.320 --> 01:01:48.360
<v Speaker 1>defender at short. But he's never had that stretch of

1089
01:01:48.480 --> 01:01:51.519
<v Speaker 1>time where it's been this is going to be a star.

1090
01:01:52.360 --> 01:01:56.880
<v Speaker 1>That's that's my only like negative feedback. Everything else from

1091
01:01:56.880 --> 01:01:59.760
<v Speaker 1>the scouty reports, from the data that you look at

1092
01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:02.239
<v Speaker 1>it all looks good, except he's never put it together.

1093
01:02:02.440 --> 01:02:04.639
<v Speaker 1>You can also say the same thing about Max clark

1094
01:02:04.719 --> 01:02:07.280
<v Speaker 1>though Max Clarker in the last sixty days has been

1095
01:02:07.320 --> 01:02:08.159
<v Speaker 1>pretty darn good.

1096
01:02:09.039 --> 01:02:11.000
<v Speaker 2>He's been incredibly good. Yeah.

1097
01:02:11.239 --> 01:02:14.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, But I mean George Lumbard just not has not

1098
01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:15.880
<v Speaker 1>had that stretch.

1099
01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:22.719
<v Speaker 2>Hm. Okay, it's interesting. And again, if you look at

1100
01:02:25.199 --> 01:02:29.280
<v Speaker 2>at the environment, I would have to think that Colt

1101
01:02:29.280 --> 01:02:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Pepper gets a fairly big edge because Minnesota versus the

1102
01:02:34.480 --> 01:02:38.119
<v Speaker 2>Bronx do that. You know, Lumber's gonna have to play.

1103
01:02:38.880 --> 01:02:42.199
<v Speaker 2>There'll be a fair fair bit of slack initially because

1104
01:02:42.239 --> 01:02:44.320
<v Speaker 2>of what's happened over the past year and will be

1105
01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:47.719
<v Speaker 2>et cetera, et cetera. But at some point in time,

1106
01:02:47.800 --> 01:02:49.840
<v Speaker 2>if he goes into the tank for a week or two,

1107
01:02:50.840 --> 01:02:52.599
<v Speaker 2>they move everybody in New York, don't they.

1108
01:02:53.800 --> 01:03:01.440
<v Speaker 1>The media today Copper City on the bench. So that's

1109
01:03:01.159 --> 01:03:05.079
<v Speaker 1>a look. You know, they from from the like the

1110
01:03:05.239 --> 01:03:07.519
<v Speaker 1>ken Rosenthals of the world. I'm assuming they know.

1111
01:03:08.360 --> 01:03:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

1112
01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:12.960
<v Speaker 1>They asked from the Yankees for Trek Schouble was in

1113
01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:15.840
<v Speaker 1>fact George Lombard junior and they said no.

1114
01:03:18.360 --> 01:03:22.199
<v Speaker 2>And I think I think I don't have any problems

1115
01:03:23.079 --> 01:03:26.639
<v Speaker 2>with accepting that as reality, the Tigers aren't going to

1116
01:03:26.679 --> 01:03:32.239
<v Speaker 2>ask for anything less one to give it.

1117
01:03:33.199 --> 01:03:36.039
<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing it was George Lombard, Elmer Rodriguez and the third.

1118
01:03:36.079 --> 01:03:38.840
<v Speaker 1>That would be my guess because you can equate Elber

1119
01:03:38.960 --> 01:03:43.880
<v Speaker 1>to uh to Ryan River Ryan, and you can equate

1120
01:03:44.920 --> 01:03:49.400
<v Speaker 1>George Lombard probably more value than than the Zayer hope

1121
01:03:49.480 --> 01:03:51.519
<v Speaker 1>just because he plays shorts off. You're looking purely from

1122
01:03:51.559 --> 01:03:54.840
<v Speaker 1>a baseball standpoint, but that that would have been a

1123
01:03:54.880 --> 01:03:58.480
<v Speaker 1>competitive offer for Trek Schouble and the Yankee said no,

1124
01:03:58.639 --> 01:04:02.199
<v Speaker 1>So that would have So everybody knows that that's been reported.

1125
01:04:02.320 --> 01:04:06.079
<v Speaker 1>So you would think that Lombard's gonna get quite a long.

1126
01:04:05.920 --> 01:04:12.239
<v Speaker 2>Look, Jill, as far as they go in October, how

1127
01:04:12.320 --> 01:04:12.440
<v Speaker 2>was that?

1128
01:04:13.119 --> 01:04:17.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, let's take a break and then come back and

1129
01:04:17.320 --> 01:04:19.400
<v Speaker 1>talk about mister Jackson.

1130
01:04:19.480 --> 01:04:19.679
<v Speaker 2>Job.

1131
01:04:33.000 --> 01:04:37.199
<v Speaker 1>You're looking for any negative Jackson job. He didn't have

1132
01:04:37.280 --> 01:04:39.519
<v Speaker 1>as good a swing and miss stuff as he's had

1133
01:04:39.559 --> 01:04:43.199
<v Speaker 1>in the past, but the velocity was there, the control

1134
01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:45.880
<v Speaker 1>was there. He looked really good.

1135
01:04:48.159 --> 01:04:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. One hit, one walk over, five hit, ninehundred point one. Yeah,

1136
01:04:52.880 --> 01:04:56.039
<v Speaker 2>I said, go get him. Don't be shy about partner

1137
01:04:56.039 --> 01:04:58.400
<v Speaker 2>with the good trinket of that fab you're gonna have

1138
01:04:58.440 --> 01:05:02.639
<v Speaker 2>to pay for. He might earn you that value in

1139
01:05:02.760 --> 01:05:06.360
<v Speaker 2>Rudy Graft leagues this year, Dynasty leagues. You got to

1140
01:05:06.400 --> 01:05:08.639
<v Speaker 2>be excited for what you saw in that first uh

1141
01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:11.519
<v Speaker 2>for sure. Yeah, and hey, there's gonna be he might

1142
01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:14.639
<v Speaker 2>have outings where he's going to struggle and he you know,

1143
01:05:14.679 --> 01:05:16.599
<v Speaker 2>they're going to watch the pitch count. They're not going

1144
01:05:16.679 --> 01:05:19.559
<v Speaker 2>to do anything stupid in Detroit. But man, you got

1145
01:05:19.559 --> 01:05:21.280
<v Speaker 2>to like what you saw after that first start.

1146
01:05:21.360 --> 01:05:23.400
<v Speaker 1>You really did what's the best pitch of the minor

1147
01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:26.719
<v Speaker 1>leagues two years ago? I mean, and he looked great

1148
01:05:26.840 --> 01:05:30.000
<v Speaker 1>when he got called up the Tigers first day around.

1149
01:05:30.000 --> 01:05:32.400
<v Speaker 1>It just it just sucked that he you know that

1150
01:05:32.480 --> 01:05:35.280
<v Speaker 1>he got hurt. There's no guarantee he's not going to

1151
01:05:35.280 --> 01:05:35.920
<v Speaker 1>get hurt again.

1152
01:05:36.679 --> 01:05:42.400
<v Speaker 2>But well, we used to talk about under Green. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, No,

1153
01:05:42.480 --> 01:05:44.039
<v Speaker 2>he's a talent. I agree, Richard.

1154
01:05:44.639 --> 01:05:46.719
<v Speaker 1>I spent a lot of time talking about George Lombard.

1155
01:05:46.800 --> 01:05:48.599
<v Speaker 1>Tim has talked a lot about it. So what about

1156
01:05:48.599 --> 01:05:51.599
<v Speaker 1>George Lombard Junior? I want to talk about him?

1157
01:05:52.199 --> 01:05:54.320
<v Speaker 2>No, No, we'll just talk about dad.

1158
01:05:54.679 --> 01:05:58.519
<v Speaker 1>Okay. Dad was a baseball player too, so and don't

1159
01:05:58.519 --> 01:06:02.400
<v Speaker 1>forget Jacob Lombard Junior was taken to the first round,

1160
01:06:03.079 --> 01:06:06.960
<v Speaker 1>the twentieth pick or whatever so by the Miami Marlins.

1161
01:06:06.960 --> 01:06:09.639
<v Speaker 1>So he's hit his first home run in the minor

1162
01:06:09.679 --> 01:06:12.320
<v Speaker 1>leagues as well. He's a little bit more toolsy than

1163
01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:15.960
<v Speaker 1>George so for you Dynasty league managers, but probably won't

1164
01:06:16.039 --> 01:06:19.039
<v Speaker 1>hit as much as George Lombard. So so there's.

1165
01:06:18.920 --> 01:06:21.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was the same day, if I'm not mistaken

1166
01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:22.000
<v Speaker 2>or something like that.

1167
01:06:23.079 --> 01:06:25.880
<v Speaker 1>George got George got the call, hit his first arm run,

1168
01:06:25.920 --> 01:06:28.239
<v Speaker 1>and Jacob the brother hit up home run. So that's

1169
01:06:28.239 --> 01:06:28.760
<v Speaker 1>pretty cool.

1170
01:06:29.480 --> 01:06:33.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that is very cool. Yes, why did the parents

1171
01:06:33.679 --> 01:06:35.880
<v Speaker 2>like George more than not just kidding?

1172
01:06:38.480 --> 01:06:40.480
<v Speaker 1>George ring in the cash?

1173
01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:43.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, he's the retirement ticket.

1174
01:06:43.679 --> 01:06:50.280
<v Speaker 1>So far, exactly. Wow, pit pitty brothers against one another

1175
01:06:51.280 --> 01:06:51.960
<v Speaker 1>kind of parents?

1176
01:06:52.000 --> 01:06:55.920
<v Speaker 2>Are we poor? But we had a lot of fun

1177
01:06:56.039 --> 01:06:56.440
<v Speaker 2>doing it.

1178
01:06:57.880 --> 01:07:00.280
<v Speaker 1>Laurie and I have the conversation all the time, who

1179
01:07:00.280 --> 01:07:03.440
<v Speaker 1>would we rather take care of us, our our loving

1180
01:07:03.519 --> 01:07:07.960
<v Speaker 1>daughter or our cut to the chase sons. So who

1181
01:07:07.960 --> 01:07:09.960
<v Speaker 1>wants to make the decision of pulling the plug?

1182
01:07:13.239 --> 01:07:15.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I know the direction I'd be hitting it.

1183
01:07:15.519 --> 01:07:21.280
<v Speaker 1>Exactly all right. Ben Laicuartey's love. I've always loved the

1184
01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.079
<v Speaker 1>Ben Laicuarty's he does. You just can't hit lefties with

1185
01:07:24.159 --> 01:07:25.559
<v Speaker 1>this big boy power.

1186
01:07:27.079 --> 01:07:29.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you're looking, if you're looking for some home runs,

1187
01:07:29.079 --> 01:07:32.760
<v Speaker 2>he's already getting hit two in his first week up. Okay, Yeah,

1188
01:07:33.159 --> 01:07:34.760
<v Speaker 2>he can hit. He can. He can hit one or

1189
01:07:34.760 --> 01:07:37.440
<v Speaker 2>two home runs a week, even in a platoon situation.

1190
01:07:37.679 --> 01:07:41.760
<v Speaker 2>So again, if everybody's chasing the big names and leaving

1191
01:07:41.760 --> 01:07:44.760
<v Speaker 2>the little names alone, Orties could be a nice guy.

1192
01:07:44.880 --> 01:07:47.079
<v Speaker 2>If you're if you're looking for an extra five to

1193
01:07:47.119 --> 01:07:49.639
<v Speaker 2>ten home runs over the next six weeks, eitherk that's

1194
01:07:49.760 --> 01:07:54.760
<v Speaker 2>entirely possible, or am I being overly bullish?

1195
01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:57.800
<v Speaker 1>Just gonna be if he hits enough, I mean you know,

1196
01:07:57.960 --> 01:08:00.440
<v Speaker 1>I mean yeah, sure, he's a big eye, swings for

1197
01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:03.519
<v Speaker 1>the fences. I mean, you've ever seen the plays. He

1198
01:08:03.639 --> 01:08:07.760
<v Speaker 1>is a large man. It's not very athletic. Obviously he's

1199
01:08:07.760 --> 01:08:11.559
<v Speaker 1>playing first base, sorted off in the outfield, but obviously

1200
01:08:11.639 --> 01:08:14.800
<v Speaker 1>they moved moved in the first base. Saying I think

1201
01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:16.640
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna hit a lot of home runs. What else

1202
01:08:16.680 --> 01:08:18.840
<v Speaker 1>he does? I mean, I don't know, I don't I

1203
01:08:18.880 --> 01:08:21.359
<v Speaker 1>don't think much else. But that's that's just me. So

1204
01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:24.960
<v Speaker 1>he could be a Joe Hensky Noel who kind of

1205
01:08:25.000 --> 01:08:27.880
<v Speaker 1>comes up in his fifteen home runs in four weeks

1206
01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:30.399
<v Speaker 1>and then you'd never hear from him again. He could

1207
01:08:30.439 --> 01:08:31.439
<v Speaker 1>literally be that guy.

1208
01:08:33.279 --> 01:08:34.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, makes total sense.

1209
01:08:36.000 --> 01:08:37.600
<v Speaker 1>I hope he's not. I hope he does more than that.

1210
01:08:37.640 --> 01:08:40.319
<v Speaker 1>I think he's I think he's a better player than Joehnsky. Know, well,

1211
01:08:40.359 --> 01:08:43.319
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't strike out nearly as much. Augustine Ramirez, I'm

1212
01:08:43.319 --> 01:08:46.359
<v Speaker 1>glad you're reminded me of him. I have totally forgotten

1213
01:08:46.399 --> 01:08:48.079
<v Speaker 1>that he was out there playing again.

1214
01:08:49.359 --> 01:08:52.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know. They send him to the miners the

1215
01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:56.359
<v Speaker 2>beginning of May, and it took that deadline deal for

1216
01:08:56.560 --> 01:09:01.479
<v Speaker 2>Liam Heggs to get him recalled. Yeah, the kid. You know,

1217
01:09:01.800 --> 01:09:05.079
<v Speaker 2>he did hit twenty one homerslus, he drove in sixty

1218
01:09:05.119 --> 01:09:10.119
<v Speaker 2>seven runs, he stole sixteen bases. I don't think we

1219
01:09:10.159 --> 01:09:12.479
<v Speaker 2>should forget those numbers.

1220
01:09:14.079 --> 01:09:16.359
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, me was very good last season. I mean, what

1221
01:09:16.640 --> 01:09:18.840
<v Speaker 1>did he play over his head? I mean I don't know,

1222
01:09:19.479 --> 01:09:21.640
<v Speaker 1>probably a little. I think he was overdrafted this year.

1223
01:09:21.680 --> 01:09:23.319
<v Speaker 1>I think people got burned by him.

1224
01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:27.399
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, big, big, big time people got burned. Yeah, yeah,

1225
01:09:27.600 --> 01:09:30.800
<v Speaker 2>you look at you're looking at pretty close to a

1226
01:09:30.800 --> 01:09:33.760
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty player. I don't know where he went, but

1227
01:09:33.880 --> 01:09:37.159
<v Speaker 2>I know I had I had no shares, I would

1228
01:09:37.159 --> 01:09:42.000
<v Speaker 2>have to venture. I guess he was probably seven eighth

1229
01:09:42.079 --> 01:09:45.920
<v Speaker 2>off the board catchers. Yeah, so yeah, people got burnt

1230
01:09:45.920 --> 01:09:46.279
<v Speaker 2>this year.

1231
01:09:46.399 --> 01:09:52.119
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, sprint speed of thirty last season he stole sixteen bases.

1232
01:09:52.319 --> 01:09:57.119
<v Speaker 1>That that that does not compute. It is huge bat speed,

1233
01:09:57.119 --> 01:10:00.439
<v Speaker 1>it is big exolocity. I think he's got and it

1234
01:10:00.520 --> 01:10:03.000
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have a leverage swing at all. So if he

1235
01:10:03.119 --> 01:10:05.920
<v Speaker 1>decides to add a little bit of angles to a swing,

1236
01:10:06.960 --> 01:10:09.159
<v Speaker 1>this guy could just be a massive home run here.

1237
01:10:09.239 --> 01:10:11.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm surprised he hasn't done that. His big problem is

1238
01:10:11.640 --> 01:10:17.239
<v Speaker 1>timmy catching blocks above average one percentile caught stealing above

1239
01:10:17.239 --> 01:10:21.159
<v Speaker 1>average one percentile pop time twenty eighth percent. He just

1240
01:10:21.199 --> 01:10:23.520
<v Speaker 1>sees a terrible catcher. That's his problem.

1241
01:10:23.600 --> 01:10:27.640
<v Speaker 2>He's a DH guy tier Tyler block anyway.

1242
01:10:28.279 --> 01:10:31.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well please, that's that's a sore subject. Don't bring him.

1243
01:10:32.079 --> 01:10:34.800
<v Speaker 1>I was disappointed he didn't get moved at the uh

1244
01:10:34.840 --> 01:10:35.359
<v Speaker 1>the doudlight.

1245
01:10:35.399 --> 01:10:39.520
<v Speaker 2>I was hoping he would get Yeah, he might be.

1246
01:10:39.520 --> 01:10:43.439
<v Speaker 1>Rule fived, you know at this December, I mean, what

1247
01:10:43.479 --> 01:10:47.159
<v Speaker 1>are they going to do with this guy?

1248
01:10:47.479 --> 01:10:48.720
<v Speaker 2>They're going to have to do something.

1249
01:10:49.359 --> 01:10:52.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's completely blocked and there's better players that are

1250
01:10:53.159 --> 01:10:55.520
<v Speaker 1>on his heels now. I mean, he just does not

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01:10:55.680 --> 01:10:56.279
<v Speaker 1>have a chance.

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01:10:57.159 --> 01:11:02.640
<v Speaker 2>No, because those better players actually play a position and

1253
01:11:02.680 --> 01:11:05.039
<v Speaker 2>that counts. And that's that's the situation. We can see

1254
01:11:05.039 --> 01:11:07.000
<v Speaker 2>with August or Mires as well, couldn't we.

1255
01:11:07.319 --> 01:11:10.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's what's tough, man. You know the same thing

1256
01:11:10.960 --> 01:11:14.079
<v Speaker 1>with like Jordan Lawler. You can't stay on the field

1257
01:11:14.159 --> 01:11:17.159
<v Speaker 1>and all these players are just passing you. It's like

1258
01:11:17.159 --> 01:11:19.640
<v Speaker 1>sitting on the freeway and you're broken down and everybody's

1259
01:11:19.680 --> 01:11:22.399
<v Speaker 1>passing you. And it's just that's what happens with these

1260
01:11:22.399 --> 01:11:25.680
<v Speaker 1>guys that don't have a defensive position or get hurt

1261
01:11:25.800 --> 01:11:27.920
<v Speaker 1>and they just they're just dead in the water. It's

1262
01:11:28.000 --> 01:11:28.600
<v Speaker 1>really sad.

1263
01:11:28.640 --> 01:11:33.479
<v Speaker 2>Actually, yeah, you're right, it is because the future is

1264
01:11:33.520 --> 01:11:36.560
<v Speaker 2>incredibly limited, incredibly.

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01:11:37.720 --> 01:11:40.039
<v Speaker 1>Your guy, Hector Rodriguez, I'm you've been talking about him

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01:11:40.039 --> 01:11:41.680
<v Speaker 1>for three weeks. He finally got a shot.

1267
01:11:42.479 --> 01:11:45.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they called the kid up. The only person who

1268
01:11:45.800 --> 01:11:48.680
<v Speaker 2>hit more home runs at Triple A at Triple A

1269
01:11:48.840 --> 01:11:52.840
<v Speaker 2>before the clump was Josh bay Is. I just hope

1270
01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:55.079
<v Speaker 2>the Reds give the kid a steady diet of the beats.

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01:11:56.520 --> 01:11:58.960
<v Speaker 2>Let's see what he's got heading into twenty twenty seven.

1272
01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:05.560
<v Speaker 1>Retter are in trouble. It's a pretty lowsy minor league system,

1273
01:12:05.760 --> 01:12:09.000
<v Speaker 1>pretty lowsy major league team. Outside of led La Cruz

1274
01:12:09.079 --> 01:12:16.319
<v Speaker 1>and the first baseman I spent Spencer start. That's the Steart.

1275
01:12:16.520 --> 01:12:21.720
<v Speaker 2>No, no, Stuart, Oh, Stuart, Yes, Al Stewart. He's hundred.

1276
01:12:22.039 --> 01:12:23.880
<v Speaker 2>I think he's on pace for like one hundred and

1277
01:12:23.920 --> 01:12:27.880
<v Speaker 2>thirty RBIs and thirty plus. Wow, he's going to get

1278
01:12:27.880 --> 01:12:31.039
<v Speaker 2>some MVP votes if he keeps up what he's been

1279
01:12:31.039 --> 01:12:33.159
<v Speaker 2>doing over the final six seven weeks.

1280
01:12:33.359 --> 01:12:35.119
<v Speaker 1>Definitely rookie for sure.

1281
01:12:35.239 --> 01:12:36.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for sure.

1282
01:12:36.680 --> 01:12:38.880
<v Speaker 1>But it's it's I don't know. I don't think. I

1283
01:12:38.880 --> 01:12:41.039
<v Speaker 1>don't think they have enough. Man, I just don't know.

1284
01:12:41.279 --> 01:12:45.399
<v Speaker 1>This pitching is just okay. And losing Hunter Green again,

1285
01:12:45.439 --> 01:12:48.760
<v Speaker 1>it's just that's that's a big loss. But let's see what. Uh,

1286
01:12:49.920 --> 01:12:52.479
<v Speaker 1>let's see did Rodriguez over three today?

1287
01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:56.359
<v Speaker 2>That's not encouraging.

1288
01:12:56.479 --> 01:13:00.479
<v Speaker 1>But so he's two for thirteen since getting the call.

1289
01:13:01.119 --> 01:13:03.720
<v Speaker 1>He never walks by the way, it just swings anything.

1290
01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:06.159
<v Speaker 1>Just so yeah, just everybody. Yeah, So if you're no

1291
01:13:06.319 --> 01:13:09.279
<v Speaker 1>base percentage league, take that into consideration.

1292
01:13:10.439 --> 01:13:10.840
<v Speaker 2>Agreed.

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01:13:12.119 --> 01:13:17.920
<v Speaker 1>Uh, Ronnie Simon, Yeah, oh I official Marcellus Soona has

1294
01:13:17.920 --> 01:13:20.840
<v Speaker 1>been released. That was that was kind of under the radar.

1295
01:13:20.840 --> 01:13:22.199
<v Speaker 1>It just kind of just happened.

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01:13:22.760 --> 01:13:26.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just sort of happened. And spot opens up for Simon.

1297
01:13:26.560 --> 01:13:29.880
<v Speaker 2>And yeah, you look at his minor league numbers and

1298
01:13:30.800 --> 01:13:34.359
<v Speaker 2>eight home runs, he stole thirty two bases, decent plate coverage.

1299
01:13:34.600 --> 01:13:36.880
<v Speaker 2>So I just put Simon says, if you need stolen

1300
01:13:36.880 --> 01:13:39.199
<v Speaker 2>bases down the stretch, here's your opportunity. I played the

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01:13:39.199 --> 01:13:40.279
<v Speaker 2>old Simon says game.

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01:13:40.560 --> 01:13:44.039
<v Speaker 1>There you go. Josh Smith first base, second by third base,

1303
01:13:44.039 --> 01:13:48.520
<v Speaker 1>short stuff, outfield eligible bums, not eligible catcher bum No.

1304
01:13:48.680 --> 01:13:54.159
<v Speaker 2>I know slacker. Yeah, but you know, I had a

1305
01:13:54.159 --> 01:13:58.119
<v Speaker 2>big game Friday, and I think the Jays are going

1306
01:13:58.199 --> 01:14:02.159
<v Speaker 2>to give him a real serious to look. You know,

1307
01:14:02.239 --> 01:14:05.720
<v Speaker 2>he's he's been a double digit power speed guy and

1308
01:14:05.840 --> 01:14:10.039
<v Speaker 2>a very valuable super sub type. I wouldn't be surprised

1309
01:14:10.079 --> 01:14:13.479
<v Speaker 2>if he's still in Toronto next year. You know, they can,

1310
01:14:13.640 --> 01:14:18.039
<v Speaker 2>they can, they can utilize him, I think, and his

1311
01:14:18.279 --> 01:14:23.279
<v Speaker 2>super sub ule a lot better than some of the options.

1312
01:14:23.359 --> 01:14:26.279
<v Speaker 2>David Schneider, for instance, I think I think he carries

1313
01:14:26.319 --> 01:14:28.119
<v Speaker 2>a bit more weight, so I think days are going

1314
01:14:28.199 --> 01:14:30.279
<v Speaker 2>to give him a good look. And I said he

1315
01:14:30.319 --> 01:14:34.880
<v Speaker 2>had a big game Friday, so he's finally healthy and

1316
01:14:35.359 --> 01:14:38.000
<v Speaker 2>he's missed a pile of time this year. So let's

1317
01:14:38.479 --> 01:14:42.399
<v Speaker 2>you're looking for one person fits all as far as

1318
01:14:42.439 --> 01:14:45.439
<v Speaker 2>your roster eligible is concerned. Josh Smith, you'll do it

1319
01:14:45.479 --> 01:14:46.000
<v Speaker 2>for ten.

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01:14:46.079 --> 01:14:50.720
<v Speaker 1>Ten kind of guy, Yeah, plays everywhere. Yep, here's another

1321
01:14:50.760 --> 01:14:51.760
<v Speaker 1>guy that plays everywhere.

1322
01:14:51.760 --> 01:14:57.399
<v Speaker 4>Tim Tom Yeah, exactly, And all of a sudden, out

1323
01:14:57.439 --> 01:14:59.359
<v Speaker 4>of nowhere, he's been on a little bit of a

1324
01:15:00.079 --> 01:15:04.840
<v Speaker 4>teir ten for twenty seven to Homers five to RBIs

1325
01:15:04.880 --> 01:15:06.600
<v Speaker 4>even a stolen base over the past week.

1326
01:15:07.600 --> 01:15:11.840
<v Speaker 2>Nice little run. Toss that in with the roster flexibility

1327
01:15:12.079 --> 01:15:17.079
<v Speaker 2>and in deeper formats, I think he should be looking

1328
01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:19.199
<v Speaker 2>at owning a roster spot.

1329
01:15:19.760 --> 01:15:22.119
<v Speaker 1>It's a great list. I appreciate you. I know all

1330
01:15:22.159 --> 01:15:25.199
<v Speaker 1>of our listeners appreciate it. And again for those who

1331
01:15:25.279 --> 01:15:27.600
<v Speaker 1>are not Patreon members, you get it early if you're

1332
01:15:27.640 --> 01:15:29.560
<v Speaker 1>a Patreon member. If you're not, you have to wait

1333
01:15:29.600 --> 01:15:32.800
<v Speaker 1>for it. So it's another another reason to join us

1334
01:15:32.800 --> 01:15:35.279
<v Speaker 1>at the Patreon site. Soon as we get Ten's log

1335
01:15:35.319 --> 01:15:37.680
<v Speaker 1>in credentials right, we'll get him out there again. So

1336
01:15:37.760 --> 01:15:41.319
<v Speaker 1>he CanCERN talking everybody out on the Discord site. So

1337
01:15:41.840 --> 01:15:44.239
<v Speaker 1>I don't do you still have access to the Discord site.

1338
01:15:44.680 --> 01:15:46.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm good on the Discord site. It's just a

1339
01:15:46.680 --> 01:15:47.640
<v Speaker 2>Patreon site.

1340
01:15:47.960 --> 01:15:54.199
<v Speaker 1>Okay, well bizarre, Yeah, all right, Timmy, let's take a break. Everybody,

1341
01:15:54.359 --> 01:15:57.439
<v Speaker 1>buckle up. I know I've got my uh, I've got

1342
01:15:57.439 --> 01:15:59.960
<v Speaker 1>my notepad open because I'm going to be taking cope

1343
01:16:00.039 --> 01:16:03.000
<v Speaker 1>beous notes figuring out who I'm going to waste all

1344
01:16:03.039 --> 01:16:14.560
<v Speaker 1>my money on this weekend. Eric freaking Miller really pissed

1345
01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:17.279
<v Speaker 1>me off man that that I lost sleep over that

1346
01:16:17.479 --> 01:16:21.239
<v Speaker 1>I was I was upset. I rarely get upset about

1347
01:16:21.239 --> 01:16:24.880
<v Speaker 1>Fantasy Baseball. I just couldn't believe it. I'm like, come on,

1348
01:16:25.359 --> 01:16:27.319
<v Speaker 1>I just spent all this money on this guy.

1349
01:16:28.079 --> 01:16:30.640
<v Speaker 2>It's like, not again again.

1350
01:16:32.399 --> 01:16:34.720
<v Speaker 1>I just start the question what am I doing? Like

1351
01:16:35.119 --> 01:16:37.439
<v Speaker 1>why did I subject myself to this.

1352
01:16:39.119 --> 01:16:40.439
<v Speaker 2>Masochistic tendencies?

1353
01:16:41.319 --> 01:16:43.079
<v Speaker 1>Let's let's take a break, come back, and let's see

1354
01:16:43.079 --> 01:16:44.840
<v Speaker 1>what Tim is telling us to pick up this week.

1355
01:16:55.479 --> 01:16:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Ryan zeph John, I had him in a bunch of

1356
01:16:57.560 --> 01:16:59.039
<v Speaker 1>leaves where I gave up on him.

1357
01:16:59.359 --> 01:17:00.279
<v Speaker 2>I just don't little.

1358
01:17:01.079 --> 01:17:01.920
<v Speaker 1>I have no idea.

1359
01:17:03.319 --> 01:17:07.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's a It's a mess. It really is.

1360
01:17:07.720 --> 01:17:10.399
<v Speaker 2>Do any of us know what we're doing? Uh? I've

1361
01:17:10.399 --> 01:17:13.159
<v Speaker 2>been fortunate. I managed to nail quite a few guys

1362
01:17:13.199 --> 01:17:16.119
<v Speaker 2>over the years and that that have worked out. But

1363
01:17:16.680 --> 01:17:19.920
<v Speaker 2>I gotta be honest with you. You analyze that, you

1364
01:17:20.039 --> 01:17:23.560
<v Speaker 2>look at it. The ones you analyze like, yeah, Boston, okay, yeah,

1365
01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:25.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna I'm gonna load up my team with Garrett

1366
01:17:25.920 --> 01:17:29.680
<v Speaker 2>Wdlock and then Boston goes on to care Okay. You

1367
01:17:29.720 --> 01:17:32.960
<v Speaker 2>just have so little control over so many things. You

1368
01:17:33.000 --> 01:17:36.520
<v Speaker 2>can spot and identify trends and skills that you like,

1369
01:17:37.680 --> 01:17:42.000
<v Speaker 2>but l U c K comes into play. It has to.

1370
01:17:42.199 --> 01:17:47.119
<v Speaker 1>That's it is. It's an impossible position. I I've admitted

1371
01:17:47.159 --> 01:17:49.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm not good at it. I just I don't have

1372
01:17:49.920 --> 01:17:52.960
<v Speaker 1>the touch. I know some people like yourself can see

1373
01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:56.560
<v Speaker 1>it and figure it all out. I just I overthink it.

1374
01:17:56.720 --> 01:17:59.239
<v Speaker 1>I think I got the best picture, and he's a

1375
01:17:59.319 --> 01:18:03.239
<v Speaker 1>sent the Grant Taylor I got, I got the I

1376
01:18:03.239 --> 01:18:05.279
<v Speaker 1>got him in a bunch of leagues, and he's got

1377
01:18:05.279 --> 01:18:08.399
<v Speaker 1>me like five saves or something like that. It's just like,

1378
01:18:08.520 --> 01:18:12.319
<v Speaker 1>come on, yeah, and then do you tell me he's

1379
01:18:12.319 --> 01:18:14.119
<v Speaker 1>being stretched out to be a start. He's pitching the

1380
01:18:14.159 --> 01:18:16.920
<v Speaker 1>six any one, any I just I just I don't

1381
01:18:16.920 --> 01:18:18.560
<v Speaker 1>get it. I don't get it. I don't get it.

1382
01:18:19.479 --> 01:18:21.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, it's yeah.

1383
01:18:22.199 --> 01:18:27.880
<v Speaker 1>You know who was getting opportunities Hogan, Hogan, Harris up

1384
01:18:27.960 --> 01:18:28.279
<v Speaker 1>to ten.

1385
01:18:28.359 --> 01:18:31.800
<v Speaker 2>I picked him up again, Okay, in a couple of leagues,

1386
01:18:31.880 --> 01:18:35.840
<v Speaker 2>so yeah, I just ran out of patient and now

1387
01:18:36.920 --> 01:18:41.159
<v Speaker 2>he's getting opportunities. So I have I I honestly thought

1388
01:18:41.159 --> 01:18:44.680
<v Speaker 2>at one point in time the A's would start to

1389
01:18:44.680 --> 01:18:51.279
<v Speaker 2>play better. Okay, Well Kurts being oh doesn't help. And definitely, yeah,

1390
01:18:51.319 --> 01:18:55.760
<v Speaker 2>definitely the A's. They got a terrible bullpen. They just

1391
01:18:55.800 --> 01:18:58.479
<v Speaker 2>didn't move to improve it. So by default, Harris is

1392
01:18:58.479 --> 01:19:00.319
<v Speaker 2>the guy that he cares.

1393
01:19:00.319 --> 01:19:01.279
<v Speaker 1>He's got a pretty good arm.

1394
01:19:01.520 --> 01:19:01.720
<v Speaker 2>You know.

1395
01:19:01.960 --> 01:19:05.119
<v Speaker 1>Back to that lineup, you know, it's a little like Judge.

1396
01:19:05.600 --> 01:19:07.840
<v Speaker 1>Nick Kurtz is a little bit like Aaron Judge. I mean,

1397
01:19:08.399 --> 01:19:10.560
<v Speaker 1>you take him out of that lineup like you do Judge,

1398
01:19:10.560 --> 01:19:12.880
<v Speaker 1>and you look at it and you go, not a

1399
01:19:12.920 --> 01:19:13.439
<v Speaker 1>lot there.

1400
01:19:14.439 --> 01:19:17.600
<v Speaker 2>Mm you've always been getting playing time there. And I

1401
01:19:17.800 --> 01:19:23.680
<v Speaker 2>almost listed him is Lawrence Butler he was the other day.

1402
01:19:23.239 --> 01:19:26.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, I know, but he's not that good.

1403
01:19:26.880 --> 01:19:29.159
<v Speaker 1>I have sat him on my bench in one league.

1404
01:19:29.159 --> 01:19:31.520
<v Speaker 1>I've got him and I haven't played him in weeks,

1405
01:19:31.560 --> 01:19:34.439
<v Speaker 1>if not months, and I'm afraid to drop him because

1406
01:19:34.920 --> 01:19:37.920
<v Speaker 1>of what he did last season. But I don't know, man,

1407
01:19:39.279 --> 01:19:40.680
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't think he's not good.

1408
01:19:42.039 --> 01:19:44.319
<v Speaker 2>No, that's fair.

1409
01:19:44.439 --> 01:19:48.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all right, let's get the closer report here first. Guys,

1410
01:19:48.800 --> 01:19:50.760
<v Speaker 1>a lot I'm all in on, but I don't know

1411
01:19:50.760 --> 01:19:52.439
<v Speaker 1>what the heck I'm talking about, So don't listen to me.

1412
01:19:52.520 --> 01:19:53.640
<v Speaker 1>That's your Fannie Cruz.

1413
01:19:54.960 --> 01:19:58.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm all in on him right now in Dynasty

1414
01:19:58.199 --> 01:20:04.960
<v Speaker 2>keeper format. Yeah, yeah, you take a look at Washington. Okay,

1415
01:20:05.039 --> 01:20:08.119
<v Speaker 2>Clayton Beater is not the answer at least. I don't

1416
01:20:08.159 --> 01:20:11.479
<v Speaker 2>believe he is long term. But he's been on and

1417
01:20:11.520 --> 01:20:14.119
<v Speaker 2>off and he might be getting saves right now, but

1418
01:20:14.119 --> 01:20:16.359
<v Speaker 2>I don't think long term is the answer. If you're

1419
01:20:16.359 --> 01:20:19.039
<v Speaker 2>playing in a Dynasty keeper type format and you have

1420
01:20:19.079 --> 01:20:22.800
<v Speaker 2>any cruise is sitting out there, it's under miles an hour,

1421
01:20:22.840 --> 01:20:24.920
<v Speaker 2>and the gun hasn't a clue where the ball is going.

1422
01:20:24.960 --> 01:20:27.119
<v Speaker 2>He's going to be a bullpen arm forever and ever.

1423
01:20:27.880 --> 01:20:31.840
<v Speaker 2>And I think with a break or two either way,

1424
01:20:32.800 --> 01:20:35.239
<v Speaker 2>he intrigues me from a dynasty point of view. If

1425
01:20:35.239 --> 01:20:38.359
<v Speaker 2>you got room in your miners. Yeah, take a look

1426
01:20:38.399 --> 01:20:38.840
<v Speaker 2>at Cruise.

1427
01:20:40.119 --> 01:20:43.399
<v Speaker 1>I think he doesn't does have great control, but I

1428
01:20:43.439 --> 01:20:47.199
<v Speaker 1>think he has enough control when you marry that together

1429
01:20:47.319 --> 01:20:50.640
<v Speaker 1>with his slider and fastball. That that's what gets me

1430
01:20:50.720 --> 01:20:53.359
<v Speaker 1>excited about it. And I agree with you. I think

1431
01:20:53.399 --> 01:20:57.800
<v Speaker 1>he's the best arm in that in that bullpen. I

1432
01:20:57.840 --> 01:20:59.399
<v Speaker 1>think it's just a matter of time before he gets

1433
01:20:59.399 --> 01:20:59.960
<v Speaker 1>a real shot.

1434
01:21:01.640 --> 01:21:05.760
<v Speaker 2>I agree. That's why I wanted to bring him up today.

1435
01:21:06.880 --> 01:21:09.640
<v Speaker 1>Next guy is your book. This took a lot of

1436
01:21:10.399 --> 01:21:13.920
<v Speaker 1>internal fortitude, and I appreciate that we all do. Tim

1437
01:21:14.520 --> 01:21:16.720
<v Speaker 1>buried the hatchet at least for a week and put

1438
01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:17.840
<v Speaker 1>Jeff Hoffman now.

1439
01:21:19.279 --> 01:21:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, you know what, He's moved to Minnesota. Okay,

1440
01:21:23.640 --> 01:21:28.479
<v Speaker 2>And now the initial I'm not going to say everybody

1441
01:21:28.520 --> 01:21:30.600
<v Speaker 2>in the industry, but a lot of people believe that

1442
01:21:30.680 --> 01:21:33.760
<v Speaker 2>Hofflin was going to move into the closure role in Minnesota,

1443
01:21:34.560 --> 01:21:37.840
<v Speaker 2>and I took the opposite sort of position. I looked

1444
01:21:37.880 --> 01:21:42.880
<v Speaker 2>at it and said, Gomanz has been pitching really really well. Okay,

1445
01:21:42.880 --> 01:21:46.920
<v Speaker 2>maybe Hoffman, we'll get save opportunities, but why would they

1446
01:21:46.960 --> 01:21:49.439
<v Speaker 2>take Gomanz out of the role And he's been pitching

1447
01:21:49.479 --> 01:21:53.319
<v Speaker 2>as good as he has Okay, I think Hoffin is

1448
01:21:53.319 --> 01:21:56.399
<v Speaker 2>going to get some safe chances. I think Gomez is

1449
01:21:56.439 --> 01:22:00.720
<v Speaker 2>their closer. I don't think Hoffin unless Gomez falters. I

1450
01:22:00.760 --> 01:22:04.119
<v Speaker 2>don't think Hoppin's gonna take the job away from them.

1451
01:22:05.000 --> 01:22:08.439
<v Speaker 2>But if you're looking for holds and you're looking for

1452
01:22:08.520 --> 01:22:12.359
<v Speaker 2>the occasional save, I think Jeff Hoffin is gonna deliver

1453
01:22:12.439 --> 01:22:15.920
<v Speaker 2>in that direction. I think getting out of Toronto was

1454
01:22:16.039 --> 01:22:18.359
<v Speaker 2>probably a very good thing for Jeff Bofin.

1455
01:22:20.079 --> 01:22:22.359
<v Speaker 1>Tim told us to pick up Sam Bachman last week.

1456
01:22:22.479 --> 01:22:27.000
<v Speaker 1>Sam Bachman is hurt. Right, Zephyr John has moved. We

1457
01:22:27.039 --> 01:22:29.119
<v Speaker 1>turn our attention to somebody named Sammy.

1458
01:22:29.239 --> 01:22:33.640
<v Speaker 2>The Terra slamming Sammy and he's a picture that doesn't work.

1459
01:22:33.680 --> 01:22:37.880
<v Speaker 1>Well, there's waving his handgun. What about me?

1460
01:22:38.880 --> 01:22:43.039
<v Speaker 2>Well, and that's right now. With Zephyr John gone, it

1461
01:22:43.079 --> 01:22:46.800
<v Speaker 2>looks like a two horse race, okay, between the Taro

1462
01:22:46.960 --> 01:22:52.600
<v Speaker 2>and off injured veteran Ben Joyce to Yeah, he does.

1463
01:22:53.000 --> 01:22:55.079
<v Speaker 2>I got to give the nudge and Taro. I think

1464
01:22:55.119 --> 01:22:57.800
<v Speaker 2>he's got a couple of saves this week. He's got

1465
01:22:57.880 --> 01:23:03.800
<v Speaker 2>a nice effective fastball slider combination. And based on what

1466
01:23:03.840 --> 01:23:06.840
<v Speaker 2>we've seen from Ben Joyce over the past couple of years.

1467
01:23:06.880 --> 01:23:09.640
<v Speaker 2>He might have the better stuff, he might be the

1468
01:23:09.680 --> 01:23:13.039
<v Speaker 2>better pitcher, but Ben Joyce hasn't been able to stay healthy.

1469
01:23:13.880 --> 01:23:17.479
<v Speaker 2>And until we can see some sustained health from Joyce,

1470
01:23:18.760 --> 01:23:20.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna look at other options. And right now in

1471
01:23:20.760 --> 01:23:21.600
<v Speaker 2>the Tarrot's a guy.

1472
01:23:22.359 --> 01:23:24.359
<v Speaker 1>Plus, the Angels have such a bad team. He wonder

1473
01:23:24.359 --> 01:23:26.640
<v Speaker 1>how many opportunities there's going to be out there. But

1474
01:23:26.880 --> 01:23:31.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you got a roster somebody.

1475
01:23:32.039 --> 01:23:34.079
<v Speaker 2>Well, and the thing is they might be better next year.

1476
01:23:34.159 --> 01:23:37.239
<v Speaker 2>You know, you're not a whole lot, but he might

1477
01:23:37.239 --> 01:23:38.199
<v Speaker 2>get he might.

1478
01:23:38.119 --> 01:23:41.199
<v Speaker 1>Get ten twe I think I've asked that before.

1479
01:23:42.720 --> 01:23:46.439
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, you know, but you know he's working with

1480
01:23:46.479 --> 01:23:48.800
<v Speaker 2>ten to twelve wins maybe over the next six weeks.

1481
01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:53.359
<v Speaker 2>Right next year breaking camp, Okay, he's going to be

1482
01:23:53.439 --> 01:23:56.920
<v Speaker 2>looking at sixty wins. It's a bigger number. I like

1483
01:23:57.000 --> 01:23:59.159
<v Speaker 2>him in Dynasty. I like him in Dynasty leagues. I

1484
01:23:59.239 --> 01:24:04.399
<v Speaker 2>would I crossed him simply for that reason.

1485
01:24:05.119 --> 01:24:07.439
<v Speaker 1>There's no reason for the Angels, as bad as they are,

1486
01:24:07.479 --> 01:24:10.119
<v Speaker 1>to go out and sign a free agent who's a closer.

1487
01:24:10.680 --> 01:24:15.000
<v Speaker 1>But that's never stopping from doing stupid stuff. Before Tim's

1488
01:24:15.000 --> 01:24:17.560
<v Speaker 1>fall in on Dylan Smith. He's a guy there so

1489
01:24:17.880 --> 01:24:21.560
<v Speaker 1>in San Francisco. Anything else to say about him?

1490
01:24:23.039 --> 01:24:28.279
<v Speaker 2>No, Uh, the guy that should be there is in Boston.

1491
01:24:28.800 --> 01:24:35.800
<v Speaker 2>And yes, I'm I'm bitter too, Okay. I I don't

1492
01:24:35.800 --> 01:24:39.880
<v Speaker 2>know if I had as many shares of Eric Miller

1493
01:24:39.880 --> 01:24:41.680
<v Speaker 2>as you did, but well.

1494
01:24:41.600 --> 01:24:46.960
<v Speaker 1>I just had me. I mean my problem is, so

1495
01:24:47.039 --> 01:24:51.079
<v Speaker 1>I play in uh ten dynasty leagues, and I'm going

1496
01:24:51.119 --> 01:24:55.000
<v Speaker 1>to say, in five of them, I've got plenty of closers.

1497
01:24:55.600 --> 01:24:57.439
<v Speaker 1>The other five is one league that I got a

1498
01:24:57.439 --> 01:24:59.600
<v Speaker 1>pretty good team. I have no closers and we do

1499
01:24:59.640 --> 01:25:00.800
<v Speaker 1>have whole in that league.

1500
01:25:01.319 --> 01:25:03.680
<v Speaker 2>And I just I've.

1501
01:25:02.920 --> 01:25:06.159
<v Speaker 1>Guessed wrong every time. I just have guessed wrong, and

1502
01:25:06.199 --> 01:25:10.039
<v Speaker 1>I I'm desperate for I got Hogan Harrison there so,

1503
01:25:10.119 --> 01:25:13.239
<v Speaker 1>hey look at me, But I've guessed wrong every time

1504
01:25:13.319 --> 01:25:16.000
<v Speaker 1>I've That league has just been cursed. I just cannot

1505
01:25:16.079 --> 01:25:16.880
<v Speaker 1>get the right guy.

1506
01:25:18.279 --> 01:25:20.840
<v Speaker 2>It's just not working out for Ye that's Eric Miller.

1507
01:25:21.039 --> 01:25:21.840
<v Speaker 1>Got Eric Miller?

1508
01:25:22.520 --> 01:25:22.640
<v Speaker 4>Ye?

1509
01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:28.479
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Okay, Luke Weaver, I think this is the guy

1510
01:25:28.520 --> 01:25:28.840
<v Speaker 1>to get.

1511
01:25:29.960 --> 01:25:34.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you're I, I would have to think that

1512
01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:38.279
<v Speaker 2>he's going to own the closer gig for the balance

1513
01:25:38.319 --> 01:25:41.960
<v Speaker 2>of this year and into next year. Okay, he's got

1514
01:25:41.960 --> 01:25:45.840
<v Speaker 2>a solidarity. He's a good pitcher. He's been around h

1515
01:25:47.520 --> 01:25:50.600
<v Speaker 2>the Pirates. I would be shocked if he's not their

1516
01:25:50.680 --> 01:25:56.720
<v Speaker 2>closer entering. Yeah, he is, by far on this list

1517
01:25:57.039 --> 01:26:02.479
<v Speaker 2>of a player. He is by far the aaphist best

1518
01:26:02.600 --> 01:26:06.920
<v Speaker 2>bet to generate what we're looking for out of a closer.

1519
01:26:09.359 --> 01:26:11.279
<v Speaker 2>And you'll pay for him too, You'll pay for him.

1520
01:26:12.039 --> 01:26:14.640
<v Speaker 1>I like Ryan because I like the next guy to

1521
01:26:14.800 --> 01:26:18.680
<v Speaker 1>Ryan Zephyr John's arm. It's every bit as good of

1522
01:26:18.760 --> 01:26:21.880
<v Speaker 1>arm as a Eric Miller. They're both. Yeah. Well, and

1523
01:26:21.920 --> 01:26:24.520
<v Speaker 1>he's in a better he's in a better space to

1524
01:26:24.520 --> 01:26:27.039
<v Speaker 1>get some closed opportunity save opportunities.

1525
01:26:28.239 --> 01:26:31.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely. Hey, you all you have to do is

1526
01:26:31.199 --> 01:26:33.680
<v Speaker 2>go to stad cast look at the numbers. It speaks

1527
01:26:33.800 --> 01:26:39.439
<v Speaker 2>very highly of Ryan Zephyr John. Uh. The Cobs have

1528
01:26:39.479 --> 01:26:41.920
<v Speaker 2>been waiting forever for Plenty to get back and to

1529
01:26:42.000 --> 01:26:44.560
<v Speaker 2>return from the I l And apparently he's out on

1530
01:26:44.640 --> 01:26:47.399
<v Speaker 2>a rehab right now or he's heading into a rehab.

1531
01:26:47.479 --> 01:26:54.239
<v Speaker 2>But I I don't feel confident at all that Daniel

1532
01:26:54.279 --> 01:26:57.520
<v Speaker 2>Palencia will pitch the balance of the year. I think

1533
01:26:57.560 --> 01:27:01.000
<v Speaker 2>if he does, excuse me, and he's effective, I think

1534
01:27:01.079 --> 01:27:04.359
<v Speaker 2>he's a closer, But I don't I just don't think

1535
01:27:04.399 --> 01:27:06.479
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna happen. I think it's going to be a

1536
01:27:06.479 --> 01:27:10.279
<v Speaker 2>combination of Zephyr John and is it Web. I believe

1537
01:27:11.199 --> 01:27:15.960
<v Speaker 2>so at twelve percent rostered on Zephyr John, I have

1538
01:27:16.039 --> 01:27:18.880
<v Speaker 2>to believe that we're going to see some saves out

1539
01:27:18.920 --> 01:27:22.840
<v Speaker 2>of him over the next six weeks. So again, he

1540
01:27:22.960 --> 01:27:27.079
<v Speaker 2>would be one you could look at where yeah there's

1541
01:27:27.079 --> 01:27:32.039
<v Speaker 2>some risk, but unless you've got the biggest wallet, you

1542
01:27:32.079 --> 01:27:33.119
<v Speaker 2>ain't getting Luke Weaver.

1543
01:27:33.239 --> 01:27:37.520
<v Speaker 1>I was at yeah, for sure, a little disappointed. I

1544
01:27:37.560 --> 01:27:41.920
<v Speaker 1>totally understand that Jeffrey Jon Jeffrey Yon did not make

1545
01:27:42.000 --> 01:27:42.600
<v Speaker 1>your list.

1546
01:27:44.920 --> 01:27:47.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, did you see what I think it was? Jose Ramirez?

1547
01:27:47.119 --> 01:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>Did you see what he did? No? No, he did

1548
01:27:51.319 --> 01:27:53.560
<v Speaker 2>the yawn move at first base after getting a hit.

1549
01:27:53.640 --> 01:27:54.640
<v Speaker 2>I thought it was sort of cute.

1550
01:27:54.840 --> 01:27:57.239
<v Speaker 1>Oh that's kind of funny. Look, I don't know if

1551
01:27:57.239 --> 01:27:58.600
<v Speaker 1>it's going to play. I don't know if it's going

1552
01:27:58.680 --> 01:28:02.119
<v Speaker 1>to play in the major leagues. Probably somebody probably truld

1553
01:28:02.119 --> 01:28:04.079
<v Speaker 1>to go run up, run up, back up the middle

1554
01:28:04.119 --> 01:28:06.720
<v Speaker 1>with a with a hit for him. But I've seen

1555
01:28:06.760 --> 01:28:09.119
<v Speaker 1>a pitch a lot in the minor leagues and it's

1556
01:28:09.199 --> 01:28:12.359
<v Speaker 1>fun to me. I mean, yeah, I like literally sit

1557
01:28:12.439 --> 01:28:14.199
<v Speaker 1>up in my seat when he comes in because it's

1558
01:28:14.239 --> 01:28:17.800
<v Speaker 1>like he's he's very athletic, and the little splits he

1559
01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:20.399
<v Speaker 1>does when he strikes out a guy, it's it's very

1560
01:28:20.760 --> 01:28:25.079
<v Speaker 1>Savannah Banana. It's it's fun. And again, I got a

1561
01:28:25.079 --> 01:28:25.880
<v Speaker 1>manual league you.

1562
01:28:25.800 --> 01:28:28.520
<v Speaker 2>Can't have you can't play baseball and have fun. It's

1563
01:28:28.560 --> 01:28:31.079
<v Speaker 2>a rule rich you gotta scowl and spit you in

1564
01:28:31.159 --> 01:28:32.520
<v Speaker 2>tobacco and everybody no.

1565
01:28:33.079 --> 01:28:37.159
<v Speaker 1>And he's out there having fun. But you know, you know,

1566
01:28:37.239 --> 01:28:39.479
<v Speaker 1>these stiff major league guys are going to be all

1567
01:28:39.880 --> 01:28:41.840
<v Speaker 1>pissy at him. And it's fun. I mean, at least

1568
01:28:41.840 --> 01:28:44.840
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't the minor leagues. People would like, they would

1569
01:28:44.920 --> 01:28:47.159
<v Speaker 1>laugh and they would point it was it was cool,

1570
01:28:47.399 --> 01:28:49.880
<v Speaker 1>like I you know, people didn't do that, and he

1571
01:28:49.960 --> 01:28:51.960
<v Speaker 1>looked like he was having fun. There was one hundred

1572
01:28:52.000 --> 01:28:54.680
<v Speaker 1>miles an hour. So he's got some pretty good stuff too.

1573
01:28:55.560 --> 01:28:58.640
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, no, he's got some good stuff. And yeah

1574
01:28:58.680 --> 01:29:03.640
<v Speaker 2>he's he could end up making my closer report before

1575
01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:05.680
<v Speaker 2>the end of the year. Did you you know it's

1576
01:29:05.720 --> 01:29:08.359
<v Speaker 2>also you know when you're you know s different, right

1577
01:29:08.840 --> 01:29:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Jeff McNeil bundt in a close game, and I can't

1578
01:29:11.960 --> 01:29:14.159
<v Speaker 2>remember who was a Kenley Jensen. Somebody had a little

1579
01:29:14.199 --> 01:29:16.600
<v Speaker 2>hissy fit. You know what, if you're going to give

1580
01:29:16.640 --> 01:29:19.720
<v Speaker 2>a player first base, you're gonna be that lazy. You're

1581
01:29:19.720 --> 01:29:21.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna give him first base? He deserves to take it.

1582
01:29:22.840 --> 01:29:27.399
<v Speaker 2>I don't That is one unwritten quotation marks around unwritten

1583
01:29:27.720 --> 01:29:31.000
<v Speaker 2>rule that I just have no use for. If I

1584
01:29:32.159 --> 01:29:34.279
<v Speaker 2>don't care, if you're throwing a no hitter and you're

1585
01:29:34.359 --> 01:29:38.800
<v Speaker 2>up one nothing, I'd be telling you, but do what

1586
01:29:38.840 --> 01:29:41.880
<v Speaker 2>you have to do. Get on base. You can't score

1587
01:29:41.960 --> 01:29:45.239
<v Speaker 2>from home plate. And I think it was Kenley Jensen

1588
01:29:45.279 --> 01:29:47.439
<v Speaker 2>that had a little bit of a fit. But I

1589
01:29:47.800 --> 01:29:52.760
<v Speaker 2>agree with what McNeil did. Get on base. What you're

1590
01:29:52.760 --> 01:29:57.479
<v Speaker 2>supposed to do trying to win the game, right, Yeah, people.

1591
01:29:57.239 --> 01:29:59.680
<v Speaker 1>Just say me, this is not these unwritten rules that

1592
01:29:59.680 --> 01:30:01.760
<v Speaker 1>we don't understand because we're not in the clubhouse. But

1593
01:30:02.720 --> 01:30:07.000
<v Speaker 1>I think I would guess that major league baseball players

1594
01:30:07.079 --> 01:30:09.560
<v Speaker 1>are going to have a problem with Jeffrey jan But

1595
01:30:09.600 --> 01:30:13.079
<v Speaker 1>I hope that he continues to do it. I think

1596
01:30:13.319 --> 01:30:16.600
<v Speaker 1>fans are gonna love it. And that's what we got.

1597
01:30:16.680 --> 01:30:20.079
<v Speaker 1>We need more of that, and we just absolutely need

1598
01:30:20.119 --> 01:30:21.079
<v Speaker 1>more of that in baseball.

1599
01:30:21.479 --> 01:30:24.119
<v Speaker 2>Hey, what did the fans think of Mark Fidrick and

1600
01:30:24.199 --> 01:30:27.720
<v Speaker 2>all his antics. They loved it, they loved every minute

1601
01:30:27.720 --> 01:30:31.840
<v Speaker 2>of it. Yeah, and if al Habroski when he was

1602
01:30:32.079 --> 01:30:35.600
<v Speaker 2>throwing as the mad Hungarian, they loved him. He was

1603
01:30:35.720 --> 01:30:40.159
<v Speaker 2>crazy as a loon. But I mean, yeah, added something.

1604
01:30:40.600 --> 01:30:43.359
<v Speaker 1>Yep, shame about Mark Frederick. If they would have had

1605
01:30:43.439 --> 01:30:47.600
<v Speaker 1>Tommy John surgery back then, he would have. He could

1606
01:30:47.640 --> 01:30:50.680
<v Speaker 1>have been really special, but blew at his elbow and

1607
01:30:50.720 --> 01:30:51.680
<v Speaker 1>no one knew what to do.

1608
01:30:52.680 --> 01:30:55.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there is nothing back then you could do.

1609
01:30:55.960 --> 01:30:58.640
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think Tommy John he had a surgery in

1610
01:30:58.720 --> 01:31:03.439
<v Speaker 1>seventy four, so it was saul so brand new, so

1611
01:31:03.720 --> 01:31:07.039
<v Speaker 1>it just just wasn't there yet. So it's an interesting,

1612
01:31:07.439 --> 01:31:09.920
<v Speaker 1>interesting historical tidbit. Tell me a sake, our final break,

1613
01:31:09.920 --> 01:31:12.000
<v Speaker 1>get back, and let's try to wrap this thing up.

1614
01:31:13.199 --> 01:31:23.560
<v Speaker 2>Sounds good, all right?

1615
01:31:23.560 --> 01:31:26.880
<v Speaker 1>Tell me we've had fun, made fun of, not made fun,

1616
01:31:26.920 --> 01:31:32.039
<v Speaker 1>not there. We've talked about Moyses Bello STEREO's budgets. We've

1617
01:31:32.039 --> 01:31:34.600
<v Speaker 1>talked about ben joyced one hundred and five miles an hour.

1618
01:31:34.920 --> 01:31:38.960
<v Speaker 1>We've talked about guys jumping up in mid air after

1619
01:31:39.000 --> 01:31:42.000
<v Speaker 1>they pitch. Who am I going to pick up this weekend?

1620
01:31:42.039 --> 01:31:44.039
<v Speaker 1>I want you to give me the guy that you're

1621
01:31:44.159 --> 01:31:47.680
<v Speaker 1>drilling down on from the waiver wire and the guy

1622
01:31:47.720 --> 01:31:50.720
<v Speaker 1>you're drilling down on from the closer report.

1623
01:31:52.479 --> 01:31:55.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, I got no money, Okay, I've already picked up

1624
01:31:56.239 --> 01:32:00.880
<v Speaker 2>That's right, it is August. I forgot said that in May.

1625
01:32:01.079 --> 01:32:06.439
<v Speaker 2>Richards been running too. But I'm gonna I'm gonna probably

1626
01:32:07.439 --> 01:32:09.840
<v Speaker 2>look at Ronnie Simon. I've already picked him up in

1627
01:32:09.880 --> 01:32:18.039
<v Speaker 2>the league that has fab last night, okay, and uh,

1628
01:32:18.239 --> 01:32:21.680
<v Speaker 2>I managed to get Ronnie Simon on a relatively low bid.

1629
01:32:22.880 --> 01:32:28.359
<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna be looking at the Ronnie Simons Andrew

1630
01:32:28.399 --> 01:32:34.119
<v Speaker 2>Alvarez types of the world for positional players a closer

1631
01:32:34.159 --> 01:32:40.319
<v Speaker 2>report for the most part, I'm I'm good on saves, okay.

1632
01:32:40.399 --> 01:32:43.359
<v Speaker 2>So I'm I'm not looking at a situation where I

1633
01:32:43.399 --> 01:32:47.840
<v Speaker 2>have to spend on saves right now. Okay. So I'm

1634
01:32:47.920 --> 01:32:52.840
<v Speaker 2>probably going to be focusing on the Dylan Smiths and

1635
01:32:53.079 --> 01:32:59.479
<v Speaker 2>Yovanni Kruz types, especially in my Dynasty leagues, Guys that

1636
01:32:59.600 --> 01:33:03.319
<v Speaker 2>I can dash away just to see. I don't know.

1637
01:33:03.359 --> 01:33:07.119
<v Speaker 2>I look at Washington and I don't think Clayton Beader.

1638
01:33:08.560 --> 01:33:10.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's the answer long term there, right

1639
01:33:11.760 --> 01:33:15.119
<v Speaker 2>I have a gut feeling that that you have any

1640
01:33:15.279 --> 01:33:21.680
<v Speaker 2>cruise with triple digit high heat. I like cruise a lot.

1641
01:33:21.880 --> 01:33:25.159
<v Speaker 2>I'm not guaranteeing he's gonna succeed, not by any stretch

1642
01:33:25.199 --> 01:33:28.159
<v Speaker 2>of the imagination, but he's really the type of guy,

1643
01:33:28.359 --> 01:33:32.239
<v Speaker 2>and the circumstances in Washington sort of dictate to me

1644
01:33:32.319 --> 01:33:36.159
<v Speaker 2>he's he's of interest big time.

1645
01:33:36.359 --> 01:33:38.760
<v Speaker 1>All right, So that's you personally. So let's now step

1646
01:33:38.800 --> 01:33:43.640
<v Speaker 1>out of te McLoud personally. If there's no object, I

1647
01:33:43.760 --> 01:33:47.560
<v Speaker 1>everybody on your waiver wire is available, and I've got

1648
01:33:47.600 --> 01:33:50.199
<v Speaker 1>plenty of cash going after.

1649
01:33:52.560 --> 01:34:01.920
<v Speaker 2>Uh, I'm probably going after Jackson Joe.

1650
01:34:02.720 --> 01:34:04.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's the right move. I agree.

1651
01:34:05.640 --> 01:34:09.079
<v Speaker 2>Starting pitching is getting tough to find after what we

1652
01:34:09.159 --> 01:34:15.640
<v Speaker 2>saw in that in that first start. Yeah, that looked awful. Good. Uh,

1653
01:34:16.119 --> 01:34:21.279
<v Speaker 2>you know there are who's to say that the Savvy

1654
01:34:21.359 --> 01:34:26.159
<v Speaker 2>doesn't produce both Culpepper and Lomberg over the next six weeks.

1655
01:34:26.680 --> 01:34:28.720
<v Speaker 2>You can't rule it, oh, Ken, you can't say it's

1656
01:34:28.720 --> 01:34:31.880
<v Speaker 2>a definitive no, he's not going to do it. Who's

1657
01:34:31.920 --> 01:34:35.800
<v Speaker 2>to say that Ronnie Simon isn't isn't a lot better

1658
01:34:35.840 --> 01:34:40.159
<v Speaker 2>than Hector Rodriguez or Josh Biaz. You know, so when

1659
01:34:40.199 --> 01:34:42.640
<v Speaker 2>you get when you get to looking at where you're

1660
01:34:42.680 --> 01:34:46.000
<v Speaker 2>going to spend your money, spend it. Spend that capital

1661
01:34:46.079 --> 01:34:49.760
<v Speaker 2>in a spot where you're not going to have that

1662
01:34:49.840 --> 01:34:52.680
<v Speaker 2>many options to spend it on. Moving forward and pitching it.

1663
01:34:52.920 --> 01:34:55.720
<v Speaker 2>Pitching would be it for me. Let's go back as

1664
01:34:55.720 --> 01:34:59.840
<v Speaker 2>far as sorry and Luke Luke Weaver in the b.

1665
01:35:00.479 --> 01:35:04.319
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go back on the way

1666
01:35:04.359 --> 01:35:08.079
<v Speaker 1>back machine, shall we. Okay, but going back to vintage

1667
01:35:08.239 --> 01:35:11.680
<v Speaker 1>or twenty twenty four, I believe I got it right.

1668
01:35:12.560 --> 01:35:16.520
<v Speaker 1>The Detroit Tigers were nowhere at the trade deadline and

1669
01:35:16.560 --> 01:35:22.439
<v Speaker 1>they traded off Jake Flaherty, Jack Clarity, j Jack Clarity

1670
01:35:22.560 --> 01:35:26.840
<v Speaker 1>to the Dodgers. If you recall remember that, I.

1671
01:35:27.800 --> 01:35:30.560
<v Speaker 2>Not specifically, I know they moved them. Yeah, they moved up.

1672
01:35:30.600 --> 01:35:33.800
<v Speaker 1>And Detroit went on a roll after that, and they

1673
01:35:33.800 --> 01:35:38.359
<v Speaker 1>made the playoffs. Scooble was the man, and they went

1674
01:35:38.399 --> 01:35:41.520
<v Speaker 1>pretty far in that playoffs before backing off. In twenty

1675
01:35:41.600 --> 01:35:46.439
<v Speaker 1>twenty five, Detroit's only two games out, two games out

1676
01:35:46.520 --> 01:35:51.039
<v Speaker 1>of a wild card. They're plus eighty five on the

1677
01:35:51.159 --> 01:35:55.560
<v Speaker 1>run differential, which is catch just everybody the best in

1678
01:35:55.600 --> 01:36:00.359
<v Speaker 1>the American League just one game better. One run better

1679
01:36:00.439 --> 01:36:03.520
<v Speaker 1>than the Red Sox and three runs better than the Yankees,

1680
01:36:04.600 --> 01:36:06.840
<v Speaker 1>And all of a sudden, they get Max Clark up.

1681
01:36:07.239 --> 01:36:10.399
<v Speaker 1>Ken mcgonaga's almost got a year under his belt from

1682
01:36:10.920 --> 01:36:14.479
<v Speaker 1>from being a rookie. Turklesen can't be as bad as

1683
01:36:14.520 --> 01:36:17.279
<v Speaker 1>what he's shown this season. And also you get Jackson

1684
01:36:17.439 --> 01:36:20.600
<v Speaker 1>job up with Schrey Moulntain, who looks really, really good.

1685
01:36:21.760 --> 01:36:25.840
<v Speaker 1>You know, it would be really cool if somehow the

1686
01:36:25.880 --> 01:36:29.279
<v Speaker 1>Detroit Tigers snuck in and repeat it that twenty twenty

1687
01:36:29.279 --> 01:36:29.840
<v Speaker 1>four season.

1688
01:36:30.800 --> 01:36:33.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're only three and a half games back. They're

1689
01:36:33.079 --> 01:36:35.800
<v Speaker 2>tied in the loss department with Minnesota and Cleveland. Quarter

1690
01:36:35.880 --> 01:36:38.960
<v Speaker 2>back of the White Sox. They look at their.

1691
01:36:38.399 --> 01:36:40.800
<v Speaker 1>Two games back, two games back in the waft guard.

1692
01:36:40.880 --> 01:36:42.960
<v Speaker 1>That's that's what MLB is showing.

1693
01:36:43.319 --> 01:36:45.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, two games out in.

1694
01:36:45.119 --> 01:36:47.720
<v Speaker 1>Lost Colton to Texas, Texas about to lose today.

1695
01:36:48.840 --> 01:36:52.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Oh and and you know, yeah, you go to

1696
01:36:52.159 --> 01:36:55.800
<v Speaker 2>the West and you got Houston two games over five hundred,

1697
01:36:56.239 --> 01:36:59.560
<v Speaker 2>Texas one game over all, sitting with all sitting with

1698
01:36:59.600 --> 01:37:04.000
<v Speaker 2>fifty eight losses. Yeah. Is there a possibility that nobody

1699
01:37:04.039 --> 01:37:08.520
<v Speaker 2>gets in from the aos? Maybe nobody should.

1700
01:37:08.680 --> 01:37:13.239
<v Speaker 1>Oh, somebody's got to, Yes, But yeah, yeah, yeah, but

1701
01:37:13.319 --> 01:37:17.199
<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying, absolute Yeah, you could you

1702
01:37:17.239 --> 01:37:17.680
<v Speaker 1>could have it.

1703
01:37:17.800 --> 01:37:21.439
<v Speaker 2>You could have a team with a worse with a

1704
01:37:21.439 --> 01:37:25.159
<v Speaker 2>better record not making the playoffs than the winner of

1705
01:37:25.159 --> 01:37:29.000
<v Speaker 2>the AL West. Yeah, it's it's entirely Yeah.

1706
01:37:29.039 --> 01:37:33.000
<v Speaker 1>Well, the Yankees and Red Sox are well above the

1707
01:37:33.039 --> 01:37:37.239
<v Speaker 1>Houston Astros and the Chicago White Sox, uh in terms

1708
01:37:37.279 --> 01:37:41.279
<v Speaker 1>of runs in Minnesota Twins are only two games behind

1709
01:37:41.359 --> 01:37:43.640
<v Speaker 1>the White Sox believe it or not, so they're they're

1710
01:37:43.640 --> 01:37:45.680
<v Speaker 1>not out of it either, which is, you know, all

1711
01:37:45.800 --> 01:37:49.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of interesting when you think of Kilek Calin Culpepper

1712
01:37:49.600 --> 01:37:53.520
<v Speaker 1>and calling him up, and I mean, losing Joe Ryan

1713
01:37:53.600 --> 01:37:57.760
<v Speaker 1>does not help at all the Minnesota Twins fortune. And

1714
01:37:58.279 --> 01:38:00.920
<v Speaker 1>so but I I kind of keep looking at this

1715
01:38:00.920 --> 01:38:05.279
<v Speaker 1>Detroit Tiger team and seeing what Jackson job did, and

1716
01:38:05.800 --> 01:38:08.359
<v Speaker 1>I mean he's not Trek Scooble, not by any stretch

1717
01:38:08.359 --> 01:38:10.760
<v Speaker 1>of the imagination. But man, if he can just get

1718
01:38:10.760 --> 01:38:12.680
<v Speaker 1>on a runner at the end of the that could

1719
01:38:12.680 --> 01:38:15.079
<v Speaker 1>make a huge difference. That can make a huge difference

1720
01:38:15.119 --> 01:38:18.239
<v Speaker 1>for that team and a huge difference for people grabbing

1721
01:38:18.319 --> 01:38:20.760
<v Speaker 1>him the last couple of weeks listening to you, because

1722
01:38:20.920 --> 01:38:22.800
<v Speaker 1>this is not the first time you've had him on

1723
01:38:22.920 --> 01:38:25.039
<v Speaker 1>the waiver war pick him up this week. It can

1724
01:38:25.079 --> 01:38:26.079
<v Speaker 1>make a huge difference.

1725
01:38:27.720 --> 01:38:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And you know, when I look at the stand

1726
01:38:30.840 --> 01:38:35.319
<v Speaker 2>current standings, the team that bums me out the most,

1727
01:38:36.920 --> 01:38:39.279
<v Speaker 2>I think it's it's number one on my list is

1728
01:38:39.279 --> 01:38:44.159
<v Speaker 2>the Seattle Mariners. There's six games under five hundred, and

1729
01:38:44.199 --> 01:38:47.800
<v Speaker 2>you look at that pitch, they should be a They

1730
01:38:47.800 --> 01:38:51.439
<v Speaker 2>should be a far better team than six games under

1731
01:38:51.479 --> 01:38:52.520
<v Speaker 2>five hundred.

1732
01:38:52.640 --> 01:38:56.880
<v Speaker 1>But a couple of weeks ago I brought up with

1733
01:38:57.000 --> 01:39:00.439
<v Speaker 1>that great pitching and he go, is it really that good?

1734
01:39:00.520 --> 01:39:04.039
<v Speaker 1>And then you broke it down. They got famous guys

1735
01:39:04.119 --> 01:39:07.600
<v Speaker 1>who in the past have been really good, but they're not.

1736
01:39:07.680 --> 01:39:09.000
<v Speaker 1>They have been great this season.

1737
01:39:10.039 --> 01:39:15.800
<v Speaker 2>No, And the the offense is such that they need great. Yeah,

1738
01:39:15.880 --> 01:39:18.039
<v Speaker 2>they need to win two to one games, three to

1739
01:39:18.079 --> 01:39:22.760
<v Speaker 2>two games, et cetera. And yeah, that's I just find

1740
01:39:22.760 --> 01:39:25.399
<v Speaker 2>it very, very disheartening when I look at Seattle, because

1741
01:39:25.439 --> 01:39:28.000
<v Speaker 2>I think that team should be a lot better. If

1742
01:39:28.039 --> 01:39:31.760
<v Speaker 2>I was a GM, if I'm brunning that, I'd be

1743
01:39:31.880 --> 01:39:37.680
<v Speaker 2>concerned about my future. I really would. It's that team

1744
01:39:37.720 --> 01:39:41.760
<v Speaker 2>should not be six games under five hundred, at least

1745
01:39:41.760 --> 01:39:42.600
<v Speaker 2>not in my opinion.

1746
01:39:43.199 --> 01:39:45.000
<v Speaker 1>I agree now, I know he's been hurt a lot,

1747
01:39:45.119 --> 01:39:48.039
<v Speaker 1>but he still has played in eighty four games. Kyle

1748
01:39:48.079 --> 01:39:50.760
<v Speaker 1>Riley has twelve hound runs after Timmy get this hitting

1749
01:39:50.880 --> 01:39:52.279
<v Speaker 1>sixty last season.

1750
01:39:54.119 --> 01:39:57.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that would be a difference of forty eight. It's

1751
01:39:57.239 --> 01:39:58.319
<v Speaker 2>a big number.

1752
01:39:58.239 --> 01:40:02.119
<v Speaker 1>TEP ten majored in accounting. Yes, it's good with the numbers.

1753
01:40:03.079 --> 01:40:05.439
<v Speaker 2>Figuratively speaking, I am yes.

1754
01:40:05.760 --> 01:40:08.000
<v Speaker 1>So, I mean if you when you combine the lack

1755
01:40:08.039 --> 01:40:10.560
<v Speaker 1>of production that they've gotten out of the catching decision

1756
01:40:10.600 --> 01:40:13.399
<v Speaker 1>because of Kyle Riley's injury, and then just I don't

1757
01:40:13.439 --> 01:40:15.199
<v Speaker 1>know if he's still hurt, but he's striking out thirty

1758
01:40:15.199 --> 01:40:18.560
<v Speaker 1>two the third of the time he's striking out. I mean,

1759
01:40:18.960 --> 01:40:22.640
<v Speaker 1>I think we all expected he wasn't going to repeat sixty,

1760
01:40:22.680 --> 01:40:25.920
<v Speaker 1>but I don't think anybody's had less than twenty on

1761
01:40:26.000 --> 01:40:27.920
<v Speaker 1>their books for this season. That's what he's going to do.

1762
01:40:28.000 --> 01:40:32.279
<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, not at all. And you start, you know, hey,

1763
01:40:32.359 --> 01:40:35.680
<v Speaker 2>you can live with a low batting average and striking

1764
01:40:35.680 --> 01:40:37.600
<v Speaker 2>over the third of the time when you hit forty

1765
01:40:37.600 --> 01:40:42.039
<v Speaker 2>home runs. When you don't hit forty forty or more. Yeah,

1766
01:40:42.159 --> 01:40:44.920
<v Speaker 2>once you get into the no, you that does not

1767
01:40:45.000 --> 01:40:47.399
<v Speaker 2>make it. That does not make a major league bad?

1768
01:40:47.479 --> 01:40:50.000
<v Speaker 2>Does it a twenty home home run bad? With a

1769
01:40:50.039 --> 01:40:54.239
<v Speaker 2>thirty five percent strikeout? Right? Oops, I ain't working well,

1770
01:40:54.640 --> 01:40:55.119
<v Speaker 2>it's tough.

1771
01:40:55.159 --> 01:40:57.840
<v Speaker 1>What is on base percentage? Just two seventy it's he's

1772
01:40:57.840 --> 01:41:00.600
<v Speaker 1>bet in one sixty three with a two seventy. I mean,

1773
01:41:00.600 --> 01:41:03.000
<v Speaker 1>that's tough. That's why he's batt eighth in the lineup.

1774
01:41:04.239 --> 01:41:05.159
<v Speaker 2>That would be correct.

1775
01:41:05.239 --> 01:41:08.359
<v Speaker 1>Yes, it's just I mean, and then he combined it

1776
01:41:08.399 --> 01:41:13.079
<v Speaker 1>together with the pitching that's just been okay. It's yeah,

1777
01:41:13.159 --> 01:41:15.640
<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think it's a yuck season for sure.

1778
01:41:15.720 --> 01:41:18.479
<v Speaker 1>And you would think heads would roll at some point

1779
01:41:18.560 --> 01:41:19.279
<v Speaker 1>in Seattle.

1780
01:41:20.000 --> 01:41:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, somebody, somebody should pay for a wom would think.

1781
01:41:24.199 --> 01:41:28.520
<v Speaker 1>Yep, Timmy. We went back on Friday. I promise. We

1782
01:41:28.560 --> 01:41:30.439
<v Speaker 1>took off of Friday just because we had a long

1783
01:41:30.520 --> 01:41:33.000
<v Speaker 1>show earlier than the week and I just didn't want

1784
01:41:33.039 --> 01:41:36.560
<v Speaker 1>to take Temple away again. But we're gonna be back

1785
01:41:36.600 --> 01:41:38.560
<v Speaker 1>with Friday, and it's getting towards the end of the season.

1786
01:41:39.119 --> 01:41:41.359
<v Speaker 1>Lots of focus on the playoffs like we've just been

1787
01:41:41.439 --> 01:41:45.600
<v Speaker 1>chatting about, and focus on trying to bring championships home

1788
01:41:45.640 --> 01:41:49.359
<v Speaker 1>for a fantasy managers that listen to us. And then

1789
01:41:49.399 --> 01:41:52.960
<v Speaker 1>we're back next Sunday. So we got a couple few

1790
01:41:52.960 --> 01:41:54.720
<v Speaker 1>more weeks, I mean for the season is there. We're

1791
01:41:54.720 --> 01:41:55.399
<v Speaker 1>going to be at it.

1792
01:41:56.479 --> 01:42:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's going to be a fun time and looking

1793
01:42:01.119 --> 01:42:04.079
<v Speaker 2>looking forwards is solving all of the baseball challenges of

1794
01:42:04.119 --> 01:42:07.399
<v Speaker 2>the world. Rich and hopefully you get your bullpen guy

1795
01:42:07.479 --> 01:42:08.119
<v Speaker 2>this week.

1796
01:42:11.000 --> 01:42:15.399
<v Speaker 1>No, no, I'm going to get a bullpen guys. No

1797
01:42:15.560 --> 01:42:18.520
<v Speaker 1>telling if he's going to be the closer or even

1798
01:42:18.960 --> 01:42:21.680
<v Speaker 1>a decent It's just the way it goes. I will

1799
01:42:21.720 --> 01:42:25.039
<v Speaker 1>get guys. I'm sure they will stink like. That's where

1800
01:42:25.079 --> 01:42:29.000
<v Speaker 1>my headspace is at the moment. I have no confidence

1801
01:42:29.000 --> 01:42:30.800
<v Speaker 1>in my ability to get the right guy.

1802
01:42:30.960 --> 01:42:34.479
<v Speaker 2>I just Daniel nail one or two in the next

1803
01:42:34.600 --> 01:42:37.000
<v Speaker 2>to the next three four weeks, and life will all

1804
01:42:37.039 --> 01:42:40.000
<v Speaker 2>be back to being good again. Right No, I.

1805
01:42:40.000 --> 01:42:43.359
<v Speaker 1>Now, I now, Louis Varland. I mean, I mean, I mean,

1806
01:42:43.399 --> 01:42:48.720
<v Speaker 1>I've done the scattershot approach. It's yielded me definitely some results,

1807
01:42:48.720 --> 01:42:53.560
<v Speaker 1>but it's yielded me as many just frustrations of just

1808
01:42:53.680 --> 01:42:56.680
<v Speaker 1>throwing my fab away for nothing. And I bet you

1809
01:42:57.359 --> 01:43:01.399
<v Speaker 1>I have spent in many of these leagues sixty seventy

1810
01:43:01.399 --> 01:43:04.159
<v Speaker 1>percent of my fab budget on closers for trying to

1811
01:43:04.159 --> 01:43:07.199
<v Speaker 1>find closers. And that's what's really frustrating.

1812
01:43:08.199 --> 01:43:12.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I did a survey. It's got to be at

1813
01:43:12.319 --> 01:43:16.399
<v Speaker 2>least five, maybe even longer five years ago and looking

1814
01:43:16.520 --> 01:43:19.319
<v Speaker 2>at I think I looked at tout okay, and I

1815
01:43:19.359 --> 01:43:23.720
<v Speaker 2>looked at the amount of money that was spent on

1816
01:43:24.000 --> 01:43:29.119
<v Speaker 2>fab over the course of a season on the bullpen

1817
01:43:29.319 --> 01:43:32.199
<v Speaker 2>component of the game because I was I was using

1818
01:43:32.199 --> 01:43:36.239
<v Speaker 2>it as an argument for looking at including holes along

1819
01:43:36.239 --> 01:43:39.520
<v Speaker 2>with saves, and I believe the number was close to

1820
01:43:39.640 --> 01:43:43.880
<v Speaker 2>fifty percent of the fab that was spent over the

1821
01:43:43.920 --> 01:43:48.520
<v Speaker 2>course of the year was dedicated to chasing saves. That's

1822
01:43:48.560 --> 01:43:49.239
<v Speaker 2>that's insane.

1823
01:43:49.800 --> 01:43:53.119
<v Speaker 1>It is no, that's I'd be I'd be fit. I'd

1824
01:43:53.159 --> 01:43:56.479
<v Speaker 1>fit perfectly into that leak. That would be be Yeah.

1825
01:43:58.039 --> 01:44:03.359
<v Speaker 2>The ten percent of your counting categories are are are

1826
01:44:03.640 --> 01:44:06.399
<v Speaker 2>sucking fifty percent of the fab out of the system.

1827
01:44:06.680 --> 01:44:10.560
<v Speaker 2>That doesn't make sense at all logically, it really does.

1828
01:44:10.960 --> 01:44:13.239
<v Speaker 1>I agree, and to me and maybe it's just me,

1829
01:44:13.439 --> 01:44:18.319
<v Speaker 1>it's sucking more than fifty percent of my my think time,

1830
01:44:18.399 --> 01:44:21.319
<v Speaker 1>my mind space when I'm supposed to be analyzing my

1831
01:44:21.760 --> 01:44:23.720
<v Speaker 1>team and figuring out what are the right guys to

1832
01:44:23.800 --> 01:44:27.680
<v Speaker 1>put in and looking at closely at pitching, and like,

1833
01:44:27.720 --> 01:44:30.680
<v Speaker 1>I've got seven starters I could put in, which are

1834
01:44:30.760 --> 01:44:32.680
<v Speaker 1>the five best to put in? Because I'm now an

1835
01:44:33.079 --> 01:44:35.039
<v Speaker 1>I don't have time because I'm trying to figure out

1836
01:44:35.039 --> 01:44:39.560
<v Speaker 1>which stupid closer that I'm not gonna get or he's

1837
01:44:39.600 --> 01:44:40.159
<v Speaker 1>gonna stink.

1838
01:44:40.199 --> 01:44:45.840
<v Speaker 2>But it's so frustrating. Yeah, that the time management equation.

1839
01:44:46.000 --> 01:44:48.680
<v Speaker 2>Don't use it rich No.

1840
01:44:47.399 --> 01:44:49.760
<v Speaker 1>No, I mean at some point you do run out

1841
01:44:49.800 --> 01:44:52.239
<v Speaker 1>of time. I mean there is a yah so much

1842
01:44:52.279 --> 01:44:54.399
<v Speaker 1>time you can dedicate to this, And when it's spending

1843
01:44:54.439 --> 01:44:57.319
<v Speaker 1>all your time running in circles, which is what I'm doing,

1844
01:44:58.199 --> 01:45:02.159
<v Speaker 1>running trying to find a freaking closer, it's just ridiculous.

1845
01:45:02.199 --> 01:45:05.000
<v Speaker 1>It's just I just wish I knew. I wish I

1846
01:45:05.039 --> 01:45:06.720
<v Speaker 1>knew what I was doing. I just wish I did.

1847
01:45:07.039 --> 01:45:09.640
<v Speaker 1>I know people are listening to us because we're supposed

1848
01:45:09.640 --> 01:45:12.279
<v Speaker 1>to know. I know some stuff. I don't know anything

1849
01:45:12.279 --> 01:45:13.239
<v Speaker 1>about closers.

1850
01:45:14.279 --> 01:45:21.640
<v Speaker 2>Well, you just gotta tart and be fortunate enough to

1851
01:45:21.640 --> 01:45:24.840
<v Speaker 2>toss the right dart at the right time and all things. Hey,

1852
01:45:25.159 --> 01:45:27.640
<v Speaker 2>you look at all the logic, Like I looked at

1853
01:45:27.720 --> 01:45:29.439
<v Speaker 2>Miller and I said, no, there's no way the car,

1854
01:45:29.720 --> 01:45:32.199
<v Speaker 2>there's no way the Giants are moving Miller, he's a

1855
01:45:32.239 --> 01:45:33.920
<v Speaker 2>safe bet. I had him, I think in four or

1856
01:45:33.920 --> 01:45:38.359
<v Speaker 2>five leagues, and then all of a sudden, yeah, Boston,

1857
01:45:38.399 --> 01:45:41.319
<v Speaker 2>who has a loaded bullpen picked them up, and yeah, no,

1858
01:45:41.520 --> 01:45:42.640
<v Speaker 2>it's I agree.

1859
01:45:42.680 --> 01:45:47.039
<v Speaker 1>It is disheartening well that the two leagues I play

1860
01:45:47.079 --> 01:45:51.079
<v Speaker 1>in that are one year leagues. I dressed. I drafted

1861
01:45:51.119 --> 01:45:53.680
<v Speaker 1>to Edwin Diaz. They could look at me. I'm just

1862
01:45:53.720 --> 01:45:56.119
<v Speaker 1>gonna lock it down, screwing on a tick, got hurt

1863
01:45:56.199 --> 01:45:58.079
<v Speaker 1>most of the season. And my second guy was uh

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<v Speaker 1>was Santana from Pittsburgh. It's pretty good. I think, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's not a bad second guy. And I like

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<v Speaker 1>free saves and dfaid, so yeah and gone it is gone,

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<v Speaker 1>Like all right, well that didn't work so well.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully better days ahead for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Timmy, let's take a let's let's a wrap,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend. We will see you on Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Be safe, be well, and good luck to everybody this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>Chasing down those opportunities. There's some good ones this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be shy about spending some cash. Catch you Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Rich