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Speaker 1: Greedy societyations. Everyone at church twelves a walk in the

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Fantasy Baseball Live. Today is the twelfth of July, about

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three o'clock in the afternoon. As always, I'm here with

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my good buddy, mister Timoclad, and Tim is telling me

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it is very, very hot up in Canada. You were

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saying ninety seven ninety eight degrees. That's what we had

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a couple of weeks ago, My friend, I feel for you.

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It's miserable.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is totally miserable. Yeah. I've dropped as much

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laundry as I can humanly drop. It ain't going no more.

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And it's still too darn hot. Oh man, wow.

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Speaker 1: And we're here, I was telling Tim before I got

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on the air. We've got some power spikes going on.

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We lost power to are building about seven o'clock this

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morning for about a half hour, and all the units

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came up, but all of the other stuff, the the

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corridors and the elevators and stuff have not come up yet.

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So now the the contractors are out trying to figure

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what the problem is. And I don't know too if

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they keep pulling the plug or not, but we keep

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going in and out of power and my poor dishwasher.

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I've tried three times to run it. It gets halfway

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through and then the power goes off and you gotta

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start all over again. Side don't know. So if forget

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see you are going you get salmonel on top of everything,

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you'll know why.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I don't think it's gonna be the problem.

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You're gonna you're gonna clean him so many times, you're

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gonna wear the the print that's on them off before

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you get them out of there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is true. That is true. So good. So,

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how how is life, timmy? How has your weekend been?

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Speaker 2: It's been Uh, it's been okay, other than the fact

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it's just uncomfortable because of the heat. But then again,

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like I said to a couple of people yesterday, you

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know what I think three months into the future, okay,

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and it's going to be equally uncomfortable just from another perspective. Okay,

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So yeah, it's been hot. I haven't done a whole

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lack of a lot. I've been watching games, watching watching

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some of my team struggles, some of them doing okay.

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Got some wave wire pickups in last night for the

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one league that does Saturday and was surprised I got.

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I got a couple of players. Maybe maybe it's because

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it was hot and people are busy, whatever, but I

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managed to pick up a couple of players on the

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cheap that I sort of didn't expect to pick up,

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not for like six seven bucks on a thousand dollars

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fab eh. But who did I pick up? That surprised me?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 2: Where are we here? Oh? Derrick Hill. I got him

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for I think five bucks, and I think he can

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be a useful, useful piece in a redraft. And who

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else ice snag she uh friend and fat for five

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six bucks?

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Speaker 1: Oh lord, that's that's what he's one of my kryptonites

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to him. As you know, I thought he'd be good

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for a while, and it just he comes back and

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he actually pitched a good game and then it's like, oh,

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what's going to happen to him now? So but yeah,

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I get why you picked him up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah you know, Hey, I've got Nick the blister lodolo

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who's off off to the aisle with more blister issues.

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So I'm sort of glad that I did sneak him

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in there because I had just when you think you

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might have enough arms, we know the answer to that question.

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We simply don't you know, Yeah, you can never have enough.

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Speaker 1: Ever, I'm taking a look at your talent Wars team

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and it's him. It's just it's disappointed if Lad Guerrero

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is the reason that you're kind of sitting midpack.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I I've been begetting.

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Speaker 1: You got Corbyn Carroll who's had a very good season.

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Carson Bitch has been great. Yeah, Caleb Durban's been fine.

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I mean if Jackson Holliday's been hurt most of the season,

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Dancy Swanson had he had like ten home runs in

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three days. I mean he's been ok. Dylan Dingler's an

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All star I mean, and your.

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Speaker 2: Ralph Stuart Jaredy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's freaking Vlad Careri gets he's up to

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six now, I think. But I mean if he would

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have been at fifteen sixteen, that would have made a

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world of difference for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it most certainly would have been. I still hold out.

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I haven't. I haven't given up on this team, simply

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because up until about a week ago, eighty points left you.

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At one point, I was only seventeen points out of first. Okay,

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now Scott's out of the Scott White that's from CBS

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has had a he's had a very very good week,

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and he's up there. I think hunderdneight as of right now.

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But when I look at it, I'm right now, I'm

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fourteen points out a second. A month ago, I was

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sitting with fifty five points. Okay, So I've made a

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move in the right direction and I still have the

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potential to move up the ladder. So I'm not ruling

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myself out of this one. This is one of those

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leagues where everything is bunched up because everybody has a

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weakness somewhere. Most teams have a couple and you know,

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and Glad he starts hitting and I can get a

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little bit of consistent health, I might get up into

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the top five, maybe higher. So I'm okay with what's

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happening in Toke.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you get ten twelve more home runs, you're going

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to pick up four or five points in home runs,

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and you're going to pick up maybe even more and

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runs batted in. I mean it's very much bunched up there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is. And I look at wins right now.

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I get four and a half points and wins Okay,

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I'm sitting with a grand total in wins forty four

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fifty wins. Six more wins gives me seven points, So

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it's it's very volatile. And you know in saves I've

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got I'm at the back of a big pack with

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twenty eight, but they've got Edwin d Is coming back,

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so you know there's a potential for another four or

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five points there if Diaz is fine. And you know

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you pretty.

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Speaker 1: Much have been going just with one closer. It looks

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like that's Louis Varland if I if I'm not mistaken,

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So youually surprising you don't have more wins Foster Griffin

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as you're leading win total, that's pretty remarkable.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you know, Andrew Abbott's been up down all

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over the place, Luis Castillo, Dillon Cees, I think is

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got six wins. But yeah, it's been the case of

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Foster Griffin and Busks.

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Speaker 1: So, I mean, part of Dylan sees his problem is

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Vlad Guerrero. I mean, this is a guy that's sporting

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a two fifty six earra, a one point one two

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one three whip with one hundred and forty eight strikeouts.

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Mister McLeod and and he's got six wins.

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Speaker 2: Come on, Yeah, it's hard to win games when your

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team is scoring one in two runs out. Yeah I know, yeah, yeah,

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it just doesn't It just doesn't compute. Eay. So no,

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like I said, I am, I'm happy with this team.

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I've had a slew of injuries underperforming, but at the

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same point in time, I'm still sort of hanging in there.

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that means the potential. There's some potential for growth there.

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So well, we'll see how it all shakes down.

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Speaker 1: We got we're all rooting for you, Timmy, make us proud.

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We won't talk about you, we won't talk about your

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labor team, but we'll so which yea is.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we will stay away from that nightmare on Elm Street.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of the games. That's first we had.

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I didn't, I mean, Timmy, I thought about it. It's

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only two hours away to go to Philadelphia. For me,

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I just didn't want to. I did not want to

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go see the futures game, so I didn't go. The

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al Ao one six to one. Nathan Follwing he had

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home run, so of course he gets the MVP, and

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I guess it was about I don't know if you

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watched the game, it was about pitching. Seth Rnande through

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one hundred and one mile hours, so I think he

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averaged one hundred and touched one oh one. He was

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the talk of everybody out there and a lot of guys,

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a lot of guys hitting big, big numbers. I think

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Ryan Sloan hit one hundred miles an hour as well.

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Even even your buddy Kate Anderson reached back and hit

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ninety five, which was pretty impressive. So they were all there,

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all sticking it out to me, trying to share who

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was who had the biggest one, And it looks like

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it's seth Ernandez.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Did they reduce that to five innings by any chance?

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Speaker 1: It was seven, and it's I mean, I get people

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that like the Bowden guy who's with the MLB used

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to be the Jim Bowden, Jim Boneen. He talks about

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it like it's the second Coming. It's not. I mean,

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it is. It is just not. When you don't go

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to minor league baseball games and you go to that,

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maybe it's a big deal, But I go to three

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games week so, and I'm just not going to slip

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all the way down there to sit, you know, eight

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stories high to watch a game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for seven innings for seven days. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You want to get all those kids in there, You

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want to get them all an opportunity, and you're cramming

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them all into seven inning. To me, that's just a

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classless move on behalf of Major League Baseball. Hey, if

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you're going to make the game free, yeah, sure, do

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what you want with that. The people are paying to

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see these kids, and you're cutting it short at about

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seven innings. Now, that's garbage, at least in my opinion.

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Speaker 1: It was a little disappointed. No one really tagged anything.

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Hazus my Day hit one hundred and six point nine.

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That was the highest eggs of velocity afraid to Duno

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hit a large flight ball four hundred and two feet.

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it was pretty you know, no one really tagging anything.

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but other than that, it was pretty light.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, when you start mentioning the pitching that was involved, understandable. Yeah,

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there was some big arms with big stuff throwing, throwing big, big,

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big big bitches out there today, so I mean, I'm

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not surrized. Was a high scoring game, so.

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Speaker 1: Just everybody knows suth Rnandez did not throw have the

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hardest thrown ball. It was of Gels Simi Junior. I

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think he's a blue jay with one hundred and one

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna be hit a mile, I think too,

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Speaker 1: They could very well know. So I watched part of

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the game. I didn't watch it all as ten No's

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I'm busy writing top five hundred prospect capsules and then

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I wrote wrote up the first round of the draft

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for everybody all over our patren members. So if you're

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By the way, Timmy the White Sox, I know, our

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buddy Tim Weber does not like uh Rock Chailowski or

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as as Manford said, Chilowski, Butoski. Yeah, they did the

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right thing. It was. It was the right move to

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take Rock. Chilowski was the first overall pick, and I

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think he's going to be good. I think he's going

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to be up soon. He's a really good defender, going

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to have power. I think he reminds me a lot

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of Troy to Lewitski. That's the cop I keep coming

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up with.

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Speaker 2: Speed.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Tulawski has any speed. And I just

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think he's going to move real quickly. And I think

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you'll see Colson Montgomery move off short to probably third,

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unless he's already at third. I don't know. I am

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paying attention, but that's that's my thought. But I really

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the draft was actually pretty chalk. I mean, the guys

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went where they were supposed to go, not too many surprises.

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Speaker 2: The Royals moved up a little bit, didn't they or

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I remember seeing I saw some serious whining coming of

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the Casey like with their pick. But I don't think

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it was a bad pick. Maybe just me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't have the list of somebody went early

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and got the outfielder out of Georgia early and a

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little bit of Cedric Mullins and that kid. So anyway,

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propose to be a television executive here, but a Saturday

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at one o'clock for a draft, I think it was

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meeting five other people watching.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people watching this thing if they were

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trying to generate buzz. I don't know, Tim. I mean

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the NFL and the NBA have it Thursday night at

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at prime time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I mean major League Baseball has it just

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prior to the evening news. You know, they ung, they

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used it's such a great game, and they're surrounded.

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Speaker 1: By I will say, I thought of you because when

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Manford came out, you had to kind of kick the

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festivities off. I mean you couldn't hear him talk because

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of the booze. Maybe that's just the way it is.

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I mean, the guy in charge always gets gets mood,

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no matter if he's doing a good job or not.

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But he got booed big time.

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Speaker 2: So well rightfully, So yeah, I would have been. I

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would have been. I would have been there booing along

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with the rest of the masses and probably losing getting

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booted out of the country in the process.

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Speaker 1: All right to me, let's take a look at these games.

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What is going on? So again we talked the quick

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futures game. Uh, one, guy, I don't think Thornton was

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on your pickup on your waiver ward? Was he exactly.

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He is, Oh okay, I missed that. Yeah, he's having

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a really good outing seventies, two hits, five strikeouts to

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walk soft tosster tosster al. He's like ninety ninety one

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at least I saw him in double A last year.

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He's like ninety one. But I mean you could see

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hitters flinchy when he threw he did. They're just not

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picking up his stuff very well. So he yeah, early

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success here.

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Speaker 2: Well, we mentioned uh, oh, what's his name, Wiganton?

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Speaker 1: Is it? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we mentioned him last week, and I

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mentioned Thornton week before. So with Thornton pitching today, I

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figured it was a good time to just toss him

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in as a reminder. And seven innings, two hits, two walks,

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five strikeouts, zero in the ear and run department. So yeah, no,

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he bitch, well today you can. I think you're gonna

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see both those kids up there in the second half.

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Once the firesale sales starts off, we go, And those

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are the two names. They are more than like, you're

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going to find a way to slide into that rotation.

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So go now or go home would be my model.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Mets have played a little better of late,

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they're still forty and fifty six. Boston's only three games

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under five hundred. They are really making the lake push

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my buddy aj ewing Timmy. He looks like a he

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looks like a player. Man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one for three with the run score today, got it,

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got it in early. What's sort of surprised me is

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we've seen more power from him than I expected and

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a little bit less speed. But I think come end

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of the day, those numbers will reverse themselves over the

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long haul. In a hurry, speeds his game, and he's

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gonna steal a lot of bases at the top of

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the at the top of the order order in New York.

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Speaker 1: I think, hey, man, I want to see him hit

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for some power because he's he's fast. He's eighty nine, no,

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ninety five percent solid sprint speed. He's gonna steal basis

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if he if this power that he's showing with an

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average exit velocity of eighty nine to five max of

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one to ten point five, needs to put a little

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more leverage on it. But if he can hit fifteen

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eighteen home runs with thirty stolen bases, gimme, gimmey, gimmey.

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That is what Jared Durant should be doing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, definitely. I think he's up to six home

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runs already in seven I seven, okay, yeah, yeah, that

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takes him. That takes him from being an eight to

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twe well to a twelve to eighteen. That changes thing

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was in a big way. It really does. I totally

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agree with you. Yeah, I'm happy to see that power.

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Speaker 1: Im he's going to steal thirty bases? Well, I mean

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I'm looking at the data. The data says it's a

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fifteen out run guy. So if he's a fifteen out

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run guy with thirty stolen bases that can hit, I mean,

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Jared Durant is putting up big stolen base and power

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numbers this year, at least the last I look, but

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he's not hitting. This is what I mean. I kept

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saying it was aj Ewing could be Jared Durant in

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It looks like that's what he's becoming.

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Speaker 2: Well, I hope so, because I just picked him up

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in the trade as a second piece behind my Day,

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and if I didn't get success from both those players,

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I'll be ecstatic.

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Speaker 1: Let's see what just some out lying what Jared Duran

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is doing. Duran, I can't spell.

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Speaker 2: I can't spell duran He's got.

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Speaker 1: Two rs in it. Jared Durant is he's got thirteen

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runs and fourteen stolen bases. He's hit one ninety three

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with a with a two point fifty nine on base percentage.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not good.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing. Eighty nine point five eggit a loss, same

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as but aj Ewing is doing ninety third percent. Style

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in sprintsby Ajwan is ninety fifth percent. I mean he

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said they look very comparable. It's just and it's got

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thirty percent strikeout rate with Durant. I mean, he's just

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swinging and missing too much?

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Speaker 2: Mm is he ever? I'm surprised he's still in Boston.

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I would think they've got to be shopping them they

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Does anybody want them? That could be part of the problem.

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Speaker 1: I mean, does he become a does he become a

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part time player if he moves out of Boston and somebody, oh,

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the wit Mirryfield has become witt Maryfield where he's putting

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up nice Fantasy numbers and all of a sudden he

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gets traded in place twice a week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm sure he's probably happier in Boston for now.

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Speaker 1: What do you do, Sorry to be labor, What do

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you do if you own Jared Duran with fourteen home runs,

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fifteen solar bases or whatever it was. You keep putting

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them out there? Right, even though he's hitting one ninety seven.

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Speaker 2: He's still playing. I believe most every day. You got

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to take the power and speed and I hope somehow

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you can survive. I hit to the batting average or OBB.

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The OBB is brutal. That's yeah, that's brutal.

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Speaker 1: By the way, you were right, can't City Royals. They

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were the ones that drafted Zion ross Arose. He was

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the he was taken a little earlier there when he

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thought But again, it's kind of Cedric Mullins type of

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type of profile. He was not in my top fifteen guys.

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But it's still a good pick. It's an exciting pick.

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But we'll see how that all shakes out. Let's get

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back to some of these games. The Yankee in Washington

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are tied up at two. Who are the Yankees sewing

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out there this today? All their guys hurt? Oh Will Warren.

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Warren's had a bit of a bounce back to they

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good to see.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he went five innings the one thing I'm noticing

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trending pretty well across the board. A lot of the

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pitchers are going short. Either that or there's a lot

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more injuries that we're going to find a boat after today.

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But you know, Handcock only through one and two thirds

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and there's a couple of pictures out there through three innings,

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four innings. I think it was a break going into

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the break, but more went five innings, four hits, two walks,

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one turned run, a couple of strikeoups. Not a bad effort.

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Speaker 1: Not a bad strategy too, to give a break before

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for the big break. Because there's a couple of games

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again on Thursday, which is good. Last year they didn't

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have any games on Thursday. But most most teams, most

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teams are getting a full four days off, and you know,

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you could be eight nine days between starts, which is

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a really nice break for these guys.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and looking at Washington today, mister Wood with

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his twenty eighth, to Speed with his seventeenth, there's your

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two runs scored.

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Speaker 1: Curtis Meat has just been a I mean, what a find,

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I mean just amazing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and you know you start looking at the

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Nationals there at five hundred they're not under the saying it. No,

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not by any stretch of the imagination. New not at all.

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Speaker 1: Crol Armstrong continues to do it, hitting two eighty nine

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with power and speed at the top of that lineup. Uh,

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Matthew Boyd with a nice, well decent start today six innings.

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It's not two strike hits. That's a terrible start. What

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am I talking about?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's the same as Andrew Abbott. They pulled

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him after four four, three walks for rounds. Thanks for

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three strikeoats.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of Hunter Green starting? Was it

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Friday night? Twelve strike out? That's more like it?

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Speaker 2: Yes, that is definitely more like it. A little bit

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too late for this year, but bod Dwell for next

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question for you. Have you flipped over to the Philadelphia

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Phillies game against the Tigers?

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Speaker 1: He was, I was just looking at the Mariners, But

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let me flip into that. That's scoobl Scooball.

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Speaker 2: Pitch that game, right, Yes, he did, Yes.

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Speaker 1: Pitched okay five four its two and runs five strikeouts

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and a walk and then Keeter Montera comes in and

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blows it for him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was looking at the other starter today. Do

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you think somebody might be making a statement.

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Speaker 1: Well, that was one of my questions to you. Yeah,

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Zach Wheeler was pissed that he wasn't named, as you know,

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directly to the team with a two point one four

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ear a, particularly after starting the season on the eyel

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He's been, I mean amazing since he's gotten back, and

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he's obviously justin Verlander getting that pity invite with with

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Legends invite or whatever, going what the hell? Why did

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I get it? And then when they do invite Zach

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Wheeler to pitch, he says, screw you. I'm not going

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What did you think of that? Would you? Were you

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happy for what Zack Wheeler did or do you think

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he was a little immature? Uh?

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Speaker 2: You know where I stand on the All Star Games.

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So Wheeler, well, yeah, you know what if that's if

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that's how you feel, stuff it. Yeah, Hey, I could

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use a week off with the family. I got no

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problems with with Zach Wheeler being honest and he and

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he was so yeah, good for Zach Wheeler. He's not

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He's not the type of player that throws that every

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ten minutes, you know what I mean? Yeah, I am

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the you know, he's from what I he's a very

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quiet guy, right, he doesn't command headlines, et cetera, et cetera.

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But he just let them know that he wasn't happy,

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and yeah, stuff it.

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Speaker 1: Assuming he gets the win. He's won ten games in

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sixteen starts, ninety two innings, pitched one hundred and five

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strikeouts in a two fifteen era. How can they find

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what are their twelve starters fifteen starters there? How can

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they find more deserving guys th Zach Wheeler? Does It's

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make any sense to me?

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Speaker 2: No, it doesn't. And on top of that, he's announced

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that you know the end is coming near, and hey,

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it's it's no big surprise. As much as I think

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it's great that they're honoring Burlander, I think they're slighting

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Zach Wheeler, not because of Burlander, just the whole process.

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He should be he should be part of that game.

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He should have he should have been, he should have

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been picked to the team as far as I'm concerned.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, part of it is just no winning, I mean

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just it's just it's just a process that is very

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challenging to get players that have had these great first

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two months and then you get guys Zach Wheeler that

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are the true all stars. I mean people want to

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see them play. They've got the big names, have an

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outstanding seasons, and they don't get it because they've got

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to invite everybody, a member from every team and blah

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blah blah blah blah. And it is. It is a

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very challenging process.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there's no doubt it is challenging. But it

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shouldn't be challenging when it comes to a pitcher who

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has demonstrated a high level of skill like Wheeler over

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a long period of time and bouncing back after all

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of the injuries. You know, yeah, no, that should have

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a no brainer. So good for Zac Wheeler. You spend

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time with the valley and you're broughably better off and happier.

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Speaker 1: Board Ian Seymour, I mean he was out to uh

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he was rolling, not to day three in the thirties,

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00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,200
pitch five earned runs. Yikes.

468
00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Mariners sort of give it. Gave it to

469
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:12,640
him today, but again one starts, one start is exactly

470
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,039
what that is. One starts. So yeah, the Mariners actually

471
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:21,640
showed some offense today. Rose Arena with his eleventh Wilson

472
00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:26,319
his number two, whoever Wilson is, Uh, but no, the

473
00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:29,240
Mariner's actually putting some runs up and they're one of

474
00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:32,440
the teams that you know, Hancock pitched one on two

475
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,200
thursd innings through nineteen six.

476
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: So did they just pull them for just to pull

477
00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:40,920
them to get him the longer extension or was he hurt?

478
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 2: I have no idea. I am assuming. I'm assuming they

479
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,920
just pulled them out of the game. I'm hoping that

480
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,839
is the case. I will take a quick look to

481
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,880
see what it says is about mister Hancock.

482
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: So the Wilson you were referring to was West and Wilson.

483
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,839
Just want to make sure that one of my namesakes

484
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,559
gets uh Wilson, whoever, whoever that is. I had to

485
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,279
make up for it him. You hope you understand.

486
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:13,200
Speaker 2: Ah, Yes, apparent hand injury Drick in the hand by

487
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,160
a comeback or during the opening frame. He remained in

488
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,960
the game, but he was lifted after a two oh

489
00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:23,079
walk in the second Pictures to follow.

490
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: I have to tell you, I mean, Curtis, there's some

491
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,359
players that have had just amazing first half. Curtis Meet,

492
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,359
I mean guys that have come out of nowhere, Curtis

493
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:37,440
Meat and Brian, Brian Rocho it is eighth one today.

494
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,359
I mean, this is a guy that totally did He

495
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,960
looked like a high a player and look what he

496
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,960
has done this season to seventy eight bad average, scoring runs,

497
00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:50,799
eight home runs. Good on him.

498
00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's it's awesome, you know, just to see

499
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,240
players basically coming out of Yeah, they were all Waiverware

500
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:05,759
players of the year. Me wrote you, how how high

501
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,519
was a kid in Saint Louis drafted?

502
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: Oh? Jj, Weatherhole?

503
00:28:12,839 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 2: Uh not Weatherhole? Walker?

504
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,759
Speaker 1: Oh yeah Walker? Okay, yeah you're Walker?

505
00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, good for you if you stuck them under

506
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,119
your reserve, your reserve roster, or you picked them up

507
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:33,079
early in the year. It's those those those type of

508
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,640
players are the ones you will end up seeing on

509
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,079
money place finishes.

510
00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:41,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think this is why you see him

511
00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:42,279
on money place finishes.

512
00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:42,519
Speaker 2: Right.

513
00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: So you're you're always there's always a position or two

514
00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:48,720
when you're in your draft that you just you're you're

515
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,799
going to be weak and you can't have a superstar

516
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,359
at every position. You're you're playing in eighteen league, so

517
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,480
you're playing a fifteen team league and you say, you know,

518
00:28:56,599 --> 00:28:59,240
I'm just gonna go light on middle endfield and hope

519
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,119
that I can find some body. First, waiver wire comes out,

520
00:29:02,839 --> 00:29:05,839
Bryan Rochio's got the job. I must get him. And also,

521
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,400
you're going to get twelve to fifteen home runs. He's

522
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,359
not going to be Jim batting average, going to get

523
00:29:10,359 --> 00:29:12,599
you some stolen bases. That's how you want to leave

524
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,319
because you loaded up everywhere else.

525
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I know in a couple of the leagues,

526
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,599
I'm contending one rings a bell. I went late on

527
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,200
middle infielder and grabbed Auto Lopez and I think the fourteenth,

528
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,400
fifteenth round. There you go, okay, yeah, yeah, it's the same,

529
00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:33,920
same difference. Yeah, and yeah, he's been he's been a godsend.

530
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,480
Unfortunately I paired him up with Glad Junior or Kyle Tucker.

531
00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:40,880
I can't remember which one, so one offsets the other.

532
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:45,319
But yeah, no, hey, if if you, if you, Hey,

533
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,039
you tossed arts, you hit the board. Good for you, congratulations.

534
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 1: Let's talk Kyle Tucker. You bring up a good name.

535
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,160
I don't know if we've talked about him before, but

536
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,200
I've been like looking at his stuff and the data

537
00:29:57,279 --> 00:29:59,759
does not look good on him. He is really First

538
00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:02,960
of all, he not fast, twenty percent not fast. At all.

539
00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:07,400
His average ex of velocity is just trending down and

540
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,400
this year Maxic's velocity of one oh seven. This is

541
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,599
Kyle Tucker. I mean it's he is not having I mean,

542
00:30:14,599 --> 00:30:17,319
obviously seven on runs. You're going, what the hell happened?

543
00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:19,200
But you look at the data and it's like, yeah,

544
00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:20,160
seven armed runs.

545
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's pretty fascinating. I took a look at

546
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,039
one of the leagues I'm in. It's an Earth League

547
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:33,599
and basically Earth eat Basically.

548
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,279
Speaker 1: You can you can bring in anybody on the in

549
00:30:35,319 --> 00:30:35,680
the world.

550
00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:40,599
Speaker 2: Uh no, it's it's one of a boat. I'm in

551
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,039
the Canadian version of it, but there are different areas

552
00:30:44,039 --> 00:30:49,000
geographically throughout the States and Canada as a whole where

553
00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:55,720
leagues are formed. Okay, fifteen team leagues, Okay, and uh

554
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,480
you're not only playing in your league, you're also playing

555
00:30:58,519 --> 00:31:00,799
for an overall Okay.

556
00:31:01,039 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: That's definitely an FBC type of the format.

557
00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:09,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, it got it. Okay, Yeah, I found interesting. Was

558
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,079
right now, I think I'm fifty second overall at one

559
00:31:12,119 --> 00:31:14,319
hundred and fifty teams. I'm in the fifth place in

560
00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:21,559
my league, but I am the number one team to

561
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:27,839
have drafted out of the fourteenth slot. No, really, yes,

562
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:32,519
in fifteen leagues, the best anybody can do is low

563
00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:35,799
fifties in the overall coming out of the fourteenth spot.

564
00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:38,880
And one of the reasons for it we're talking about

565
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:44,839
him right now is Kyle Tucker and Blad Junior. Yeah,

566
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:49,880
a lot of people headed in that direction, okay, towards

567
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:55,079
the back end of drafts, and I'm seeing the poor

568
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,519
overall results from that slot, you know, coming out of

569
00:31:59,559 --> 00:32:03,599
that league because we have that information. It's pretty fascinating

570
00:32:03,599 --> 00:32:06,160
when you start looking at some of that stuff. But yeah,

571
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,920
you know, Kyle Tucker felt to you in the twelfth fourteenth,

572
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,240
somewhere in that range. You were all over, Kyle Tucker,

573
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,680
and you got seven home runs, six stolen bases in

574
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,480
the two forty nine batting average, which is less than

575
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:19,519
Angel Martinez.

576
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: You got bumpus. Yeah. Yeah, I have to tell you, Tim,

577
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,640
that sounds a lot like a participation trophy. You're in.

578
00:32:28,039 --> 00:32:30,319
You're in fifth place, but you're in the first place

579
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,920
because you drafted fourteen. I don't know, man, I don't know.

580
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 2: Rich. I got nineteen nine point eight in every rational

581
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:46,319
rationalization course I ever took in a university. I fricking

582
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:46,960
ate them.

583
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,319
Speaker 1: Okay, wow, it sounds like Tim's corrying.

584
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 2: I didn't the college edumacation.

585
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,279
Speaker 1: But Tim, you you were the fish with the person

586
00:32:58,319 --> 00:33:00,279
with the last, the first thing that begins with tea.

587
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:01,480
You're the best.

588
00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:05,599
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm in first creaking place. And don't don't forget it.

589
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:11,599
Speaker 1: Okay, let's come back, let's take up, let's take a break.

590
00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:23,559
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, dug down. You'll laugh at here.

591
00:33:26,599 --> 00:33:30,119
Speaker 1: It's it's interesting. I just don't know if it's any good.

592
00:33:31,559 --> 00:33:38,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, congratulations Jim. Yeah it doesn't mean it, but yeah.

593
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, oh all right, let's see where let's let's see

594
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,440
if there's some other games. I got a couple of

595
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:49,160
questions for you. Oh my buddy caves jump kind of

596
00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:52,359
bounced back yesterday. Didn't win the game, but he looked.

597
00:33:53,039 --> 00:33:57,119
But the White Sox again beating up on the Athletics,

598
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,279
up eight to one. Who's pitching Shultz? Schultz? Hey, no walks,

599
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:03,920
that's the important part there for strikeouts. Ye walk?

600
00:34:05,119 --> 00:34:06,799
Speaker 2: Yeah again.

601
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: Look at my buddy Brandon Montgomery with a home run

602
00:34:11,039 --> 00:34:12,000
two for three.

603
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:17,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, big game, deal with a big game and and

604
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:18,320
and didn't.

605
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, that guy's been really good. That guy's

606
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:24,519
been really good.

607
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know, gang back you jumps for a second. Yeah,

608
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,920
on the road, yeah, at home. Nah, you know what

609
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,480
I mean. I think that's what we're going to be

610
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,320
based with their.

611
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: Rich I think it's I'm going to say, at the

612
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:44,079
game at the home home with half the league, I'm

613
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:47,119
gonna set him against anybody who's decent. But if he

614
00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,000
played the Royals, come in, I'm starting them.

615
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: Yeah.

616
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: I know, that's not that's not a revelation. That's like

617
00:34:53,079 --> 00:34:58,840
being the first place for the fourteenth spot obviously.

618
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, just the same, of course I did.

619
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:08,519
Speaker 1: Exactly, thank you very much, my arms, you're welcome myself

620
00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:10,239
at the back exactly.

621
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 2: Three. Surgery is coming up with my bread and be careful.

622
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,599
Speaker 1: I was after the after the the Futures game, I

623
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:23,719
flipped over and started watching the Oriole game with wri

624
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,840
and and I saw that, oh Vinnie pass Metinos and

625
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,679
I didn't get a chance went on my lineup. I'm like,

626
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:29,840
that's that's a bad.

627
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, give yourself a m shot.

628
00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: Yes, exactly, I'm good with that. Thomas starting to look

629
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:39,840
like a player again.

630
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, three for three today with an RBI. Yeah, and

631
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:55,000
Vinnie p actually got ahead. Yeah, yeah, what typically two

632
00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:58,320
for three three r B I I just a home

633
00:35:58,400 --> 00:35:59,199
run is fourth?

634
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,639
Speaker 1: I saw the it was dead center field.

635
00:36:01,679 --> 00:36:05,679
Speaker 2: It was no doubt or yeah, oh you hit it good?

636
00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: Oh yeah it was it was I don't know what

637
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,440
the I don't know what the data set. I think

638
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,480
they said maybe one oh eight. So that was a

639
00:36:12,559 --> 00:36:13,079
nice poke.

640
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,679
Speaker 2: So yeah, it seems like Tyler O'Neil's starting to play better,

641
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,519
but I can't put him in my waiver. Weare because

642
00:36:18,519 --> 00:36:20,880
I can't recommend him because he'll get hurt as soon

643
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,199
as I do. Does that make sense?

644
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: Yes? Yeah, it's been really good now hitting three, tave

645
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,159
As plays Alexander.

646
00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, he qualifies all everywhere replaced.

647
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, Zach McKinstry, who was done absolute. Yeah.

648
00:36:38,559 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: I was going to say, if you were hoping on

649
00:36:40,559 --> 00:36:45,760
and betting on a repeat for mcinstry, you love that. Yeah,

650
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,960
it's he's been terrible. Yeah, it's and he went reasonably

651
00:36:49,039 --> 00:36:51,519
early if I'm not mistake, and you know, I'm not

652
00:36:51,639 --> 00:36:55,239
talking first five rounds, but he he definitely wasn't an

653
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,679
afterthought heading into drafts this year. Is it? Is it?

654
00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: I know that Shane Boss throw one hundred and four pitches.

655
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,880
But I have seen more stat lines that show four

656
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,480
and two thirds innings for the starter. I mean, maybe

657
00:37:08,519 --> 00:37:13,679
I'm watching too many Freddy Peralta's box, but yeah, it's

658
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,320
it's like these guys can't get the five innings and

659
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,599
they get taken out and he's gonna win the game.

660
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 2: Well, and you look at Boss and he didn't walk anybody. Yeah,

661
00:37:24,559 --> 00:37:27,199
they must have. They must have worked him deep into counts.

662
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,360
He must have worked. He must have run one.

663
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,519
Speaker 1: Hundred and fourth pitch through four and two thirds, seven hits,

664
00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:34,880
nine strikeouts, and no walks.

665
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, if he were to walk two or three, he

666
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,000
probably would have gone in three and two thirds. I

667
00:37:43,559 --> 00:37:47,519
don't know. I agree with you though. The past week

668
00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:51,679
and a half two weeks seems like every every other game,

669
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,519
and I know that's an exaggeration, but you see four

670
00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:56,800
in the third, four and two thirds, four and two thirds,

671
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,960
four another, and in a lot of they're always pitch

672
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:06,239
by the way, Yes they are, and they have big leads. Okay,

673
00:38:06,599 --> 00:38:12,239
so you know, yeah, that's sort of sort of troubling

674
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:18,679
to me. I told today, they must have worked as

675
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,840
to full count steady all day.

676
00:38:21,519 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, you remember Jose Soriana. We talked about him revelation. Yeah,

677
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:29,880
he was a sub one Earra for a long time

678
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,400
up to three forty nine. He's climbing to him. He's

679
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,519
gonna get the four fifty by the end of the season.

680
00:38:35,639 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 2: Yes, I have no doubt I have. You know, when

681
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,440
we saw that early start, I think I said three

682
00:38:42,559 --> 00:38:46,000
fifty to four year a was my project projection. I

683
00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:49,480
might be low. I think you know he's at three Yeah,

684
00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:51,320
what's he at now? Three forty nine?

685
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:52,159
Speaker 1: Yeah?

686
00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 2: Another month of four four to five I think I

687
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,320
think you'll break the four mark. Yeah.

688
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, here's another one Dustin by four inspitched and he

689
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,519
is up two to one, and he does have a

690
00:39:02,599 --> 00:39:05,679
chance to win. Two hits, four walks. That was the problem.

691
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,159
How many pitches did he throw? Eighty four? I mean,

692
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,360
I guess they just didn't want to put him in.

693
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,559
That's tough man from a fantasy standpoint, that's the stuff

694
00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:16,440
that makes you scream at the computer.

695
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:22,280
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, did you catch the J's game yesterday? Through

696
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,039
the first two innings they had thrown I think it

697
00:39:26,119 --> 00:39:29,119
was one hundred and thirty and forty pitches. You Savage

698
00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:33,639
walk seven Buehler walked for There was eleven walks I

699
00:39:33,679 --> 00:39:38,119
think in the first two innings yesterday. Wow, we're just insane.

700
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:39,119
I couldn't believe that.

701
00:39:40,559 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: I went to I think it was three years ago

702
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,440
I wrote about this. I went to a game in

703
00:39:45,559 --> 00:39:48,599
Myrtle Beach, which is where I lived, about an hour

704
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,480
north of that, and there were twenty four walks and

705
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:58,360
a nine inning game, and about about the fifth inning,

706
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,159
I just couldn't watch it anymore. I just left.

707
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,519
Speaker 2: I just like I can't.

708
00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:06,159
Speaker 1: It was unbelievable. When there's that many walks, it's just

709
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,559
it's painful to watch.

710
00:40:08,519 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, I I would have said, if you watch it

711
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:15,079
till the bitterer and you you're that would have been insane.

712
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:16,840
I just would have got up and laughed.

713
00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 1: I was on my phone, I was, I was, you know,

714
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,039
looking at anything else with the baseball game.

715
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:23,760
Speaker 2: It was so bad.

716
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,519
Speaker 1: I mean, it was amazing. When when that many people

717
00:40:26,599 --> 00:40:29,199
get walked, it's unwatchable, unwatchable basis.

718
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally agree, totally got I got.

719
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,280
Speaker 1: A couple of questions for you, going to get to

720
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,360
my notes? Where are my notes? Tim? You keep asking

721
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,239
did I see this game? Did I see that game?

722
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,480
I've been I've been writing, Timmy for the last now

723
00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:46,960
two and a half. Yeah, but I'm finally done tomorrow.

724
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,559
Tonight I wrap up the prospects of the week and

725
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,400
just my notes from tomorrow. Then I'm taking two days off,

726
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,800
so our Patreon members don't expect anything from me on Wednesday.

727
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:57,920
Not happening.

728
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 2: I'll give you the closure report on Wednesday, so you'll

729
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,199
have some content.

730
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: Just just that. I thank you. That'll be great. I

731
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,719
just need I need a break, Timmy. I I I

732
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,039
get to the point of not caring anymore. It's just

733
00:41:16,159 --> 00:41:17,519
like you watch these.

734
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,320
Speaker 2: Players, it's like, oh, break, break, break, and this.

735
00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:25,760
Speaker 1: This all star break is coming at the perfect time

736
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,320
because what's going to happen is all the trades are

737
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,239
going to pick up here in the last two weeks

738
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,119
of July, and that's gonna be fun and exciting, but

739
00:41:33,159 --> 00:41:34,920
it's gonna be a lot of work. And I just

740
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,119
feel like I really need to take a mental break.

741
00:41:37,679 --> 00:41:41,599
So tired of looking at pigsball, just sick of it.

742
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 2: It's again.

743
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, so let's get some questions kind of Griffin.

744
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:53,400
I know you're you got Jacob Gonzales as one of

745
00:41:53,519 --> 00:41:56,320
your one of your pickups, but kind of Griffin goes

746
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,480
out with a torn tent and his ring finger, which

747
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,559
when I, oh the trade go down, I thought, well

748
00:42:01,559 --> 00:42:06,679
that's really interesting. Boy. My first thought was this happened

749
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,559
yesterday morning when Jacob Gonzales got moved from the White Sox.

750
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,760
The Pirates have gone. That means they're going to take

751
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,760
Rock Cholowski because that definitely gives them a lot of

752
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,320
capacity in the middle infield. Like, why the heck are

753
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,840
the Pirates picking this guy up? Is he just going

754
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,639
to be depth in the infield? And that's when I

755
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,719
realized the real bummer news is that kind of Griffin

756
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,679
is out pretty much the rest of the regular season.

757
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:38,119
Speaker 2: Yeah. The number of what I'm seeing, I'm seeing ten

758
00:42:38,199 --> 00:42:40,800
to twelve weeks. Well, you just do the math, and

759
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:46,119
that's the middle of August, middle of September. Yeah, yeah,

760
00:42:46,199 --> 00:42:46,760
get it back.

761
00:42:46,679 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 1: The last week of the season and hopefully the Pirates

762
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,599
are still in it and he can help in the playoffs.

763
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:56,920
But so so then they get Jacob Gonzales he didn't

764
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,800
play yesterday, and Isert the other guy that they got

765
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,559
with pitch yesterday? Because I watched part of me to

766
00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:06,599
get this torch and Jacob Gonzales didn't start to day,

767
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,199
and he came in as a you know, came in

768
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:13,440
off the bench for first base, so they didn't even

769
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,400
play him at shortstop. So does everybody have it wrong

770
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,119
that Jacob Gonzalez is not going to be the guy

771
00:43:20,199 --> 00:43:23,480
that's going to be filling in for shortstop for Connor Griffin.

772
00:43:24,639 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 2: Well, my question would be, if we've got it wrong,

773
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,079
do we want to have Criolo?

774
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:35,760
Speaker 1: I don't think no. So yeah.

775
00:43:36,159 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 2: My train of thought is, I, you know, Jacob Gonzalez

776
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,440
came up to the White Sox after hitting a Brazilian

777
00:43:44,519 --> 00:43:49,440
home runs in Charlotte, Okay, expectations were incredibly high, but

778
00:43:50,079 --> 00:43:53,400
I wasn't. I was disappointed to some extent, but he

779
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:54,559
didn't embarrass himself.

780
00:43:55,159 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's a good way to put it. Yeah,

781
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,960
So I I.

782
00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:05,639
Speaker 2: Still think that Jacob Gonzalez will get playing time at shortstop.

783
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,800
I haven't seen any what's the other choice. I just

784
00:44:11,199 --> 00:44:13,800
don't think they can go with Triola every day? Is

785
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,159
there every day shortstop? So despite the fact that he

786
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,480
hasn't got much in in the first couple couple of

787
00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:24,000
games since the trade, I'm gonna leave that for now

788
00:44:24,039 --> 00:44:26,840
and see what happens after the break. I'm going to

789
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,199
pick him up in deeper leagues.

790
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 1: I think that's smart. I wrote up the trade on

791
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,519
if you got a chance to see that, but I

792
00:44:33,639 --> 00:44:37,639
did a little snark, very subtle. Smart is said it

793
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,440
was a fascinating trade because the White Sox appear I've

794
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,239
seen enough from Gonzales just after ninety six big league

795
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:47,079
plate appearance. They surely knew the eighteen home runs he

796
00:44:47,159 --> 00:44:51,440
hitted Charlotte weren't real. Yeah, that was smart to me.

797
00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:55,960
They did realize this, right. It's like, right, you're a

798
00:44:56,079 --> 00:44:57,239
major league baseball team.

799
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,079
Speaker 2: You realize that it's not the hockey. So I would

800
00:45:01,119 --> 00:45:02,559
say that's a fair assessment.

801
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, I mean there's it's a smart organization too.

802
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,320
I mean I've talked to a lot of those guys.

803
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,800
I feel pretty confident they knew. But it's like, I mean,

804
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,400
they gave him up for basically the thirty fourth pick

805
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,280
in the draft, and that's essentially what it was, and

806
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,679
they gave up a guy that's a major league reliever

807
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,920
as well. It was it felt like they dumped them, Tim,

808
00:45:23,039 --> 00:45:23,960
That's what it felt like the me.

809
00:45:25,079 --> 00:45:29,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. Likewise, I think I think the Pirates did very

810
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:30,239
well with that trade.

811
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:31,199
Speaker 1: Yeah.

812
00:45:31,559 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're taking a chance on the upside from a

813
00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:37,679
twenty four year old who proved I think that he

814
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,320
belongs at the big league level. I'm not saying he's

815
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,159
going to be a star, but at the same point

816
00:45:44,199 --> 00:45:47,920
in time, wood risk, what would would risk is there

817
00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:52,559
in the thirty thirty four slot? None? You know what

818
00:45:52,599 --> 00:45:55,599
I mean, It's it's all upside for the Pirates.

819
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,159
Speaker 1: On that deal, particularly Gonzales was the tenth pick. I

820
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,679
think so they. I mean, it doesn't sound like a

821
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,559
very good trait to me. Look, Gonzales is not a

822
00:46:03,639 --> 00:46:06,320
power hitter, but he is hitting the ball harder this season.

823
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,000
He is putting a little bit more leverage in the

824
00:46:09,039 --> 00:46:11,840
swing him and there's fifteen ish type of home runs,

825
00:46:12,199 --> 00:46:14,239
a guy that can hit, a guy that can really

826
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,920
play defense at shortstop. Second, you put him into wherever

827
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,199
you want, it's a pretty valuable player.

828
00:46:21,639 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I think so. Like I said, it's all

829
00:46:26,039 --> 00:46:29,119
upside for the virus, all upside.

830
00:46:29,199 --> 00:46:31,079
Speaker 1: And you got him as a fantasy player, you can

831
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,159
put him in a lot of different spots. I think

832
00:46:33,199 --> 00:46:36,039
it's a pickup, but I totally support your position there.

833
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,000
My second comment was, Lad hit is hit home run

834
00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:42,079
number six. Now he isn't playing in the All Star Break,

835
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,679
All Star Break, the All Star Game because of his

836
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:48,320
back problem. Hopefully, Timmy, a few days off will be

837
00:46:48,519 --> 00:46:50,559
the trick here and you can get back to being Vlad.

838
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. My initial response was going to be, but I'd

839
00:46:54,480 --> 00:47:00,239
hit a home run number six? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah.

840
00:47:01,199 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's an injury situation. I

841
00:47:04,039 --> 00:47:06,639
think he's going to bounce back next season, and if

842
00:47:06,679 --> 00:47:08,960
he drops too late to the second round, I'm going

843
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:16,719
to be all over it. Uh. I think you're done?

844
00:47:17,119 --> 00:47:22,679
Speaker 2: What a white But I've said yea too many times

845
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:27,199
this year already. I'm yeah, there might be done. Yeah,

846
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:31,920
I don't know. I just hope that the back problem

847
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,639
isn't the result of a front problem being.

848
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 1: Too large, and that's always been my concern, as you know.

849
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 2: Likewise he is I saw.

850
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,599
Speaker 1: I don't think I did I share this with you.

851
00:47:43,639 --> 00:47:46,840
I was in Las Vegas maybe six years ago, and

852
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:50,199
I was at one of those buffets, right okay, and

853
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,239
I was having like it. I said, where do you

854
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,599
go for breakfast? And they go, well, you have complimentary

855
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,760
to the breakfast buffet. I go oh great. I went

856
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,719
to it was Timmy. It was unbelove thievable how much

857
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:04,559
food was there. And I got I got like normal stuff.

858
00:48:04,599 --> 00:48:09,039
I got a muffin and oatmeal. Right, and Glad Junior

859
00:48:09,159 --> 00:48:11,840
came in with his entourage staying at the same hotel.

860
00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:16,559
Did me had filled up a plate. But I've never

861
00:48:16,679 --> 00:48:19,559
seen as high as any he played that fir seen.

862
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,400
It was stacked with food.

863
00:48:21,559 --> 00:48:22,039
Speaker 2: Man, it was.

864
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,599
Speaker 1: It was sausage on top of bank and on top

865
00:48:24,639 --> 00:48:25,119
of pit.

866
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,519
Speaker 2: On top of everything. It looked like one massive, one

867
00:48:28,599 --> 00:48:29,400
massive omelet.

868
00:48:29,519 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 1: Eh wow with my oatmeal going wow, I'm not eating

869
00:48:36,039 --> 00:48:38,360
enough here. But that always kind of stuck. When he

870
00:48:38,519 --> 00:48:40,960
was young too, I think he might have been he

871
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:43,360
just played in the Major League, so it was it

872
00:48:43,519 --> 00:48:46,480
was a very young Edwin Diaz. Tommy went on the

873
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:49,480
rehab on Saturday. I'm guessing he's back after the All Star.

874
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:54,320
Speaker 2: Break, That's what I'm hearing. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. Hey,

875
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,760
I think he slides, you know, right back into the

876
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,599
ninth inning role. But first week, week and a half

877
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:05,519
or so, they might they might ease him in slowly

878
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:08,239
because they don't have to ease him in quickly, right,

879
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:12,679
so that, Yeah, I know they'll there'll be egos at

880
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:14,880
play here, but Tanner Scott's had a good first half.

881
00:49:16,519 --> 00:49:18,199
They can survive with Tanner Scott.

882
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:19,400
Speaker 1: You know.

883
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,559
Speaker 2: Like I said, egos will definitely be involved. But I

884
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:26,280
just don't know if they'll say, Okay, the first time

885
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,239
there's a save opportunity, they'll give him the ball. I

886
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:30,000
think it might take a week week and a half

887
00:49:30,119 --> 00:49:33,440
after he's back, just ease him in slowly, assuming that

888
00:49:34,119 --> 00:49:37,760
all the egos can handle said process.

889
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:43,039
Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, I mean I yeah, he's definitely once he's activate.

890
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,599
Speaker 2: You got to get him in there, right, Yeah, you

891
00:49:44,679 --> 00:49:47,079
got to get him in there. Yeah, definitely. I think

892
00:49:47,199 --> 00:49:50,280
there could be there could be upwards of fifteen saves

893
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:54,199
in the second half of VIAZ that that'll make a difference.

894
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: So I watched the festivities of the of the draft yesterday,

895
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,360
was writing my notes as the picts are being made,

896
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,039
and then about I guess two thirty three o'clock first

897
00:50:05,159 --> 00:50:07,639
round was over, and I said, well, let me watch

898
00:50:07,639 --> 00:50:10,000
the first ten rounds were over, and then I switched

899
00:50:10,039 --> 00:50:12,119
over and watched a little bit on MLB Network and

900
00:50:12,159 --> 00:50:14,400
then decided, okay, I want to watch a baseball because

901
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,320
I turned on the Pirates rule on the part of

902
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:21,760
a double pitter and I saw Ezra Valdez hit a bomb.

903
00:50:22,559 --> 00:50:24,880
I'm like, wow, that's great, good, this is good for him.

904
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,199
And then they announced that was his ten home run

905
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,599
of the season. I'm like, yeah, I mean, did I

906
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,280
literally fall asleep because he just got up? And again,

907
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,679
I haven't been watching baseball the last weekend at the

908
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,599
least Major League baseball. Oh my word, to me, he's

909
00:50:40,639 --> 00:50:43,239
had ten home runs in one hundred plate appearances.

910
00:50:45,199 --> 00:50:51,039
Speaker 2: Yeah. And if you yesterday he hit three two in

911
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:55,239
the first game, yeah, one and the other one. If

912
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,800
you go back and you look at his numbers, okay,

913
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:05,280
the fourteen in the past two weeks, six homers, eighteen

914
00:51:05,519 --> 00:51:10,960
RBIs and at twelve seventy seven obs. If you go

915
00:51:11,079 --> 00:51:13,599
back three weeks is obs is thirteen twenty. He's got

916
00:51:13,679 --> 00:51:16,039
eight home runs twenty one RBIs in the past three

917
00:51:16,079 --> 00:51:21,360
weeks in sixty three at bats. That's insane.

918
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:26,320
Speaker 1: This is just the body all the time till we

919
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,360
see young kids come up, and it reminds me of

920
00:51:28,519 --> 00:51:33,079
Gary Sanchez. When was it twenty sixteen or something, when

921
00:51:33,119 --> 00:51:35,159
he came up his first year with the Yankees. I'm

922
00:51:35,199 --> 00:51:38,960
trying to bring up his Yeah, he came up. Yeah,

923
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,679
twenty sixteen, he hit twenty home runs and two hundred

924
00:51:42,679 --> 00:51:46,159
and twenty nine plate appearances. So it's the same kind

925
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:50,320
of thing that ezral and Valdez is doing. And he's

926
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:53,199
going to get figured out. But I mean, you recommend

927
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,800
him your waiver. War I talked about people picking them up.

928
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,679
It's been a great pickup for people.

929
00:51:59,559 --> 00:52:05,039
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you've got yourself just in the past two weeks. Yeah,

930
00:52:06,159 --> 00:52:10,920
six home runs, eighteen RBIs Yeah. For some that's just

931
00:52:11,079 --> 00:52:14,159
not a bad three months the gap and you've you know,

932
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:15,920
a three month total and you've got it all in

933
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,960
two weeks. Yeah. And you know, the kid is only

934
00:52:20,039 --> 00:52:24,800
twenty two years old. It's not like there isn't future

935
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:29,039
potential sitting here. It's just not just a hot streak.

936
00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:31,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he's not. He does this in the Fall

937
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:33,800
League where he won the MVP of the Fall League

938
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,719
a couple of years ago, and yeah, cooled off when

939
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:39,320
he got back into you know, traditional minor league. Bas

940
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,519
he's a good player. He's not a four run guy though,

941
00:52:42,599 --> 00:52:44,519
I mean, he's more of a twenty twenty five. It's

942
00:52:44,519 --> 00:52:45,159
a good player, though.

943
00:52:46,159 --> 00:52:48,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you look at what he did it in

944
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:53,400
the minors this year or or last year, thirteen home

945
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:57,159
runs the year before in twenty twenty five he had

946
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:00,599
twenty seven plus another eight in the fall or six

947
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:02,719
or eight in the ball he hit thirty plus there.

948
00:53:03,079 --> 00:53:05,840
I think I think he's got potential to be a

949
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:13,280
thirty home run hundred RBI mediocre OBP batting average type player,

950
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:17,000
which in our game, I'll take twenty five to thirty

951
00:53:17,039 --> 00:53:20,199
home runs ninety RBIs I'll be very happy.

952
00:53:20,199 --> 00:53:22,760
Speaker 1: I'm struggling going with thirty, but I can go twenty

953
00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:25,599
to twenty five. I can't go thirty. But I mean, look,

954
00:53:25,639 --> 00:53:27,519
he's going to get stronger as he gets older, and

955
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:30,679
you're right, right, age and so forth. But I don't

956
00:53:30,679 --> 00:53:33,400
think this is the next I don't know, Kyle Schwarber

957
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,920
or someone like that. This is not it's not that

958
00:53:36,199 --> 00:53:37,000
kind of power.

959
00:53:38,519 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 2: No, No, he's on a terror enjoy every minute of it.

960
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,840
But at the end of the day, he's not going

961
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,559
to be a fifty home run bad yeah, for sure.

962
00:53:48,679 --> 00:53:52,199
Speaker 1: And the last one is Kyle Harrison, after getting touched

963
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:55,280
up the last couple of games, goes out with a

964
00:53:55,400 --> 00:54:00,119
forearm straight. So thoughts on that, thoughts on whom I

965
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:01,119
get his starts?

966
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:10,320
Speaker 2: Uh? When I look at that situation, it's it's nice

967
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:13,199
to see Logan Henderson back. Milwaukee's got to be happy

968
00:54:13,199 --> 00:54:17,320
about that. Okay, and he pitched okay this week and

969
00:54:17,519 --> 00:54:25,119
his outing. But your options Robert Gasser, I think that's

970
00:54:25,159 --> 00:54:29,280
who they're going to go to initially, Oh yeah, did

971
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:33,880
he ever? But you know, Brandon Woodrow's going to be

972
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:38,880
out for a while. Quinn Priester, he's coming back off

973
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:44,360
of the Rasac outlet, and I think the rehab is

974
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,400
not going well. I think they it's a stop. It

975
00:54:47,559 --> 00:54:49,960
was a start stop and they're back to start again.

976
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:50,840
Speaker 1: Uh.

977
00:54:51,599 --> 00:54:54,719
Speaker 2: You know when you look to the to the minors,

978
00:54:55,480 --> 00:55:01,880
you know, do they yeah, you call me clous Yeah, yeah.

979
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:05,280
There's not much sitting there. Could they move up one

980
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:10,360
of their one of their kids. I I don't know.

981
00:55:10,519 --> 00:55:12,880
I I think there's I think there's a possibility the

982
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:16,199
Brewers might look, might look for a picture because I

983
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,119
don't think they've got.

984
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:21,559
Speaker 1: They've got huge depth of trade from too. So this

985
00:55:21,639 --> 00:55:25,079
seems like the what did they bring back Freddy Peralta.

986
00:55:26,559 --> 00:55:29,639
Speaker 2: Oh that'd be a got to move be be a

987
00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:32,960
fan favorite. I think I think I think five inning

988
00:55:33,039 --> 00:55:34,840
Freddie was like the Milwaukee.

989
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:40,039
Speaker 1: Uh Freddy and Milwaukee though this is a new one.

990
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:42,880
This is this is Mets induced.

991
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:50,559
Speaker 2: Mets. It's the yeah, exactly, no, it's hey, they they

992
00:55:50,639 --> 00:55:54,840
got the chips, they move a player like Laura. I

993
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,519
don't think they know Laura's too good, but they got

994
00:55:57,559 --> 00:56:01,000
players they can move, and they got lots of So

995
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:02,920
I think.

996
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,760
Speaker 1: Laura is probably a fourth outfielder. I think he's up

997
00:56:06,119 --> 00:56:09,079
but I think that yeah, he's upright, very very valuable.

998
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,840
He's cheap. He's cheap for the next six years.

999
00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:14,440
Speaker 2: I mean they got him on it was it thirty

1000
00:56:14,519 --> 00:56:18,400
one million, fifty to fifty million max type contract. That's

1001
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:21,800
enticing to the right team. You would think, yeah, that's.

1002
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 1: Enticing for the Brewers to keep him as well, because

1003
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,559
let's say he has a fourth outfielder and you've got

1004
00:56:26,639 --> 00:56:29,280
him for four or five six million dollars a year.

1005
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,840
That's I mean, that's great. I mean that's what a

1006
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:32,800
fourth outfielder is.

1007
00:56:34,079 --> 00:56:37,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately a heel, but do is hurt because I

1008
00:56:37,199 --> 00:56:38,880
would have been a good chip they could have moved

1009
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:43,599
for like say schooble, Wow.

1010
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:45,639
Speaker 1: Give me a rep. Shuttle that to mean, let's take

1011
00:56:45,639 --> 00:56:48,480
a break and come back to waiver wire. Well, my

1012
00:56:48,599 --> 00:57:04,840
buddy killed the do oh Man since his return, but

1013
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:07,480
he's not been Tarrek scoobable. Good.

1014
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,599
Speaker 2: No, have you got have you got a second? Rich?

1015
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 1: You mean a pause it? Yeah?

1016
00:57:13,039 --> 00:57:14,199
Speaker 2: Could you pause for a second?

1017
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: Let me do that to me? Told me my voice

1018
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,519
sounded terrible, so have we ad just at my microphone

1019
00:57:19,559 --> 00:57:21,880
hopefully it sounds better to Yes.

1020
00:57:22,119 --> 00:57:23,800
Speaker 2: No, I just got a little bit tending, a little

1021
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:26,559
bit quick, and I was all over b do. I

1022
00:57:26,639 --> 00:57:28,119
thought he was going to be a star player and

1023
00:57:28,199 --> 00:57:29,280
it just never worked out.

1024
00:57:29,519 --> 00:57:35,000
Speaker 1: So yeah, right there with you man. Yea, let's go

1025
00:57:35,079 --> 00:57:39,079
to your waiver wire. Jacob Gonzales first pace, second base,

1026
00:57:39,199 --> 00:57:43,719
probably shorts up eligible soon if he does get that role. Yes,

1027
00:57:44,519 --> 00:57:46,840
you got any more to say about mister Gonzales.

1028
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:52,239
Speaker 2: No, I I think we've we've said pretty well everything

1029
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,199
they needs saying. It was. I just think the parts

1030
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:57,679
it was a smart move. I think on their behalf,

1031
00:57:58,199 --> 00:58:00,440
I agree with going out and getting somebody that I'm

1032
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:04,599
the chief. The timing was perfect and the worst it's

1033
00:58:04,599 --> 00:58:06,639
going to happen there is. Things don't work out and

1034
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:12,000
unless that thirty fourth pick becomes a superstar, which odds

1035
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:15,360
are long. Uh yeah, it's a fine move by the pars.

1036
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:16,320
I got to give him credit.

1037
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:20,440
Speaker 1: Zero percent means not a chance in how one percent

1038
00:58:20,559 --> 00:58:23,840
says he's going to be there. Rock Chilowski makes his

1039
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:27,199
major league debut in twenty twenty six.

1040
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:33,960
Speaker 2: I'll go with eighty percent, and he will this year.

1041
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,599
Oh not, Oh sure, I don't think in twenty seven.

1042
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:45,800
Now six Now, I will go with five percent.

1043
00:58:46,159 --> 00:58:49,360
Speaker 1: Five percent. Okay, Yeah, it's probably about right. I think

1044
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,599
there's this He's pretty ready. So it'll be interesting to

1045
00:58:52,719 --> 00:58:55,440
see what they do. The white sucks are in it.

1046
00:58:58,119 --> 00:59:04,519
Speaker 2: Yes, they move, They most certainly are. I every time

1047
00:59:04,639 --> 00:59:09,280
I don't know whether to laugh or say wow. When

1048
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,320
every time I look at the standings and they're still

1049
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:15,440
up top, it's you know what I mean, it's, let's

1050
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:17,800
face it. My prediction going back to the beginning of

1051
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:22,360
the year was the consummate long shot prediction. Okay, and

1052
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:26,199
everything had to work out just perfect, but so far

1053
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:26,679
it has.

1054
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:30,920
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it was your best call in sixteen years.

1055
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:34,679
It was a joke and it just turned out like

1056
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:35,119
wait a.

1057
00:59:35,119 --> 00:59:40,480
Speaker 2: Minute, this is actually happening, right, Yeah, yeah, it was,

1058
00:59:41,079 --> 00:59:46,840
like I said, the consummate long shot pick. It's working out,

1059
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,639
like I said, it's it's crazy. And you know what,

1060
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:55,119
I'm gonna opt that to twenty percent. With everything crazy

1061
00:59:55,199 --> 00:59:57,559
that's happened, and with the White Sox this year, I

1062
00:59:57,679 --> 00:59:59,719
got to give them more than five percent of roach.

1063
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,639
Speaker 1: I mean, if if he let's say he signs this week,

1064
01:00:04,159 --> 01:00:06,239
this coming week, and then he's out by the end

1065
01:00:06,239 --> 01:00:08,199
of the end of the week, playing which he should be.

1066
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,239
And let's say he gets off the snide, great, they

1067
01:00:11,239 --> 01:00:13,119
start him in High A, he's playing well, they move

1068
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:15,480
on to Double A, you know, by the end of

1069
01:00:15,599 --> 01:00:19,119
July and he's still hitting. I mean, why did why

1070
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:24,119
bring in, uh, you know, a journeyman infielder to you know,

1071
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:27,199
kind of back up everything. When you've got potentially this

1072
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,760
guy that's got all the upside in the world, and

1073
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,239
you give him a little exposure to the major leagues,

1074
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,559
you bring Loves a September call up, maybe plays in

1075
01:00:36,599 --> 01:00:38,239
the you know, in the in the playoffs.

1076
01:00:39,119 --> 01:00:43,679
Speaker 2: I don't know, can they can they sign can they

1077
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,920
sign him to a long term deal right away?

1078
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:50,480
Speaker 1: I do not believe that is allowed. So let's back

1079
01:00:50,559 --> 01:00:52,960
that up. So they used to that used to not

1080
01:00:53,119 --> 01:00:56,039
be allowed when they sign the player as soon as

1081
01:00:56,159 --> 01:01:00,559
they were drafted. I think I'm not I think they can.

1082
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,800
I think, you know, you give them the sign so

1083
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:05,840
that they used to do it back in the Garrett

1084
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:09,559
Cole days, where you know, they would sign you for

1085
01:01:09,719 --> 01:01:12,000
four years and that was your deal coming out of

1086
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:14,599
the draft. Now they give you the bonus, so Rock

1087
01:01:14,679 --> 01:01:16,920
Chelassie is going to get nine ten million dollars in

1088
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,920
the bonus. I then think they can sign them to,

1089
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:25,199
you know, of one hundred million dollar seven year deal extension.

1090
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:28,480
I don't think there's any any problem with doing that.

1091
01:01:28,639 --> 01:01:32,679
They still have to give you the bonus though, what

1092
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,480
you earned in the draft, that you earned in the draft,

1093
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:37,000
right right?

1094
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 2: Yeah? So what happens if they say, if they sign

1095
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:43,440
them to a big extension two weeks from now, yeah, yeah,

1096
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:44,239
I would.

1097
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,039
Speaker 1: You can play monkey business with that because you could say,

1098
01:01:47,079 --> 01:01:49,519
well I would, I would have signed you to a

1099
01:01:50,199 --> 01:01:52,039
ten million dollar deal, but since I'm having to give

1100
01:01:52,039 --> 01:01:53,840
you a ten million dollar bonus, it's just going to

1101
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:55,599
be one hundred million dollar year. And it's the same.

1102
01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:56,960
The numbers are the same.

1103
01:01:57,599 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 2: But yeah, I was going to say, you get to

1104
01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:01,119
the end of the world, the numbers are the same,

1105
01:02:01,199 --> 01:02:04,719
how you get there? Well, yeah, whatever.

1106
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:08,960
Speaker 1: I think he's represented by c I think he's represented

1107
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:12,119
by c AA, so he's gonna sign quickly. And they

1108
01:02:12,159 --> 01:02:15,000
have a tendency they don't mind doing long term deals.

1109
01:02:15,039 --> 01:02:17,480
It's bars who doesn't like to do long term deals.

1110
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:21,360
By the way, one of my uh, one of my

1111
01:02:21,559 --> 01:02:24,280
agents I worked for, got a first round pick, so

1112
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:25,360
I was very excited.

1113
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:28,119
Speaker 2: Actually actually I actually.

1114
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:31,119
Speaker 1: Uh, I actually went and saw this guy and wrote

1115
01:02:31,199 --> 01:02:33,159
up notes and so forth, so he was able to

1116
01:02:33,199 --> 01:02:35,039
sign them based on my notes a couple of years ago.

1117
01:02:35,599 --> 01:02:39,280
We're not signing representative or advise him and another guy

1118
01:02:39,519 --> 01:02:41,840
you're gonna like this. I can't say stuff as it's

1119
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:48,039
going on, but I was asked three months ago to

1120
01:02:48,159 --> 01:02:53,880
go to Rutgers to watch remember that for a weekend,

1121
01:02:54,119 --> 01:02:59,960
to watch Barry Bond's nephew who looks like he could

1122
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:04,400
he could wrestle alligator alligators. This guy is gigantic and

1123
01:03:05,639 --> 01:03:08,400
he got signed in the tenth round by the Giants.

1124
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:10,400
Giants picked him up and I don't know if he's

1125
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,760
going to hit enough, but you should see this guy, Timmy.

1126
01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:16,639
It's just the enormous man with I mean muscle and

1127
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:20,039
top muscles. But yeah, I gotta I got a text

1128
01:03:20,079 --> 01:03:23,199
from the guy saying, hey, we we he was we said,

1129
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:27,039
who was weak? Yeah?

1130
01:03:27,480 --> 01:03:31,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, I know exactly.

1131
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:36,639
Speaker 1: That was pretty okay. That's Jacob Gonzales Bart to Hernandez

1132
01:03:36,639 --> 01:03:38,960
if I could start on this one. I write up

1133
01:03:39,119 --> 01:03:44,119
my draft targets, and Hernandez kept coming up as a

1134
01:03:44,239 --> 01:03:46,480
guy that the data looked really good on, and I

1135
01:03:47,199 --> 01:03:50,800
was just a very small comment in my draft notes like, look,

1136
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:52,800
I I don't know if I believe this or not,

1137
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,880
but his data looks really strong. He hits the ball

1138
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:58,679
harder than you think, there's some leverage, he's got good speed.

1139
01:03:59,239 --> 01:04:00,760
And then all of a sudden it see him in

1140
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,199
your notes was actually kind of like, eh, and that

1141
01:04:04,719 --> 01:04:05,320
tracks for me.

1142
01:04:06,199 --> 01:04:08,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, well, you know, he's had a good season

1143
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:12,599
so far. He's up to thirteen home runs. Okay, oh,

1144
01:04:12,679 --> 01:04:14,440
in case he's going to miss two to four weeks

1145
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:20,119
with the calf strain. Apparently his calf calfed, so Hernandez

1146
01:04:20,599 --> 01:04:24,559
up to thirteen already. He doesn't have to worry, you know,

1147
01:04:24,719 --> 01:04:27,840
the playing time issues shouldn't be a concern moving forward.

1148
01:04:28,559 --> 01:04:33,159
I started like Hernandez as a sneaky power pick with

1149
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,800
the thirteen. He's already gotten. He's only rostered to the

1150
01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:40,480
tune of twelve percent. So yeah, take a look in

1151
01:04:40,599 --> 01:04:43,559
your leagues and if he's out there, they had him

1152
01:04:43,599 --> 01:04:49,960
hitting in the two hol today, I believe. Yeah, and

1153
01:04:50,119 --> 01:04:54,760
that's not a bad bad player for somebody who everybody

1154
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:58,199
has ignored basically for the first three months of the season.

1155
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I when I get what, I recommended him or

1156
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,000
put him on my lse and recommend it. But it

1157
01:05:03,199 --> 01:05:04,760
was one of those like I don't know if this

1158
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,280
is real, but look at this and then that's that's

1159
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:10,239
But it's turned out to be true. So, by the way,

1160
01:05:10,239 --> 01:05:14,960
what does calf calf? What's calf calf? Me? That was

1161
01:05:15,039 --> 01:05:15,599
over my head.

1162
01:05:16,599 --> 01:05:24,880
Speaker 2: His calf has calved, it's it's packed in. Yeah, it's

1163
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:31,320
an old expression I used. Yeah, the guy calved. Okay, yeah, yeah.

1164
01:05:31,519 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 1: Maybe what does Maybe I don't know the definition of

1165
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:36,000
the verb of calf.

1166
01:05:37,239 --> 01:05:43,920
Speaker 2: Yeah I did. Yeah, there's it's not good. Okay, when

1167
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:46,360
you're when your car calfs, you're calling a toad ruck.

1168
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:49,039
Speaker 1: Okay, how do you spell that is it calf as

1169
01:05:49,079 --> 01:05:52,840
an c A L effort c A l V. How

1170
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:53,840
do you spell calft?

1171
01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:59,880
Speaker 2: I would pick the wrong one. I I let's see,

1172
01:06:00,079 --> 01:06:03,000
let's see how you're No, that's right. I didn't put it,

1173
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:04,400
did I put it in there?

1174
01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:09,559
Speaker 1: Agriculture and zoology refers to cow, whale, or similar large animals.

1175
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:16,199
Past sense of the verb calve and glaciology refers to glaciers.

1176
01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:21,199
The glacier capped a massive iceberg into the ocean. Okay,

1177
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:24,400
breaking or detach of a smaller piece of ice.

1178
01:06:26,199 --> 01:06:26,400
Speaker 2: Huh?

1179
01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:27,679
Speaker 1: Is that the reference?

1180
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:33,880
Speaker 2: H Maybe I'm using a Canadian Canadian terminology here.

1181
01:06:34,719 --> 01:06:38,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot. There's a lot of English teachers

1182
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:39,199
that listened to our.

1183
01:06:39,199 --> 01:06:44,320
Speaker 2: Podcast just that fire, Yeah, just to like, you know,

1184
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:47,400
I didn't take any after grade ten. My feeling and

1185
01:06:47,559 --> 01:06:50,000
proper pronunciation was not good.

1186
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on Derek Hill. You brought him

1187
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:57,880
up earlier. I came up as a as a Detroit Tiger,

1188
01:06:57,960 --> 01:06:58,920
I believe years ago.

1189
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:02,360
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and all of a sudden, the Phillies need

1190
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:06,519
an outfielder and as a platoon bat. You know, we

1191
01:07:06,599 --> 01:07:10,320
have seven home runs stolen basic still three in one game.

1192
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,800
I think it was last night of the night before. Uh,

1193
01:07:14,199 --> 01:07:17,320
just an FYI. If you're looking for an outfielder, even

1194
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:21,840
in a platoon situation, Hill's playing pretty decently, A small

1195
01:07:21,920 --> 01:07:26,559
bid might get you a replacement type outfielder and tied

1196
01:07:26,639 --> 01:07:27,039
the storm.

1197
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:33,039
Speaker 1: This one's very exciting. Next with Jackson, Joe, Yeah, I

1198
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:35,280
look at his day one hundred point two, as you

1199
01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:39,360
write in here. He look he didn't throw many many

1200
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:42,000
pitches because he didn't have to. At least he was

1201
01:07:42,039 --> 01:07:45,079
throwing hard. So he started his rehab. So if he's

1202
01:07:45,119 --> 01:07:46,920
going to come back and that, I guess he could

1203
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,199
always get option to the minor leagues. He's got to

1204
01:07:50,239 --> 01:07:50,639
come back in.

1205
01:07:50,679 --> 01:07:56,000
Speaker 2: Thirty days, right, and by then the Tigers are likely

1206
01:07:56,079 --> 01:08:00,199
to be in need of a or a plug us

1207
01:08:00,599 --> 01:08:03,800
starter because we don't know what's going to happen with

1208
01:08:04,079 --> 01:08:08,079
my schooble. I think. So he's on the move, so

1209
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:12,320
there could be an opportunity for an everyday starter over

1210
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:17,319
the last six seven weeks of the season. You know,

1211
01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:21,960
I just think, being what pitching is this year and

1212
01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:26,840
the shortage thereof they spend a buck or two, see

1213
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:27,439
what happens.

1214
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:31,520
Speaker 1: I remember a couple of years ago when the Tigers

1215
01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:35,359
moved Flaherty when Flirty was having his big kind of

1216
01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:39,880
bounce back season pitching extremely weather the to the Dodgers,

1217
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:41,920
which you know, he played a critical role in them

1218
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:45,079
winning their first World Series. The Tiger as soon as

1219
01:08:45,119 --> 01:08:47,439
they traded them they went on a huge role and

1220
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:51,359
made it into the playoffs on the back of Errek's schooble.

1221
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:56,079
Be interesting to see if Terrek's schoogle gets moved Jackson

1222
01:08:56,199 --> 01:08:58,640
job comes up and they make a big move, not

1223
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:00,600
on the back of Trek's schooble, but on the back

1224
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:02,560
of Jackson joke. That would be very interesting.

1225
01:09:04,239 --> 01:09:09,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'd be like all over again, one of those things, right, yeah, exactly, Yeah.

1226
01:09:10,119 --> 01:09:12,359
Speaker 1: Symmetry symmetry my friend.

1227
01:09:14,439 --> 01:09:17,520
Speaker 2: Okay, i'll google it when we get off the air,

1228
01:09:19,039 --> 01:09:19,640
which I don't.

1229
01:09:22,199 --> 01:09:22,880
Speaker 1: I don't think that.

1230
01:09:26,279 --> 01:09:27,760
Speaker 2: Might be a timism.

1231
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:33,079
Speaker 1: Is alert. I'm pretty sure that you're conflating two words together.

1232
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:37,880
But that's Matthew Matthew liboratories starting picture with your Saint

1233
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:38,920
Louis Cardinals.

1234
01:09:40,399 --> 01:09:43,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, June wasn't very kind, but the last three starts

1235
01:09:43,680 --> 01:09:46,439
two winds, He's only allowed four and runs and I

1236
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:49,600
just put sort of a historical reference and there, give

1237
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:52,640
me liberatory or give me another mediocre bullpen arm. It's

1238
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:53,520
an easy choice.

1239
01:09:54,279 --> 01:09:58,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're that's liberty. He's been playing so well. He

1240
01:09:58,159 --> 01:10:01,000
has a major waiver ward all the time, So that liberatory.

1241
01:10:01,399 --> 01:10:03,159
Forgive me that you've used that before?

1242
01:10:04,359 --> 01:10:08,079
Speaker 2: Yes, I have. Yes, that's that's one of that's a time.

1243
01:10:08,159 --> 01:10:08,840
That's a timism.

1244
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,880
Speaker 1: Yes, speaking of guy who always appears on the tim

1245
01:10:12,439 --> 01:10:14,960
waver where Jake is back.

1246
01:10:16,399 --> 01:10:19,119
Speaker 2: Yes, he's up to stolen bases. He's got home at

1247
01:10:19,119 --> 01:10:21,000
the top of the Pirates line up. And don't count

1248
01:10:21,079 --> 01:10:23,359
on any power if you want to take go to

1249
01:10:23,479 --> 01:10:25,279
his if you get a sec rate, now go to

1250
01:10:25,359 --> 01:10:28,239
his stat cast page and look at his power numbers. Rich,

1251
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:32,399
I don't know if you have, but yeah, just take

1252
01:10:32,439 --> 01:10:33,039
a quick look.

1253
01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:36,000
Speaker 1: Is he in the draft? Him? Was Jake Magnum in

1254
01:10:36,079 --> 01:10:36,479
the draft?

1255
01:10:38,319 --> 01:10:39,600
Speaker 2: Mangum in the draft?

1256
01:10:40,039 --> 01:10:40,079
Speaker 3: This?

1257
01:10:40,279 --> 01:10:40,640
Speaker 2: This? This?

1258
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:42,680
Speaker 1: Yesterday? Was he drafted yesterday?

1259
01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 2: No?

1260
01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:46,800
Speaker 1: Was he a top five hundred prospect last week?

1261
01:10:49,159 --> 01:10:49,199
Speaker 2: No?

1262
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,239
Speaker 1: I know, I haven't looked. I haven't looked at Yeah,

1263
01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:56,960
I got you.

1264
01:10:57,039 --> 01:10:59,840
Speaker 2: Now a look at that stat cast page.

1265
01:11:00,359 --> 01:11:01,920
Speaker 1: Ready to get to the Just take a break and

1266
01:11:02,159 --> 01:11:03,920
let me take a look at make them as uh,

1267
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:19,840
coming back. So the race last year, wasn't he two

1268
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:20,359
years ago?

1269
01:11:21,399 --> 01:11:23,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, at one point in time he was, Yes, definitely.

1270
01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:28,239
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm looking at Jake Magnum. He's he is up

1271
01:11:28,319 --> 01:11:32,560
there with the Chandler Simpson with the average velosity of

1272
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:36,319
eighty four point one. If memory serves me, correct, Chandler

1273
01:11:36,439 --> 01:11:40,199
is eighty four point one. He's got two home runs.

1274
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:41,680
He's fast, that.

1275
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:47,720
Speaker 2: Is correct, So there may he is a rabbit. Yes,

1276
01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:53,079
when you start at average exit velocity, Okay, you see

1277
01:11:53,119 --> 01:11:56,000
a two, a four, a five, a one, and a

1278
01:11:56,119 --> 01:11:59,000
one in the next five lines. That's not good for power,

1279
01:11:59,119 --> 01:11:59,279
is it.

1280
01:12:00,039 --> 01:12:02,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got a two point seven launch angle. So

1281
01:12:02,159 --> 01:12:05,079
he's a he's a grand ball hitter that's got good

1282
01:12:05,199 --> 01:12:08,760
deals and makes really good contact that never walks. What's

1283
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:12,199
your next question. It's a part time play, switch hitter,

1284
01:12:12,399 --> 01:12:14,760
switch hitter. Helps he's a part time player.

1285
01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:19,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a he's a traditional leadoff mat How was

1286
01:12:19,239 --> 01:12:20,960
that being positive about it?

1287
01:12:21,399 --> 01:12:25,279
Speaker 1: That's really being positive. That's an old school. That's an

1288
01:12:25,319 --> 01:12:29,239
old school school. It's amazing. He's got a three sixty

1289
01:12:29,279 --> 01:12:31,520
four on bass percent. That's because he's hitting three ten

1290
01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:34,720
is expected batting average. Be expected batting average is two

1291
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:38,960
sixty one. That feels more realistic with a two ninety

1292
01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:42,960
expected on base percent. It's not what he's currently Tim,

1293
01:12:43,319 --> 01:12:47,000
you scared me. I'm I'm I'm.

1294
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:51,960
Speaker 2: Backing the way. Yeah. No, he's bugs bunny. Yep, he's

1295
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:53,039
a rabbit, Okay.

1296
01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:54,880
Speaker 1: Victor Mason Jr.

1297
01:12:56,359 --> 01:12:58,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't talked about him for a while. I

1298
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:02,399
figured it was just about time we did. He's still

1299
01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:05,760
only twenty four past week six or twelve, couple homers

1300
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:09,600
stolen base You're not a full time player yet, But

1301
01:13:11,079 --> 01:13:14,000
if you're looking to fill an oatfield hole, I'll spend

1302
01:13:14,039 --> 01:13:16,560
a bucker who just to see what shakes down, and

1303
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:18,239
you won't have to spend much more than that.

1304
01:13:18,920 --> 01:13:22,239
Speaker 1: Victor Mason Junior, obviously his father was legendary baseball player

1305
01:13:22,279 --> 01:13:25,720
in Cuba. Victor Victor Mason never made it. He's a

1306
01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,399
junior's got a chance. But another Cuban that I took

1307
01:13:28,479 --> 01:13:31,199
a picture of on the scoreboard and send it to

1308
01:13:31,279 --> 01:13:36,439
mister McLeod was Pedro Leon playing for Philadelphia Phillies double A,

1309
01:13:37,359 --> 01:13:40,680
and I mean I told Tim, I mean, look, it

1310
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:42,279
was kind of sad see him at double A. But

1311
01:13:42,359 --> 01:13:44,119
another hand I mean, you got to give it to him.

1312
01:13:44,119 --> 01:13:47,199
He's at least trying. He's the dream is not dead yet.

1313
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:54,760
Speaker 2: No, no, it's not. And eh, good for him. He's

1314
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:59,439
still plugging along. Maybe at some point in time he'll

1315
01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:02,159
head over to career or Japan. Have an outstanding year

1316
01:14:02,279 --> 01:14:05,359
and I'll be all over for sure.

1317
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,079
Speaker 1: Tristan Peters is next. And do you know that Tristan

1318
01:14:08,119 --> 01:14:09,760
Peters will be in the All Star Game?

1319
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:12,119
Speaker 2: Really?

1320
01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:13,039
Speaker 1: Yes?

1321
01:14:13,119 --> 01:14:16,840
Speaker 2: He is? Wow, he was the Travannah Banana is an

1322
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:17,319
All Star.

1323
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:20,399
Speaker 1: He is the third of the Chicago White Sox. Apparently

1324
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:25,760
Miguel Fargus got vote. He was originally named the Murakami

1325
01:14:26,359 --> 01:14:29,239
was a replacement, and then Tristan Peters was the one

1326
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:33,520
that was announced yesterday. So yeah, how.

1327
01:14:33,439 --> 01:14:36,399
Speaker 2: About that be good for Yeah, good for him. A

1328
01:14:36,479 --> 01:14:41,119
Savannah Banani hit for the cycle Friday. Uh, sixteen percent

1329
01:14:41,319 --> 01:14:46,760
roster again, another outfielder that with a diet of steady

1330
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:48,920
at bats. I think he's getting in Chicago. He's an

1331
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:52,199
All Star. Congratulations Tristan Peters. That is awesome. Good.

1332
01:14:52,279 --> 01:14:53,720
Speaker 1: How can you be an All Star and only be

1333
01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:57,119
sixteen percent roster? Something is not. Something doesn't set well

1334
01:14:57,199 --> 01:14:57,359
with me.

1335
01:14:57,479 --> 01:15:02,319
Speaker 2: There well, a lot of people have migrated to football,

1336
01:15:02,399 --> 01:15:05,800
basketball and hockey. I think, Richard, that's all I can see.

1337
01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:10,479
Speaker 1: Well there, it's all about football. Nobody cares about it.

1338
01:15:11,159 --> 01:15:16,920
But football it's amazing. Yes, yes, yeah, Tristan Peters, he's

1339
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:20,520
got speed. How can Tristan Peters be an All Star?

1340
01:15:21,319 --> 01:15:23,800
Two and forty seven at bat six and runs five stars?

1341
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,159
Speaker 2: He is hitting three hundred, but yeah.

1342
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:30,039
Speaker 1: The batting average is two fifty nine. I mean, it's

1343
01:15:30,119 --> 01:15:34,199
like these All Star I don't even know who assigns

1344
01:15:34,279 --> 01:15:38,039
these guys anymore. But even looking at data, it's just

1345
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,640
a defender. But I don't know, man, this is not

1346
01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:44,760
an All Star Zach Zach Wheelers All Star and Tristan

1347
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:45,359
Peters is.

1348
01:15:45,359 --> 01:15:48,920
Speaker 2: Come on, well, come on, can you understand why he

1349
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:49,760
told him to stuff it?

1350
01:15:52,079 --> 01:15:54,399
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you. If Tristan Peters is getting I'm

1351
01:15:54,399 --> 01:15:57,319
not getting upset. If Tristan Peters is an All Star,

1352
01:15:58,319 --> 01:16:01,680
it's just delegitimizing the All Star game. This is not

1353
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:04,279
an All Star player. I'm sorry. He's having a nice

1354
01:16:05,039 --> 01:16:06,800
rookie season. I get that, But.

1355
01:16:08,720 --> 01:16:15,439
Speaker 2: What is this good question? How come Fergus isn't in there?

1356
01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:18,399
Speaker 1: Fargus is in there, he is, he was the one

1357
01:16:18,479 --> 01:16:23,479
that was originally voted in. Why isn't Coulson in there? Yeah?

1358
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:25,800
Speaker 2: Six homers, five stolen bases.

1359
01:16:26,039 --> 01:16:31,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, Montgomery's got what twenty some ad home runs? And

1360
01:16:31,199 --> 01:16:34,039
why why why isn't I mean, g he's City two eighteen.

1361
01:16:34,119 --> 01:16:36,199
But look at the damage the guys. He's got twenty

1362
01:16:36,239 --> 01:16:39,640
three home runs. Wouldn't you like him coming off the

1363
01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:42,239
bench in an All Star All Star Game with a

1364
01:16:42,239 --> 01:16:44,640
guy on second base as opposed to Tristan Peters.

1365
01:16:44,920 --> 01:16:49,000
Speaker 2: I mean twenty three home runs? He three home runs

1366
01:16:49,039 --> 01:16:55,800
fifty three rd Wow. Yeah for Montgomery, that's big numbers. Personally,

1367
01:16:56,279 --> 01:16:59,359
I like to have a quality bench runner there.

1368
01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:04,600
Speaker 1: Rich, Okay, I'm getting worked up about the stupid all

1369
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,760
start the All Star Game. I wonder you don't watch

1370
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:08,319
it anymore?

1371
01:17:08,359 --> 01:17:13,279
Speaker 2: I mean, come on, yeah, yeah, it becomes a little

1372
01:17:13,319 --> 01:17:14,199
bit clearer, don't it.

1373
01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:18,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, because I know this for factcause I was watching

1374
01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:22,439
the UH again after the Pirate game then they were

1375
01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:24,319
doing the because I think it was the Pirates and

1376
01:17:24,359 --> 01:17:26,279
White Sox, and I was watching the White Sox feed.

1377
01:17:26,359 --> 01:17:29,800
They were talking about Tristan Peterson. Peterson's got you know,

1378
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:32,239
just kind of and I'm like, he's having that good

1379
01:17:32,279 --> 01:17:34,279
of a season. And that's when I looked at like, oh,

1380
01:17:34,359 --> 01:17:38,079
come on, anyway, I digress, Let's move to me. Hector Rodriguez.

1381
01:17:38,079 --> 01:17:39,279
We talked about him on Friday.

1382
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:45,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, Hey, TJ. Fradel is not the answer. Blake Done

1383
01:17:45,359 --> 01:17:49,560
isn't quite ready to get back. The Reds are eight

1384
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,239
games under five hundred and the tough end. I just

1385
01:17:52,439 --> 01:17:55,840
have a hunch, call it a hunch that Hector Rodriguez

1386
01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:57,720
is going to get the call. He's up to twenty

1387
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,359
three homers now in three hundred and forty six. That's

1388
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:02,359
I think we're going to see him in the second half,

1389
01:18:02,399 --> 01:18:04,119
and I think it could be early, and I think

1390
01:18:04,159 --> 01:18:08,319
there's gonna be some power there. So again, depending on

1391
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:13,760
your league format, how many reserves you know, if you

1392
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:17,840
have any reserves boughts sitting there. I like what Hector

1393
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:22,720
Rodriguez has done, and in Toad, I've got bias. I'm

1394
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:25,800
probably gonna put in a cheap bit on Hector Rodriguez

1395
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:32,720
just because I could the bias, No, not in place

1396
01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:36,720
of bias. In addition to bias, Hector.

1397
01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:39,479
Speaker 1: Rodriguez is said, obviously vergo, he's still very young as

1398
01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:42,640
we mentioned on Friday, and he's a guy that's been

1399
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:45,359
always very aggressive at the plate, but he's still he's

1400
01:18:45,399 --> 01:18:49,720
a baby. He's like twenty one, twenty two, but great.

1401
01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:53,159
You could definitely see him as a September call for sure.

1402
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:55,920
It's a good call by you, Patrick Sandoval.

1403
01:18:56,039 --> 01:19:01,560
Speaker 2: Now with the Bosston Red Sox, Yeah, return from basically

1404
01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:04,039
it was a full two year absence due to the

1405
01:19:04,199 --> 01:19:08,000
Tommy drawn. He looked good. You know, four and a

1406
01:19:08,079 --> 01:19:10,399
third innings do you allow five bits a walk and

1407
01:19:10,479 --> 01:19:12,840
earned a run, struck out five against the White Sox.

1408
01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:15,600
He got the heater up to ninety six to one,

1409
01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:21,359
and it's a positive sign. Give sanderbal a look. I

1410
01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:23,760
like what I saw on at first start. Now, granted

1411
01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:27,239
he's coming back from a two year absence. Tommy John, Yeah,

1412
01:19:27,560 --> 01:19:30,840
there could be ups and downs, but there's not an

1413
01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:34,399
abundance of starting pitching sitting out in free agent pools,

1414
01:19:34,479 --> 01:19:36,079
especially in fifteen team leagues.

1415
01:19:38,119 --> 01:19:40,800
Speaker 1: As we start off the top of the podcast, Neck

1416
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:45,000
Thornton with the Mets really pitching well today. It doesn't

1417
01:19:45,039 --> 01:19:47,600
throw that hard, very tough pitcher to pitch up as

1418
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:50,159
I saw him against some him throw last season. It

1419
01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:53,000
was impressive, So good on him. I don't know if

1420
01:19:53,039 --> 01:19:55,560
it's long term, but Tim doesn't care. If you get

1421
01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:58,239
a couple three good starts from him, that's a couple

1422
01:19:58,439 --> 01:19:59,600
three good starts from him.

1423
01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:05,079
Speaker 2: Uh and I I think it's fairly apparent that the

1424
01:20:05,199 --> 01:20:09,720
Mets are going to be going to be moving people. Okay,

1425
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:13,800
that's going to great opportunity for both him and Jack Wynninger. Okay,

1426
01:20:14,079 --> 01:20:19,039
so hey the sort of the sort of guy that's

1427
01:20:19,720 --> 01:20:25,880
worth stashing, I think in deeper formats, Well.

1428
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:30,439
Speaker 1: The Red Sox came back and beat the Mets. Boy, Frank, Frank,

1429
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:32,119
the tank is not going to be happy about this.

1430
01:20:33,119 --> 01:20:38,159
Uhs went in with a one. So the Red Sox

1431
01:20:38,159 --> 01:20:39,960
scored two in the ninth they need to tie up

1432
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:44,079
and one in the tenth inning. That is brutal. Brutal.

1433
01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:49,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, that that is not good, Vinyl in the tenth

1434
01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:51,000
I'm just curious to see.

1435
01:20:52,279 --> 01:20:53,880
Speaker 1: Up again. Chapman got the win.

1436
01:20:55,640 --> 01:21:01,600
Speaker 2: Okay, the same, so they brought Chapman.

1437
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:04,399
Speaker 1: They brought Chapman in the ninth. Then he with the

1438
01:21:04,479 --> 01:21:09,239
game basically right tied, and yes, that's that's what you do.

1439
01:21:09,359 --> 01:21:11,520
But I get the Red Sox now two games under

1440
01:21:11,560 --> 01:21:13,199
five hundred the Red Sox.

1441
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:19,520
Speaker 2: Tem Wow, Devin Williams, you know he really wants to

1442
01:21:19,600 --> 01:21:21,119
remain a Matt doesn'ty.

1443
01:21:22,399 --> 01:21:25,720
Speaker 1: So so Thornton lose, doesn't get the win, seventies pitch

1444
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:29,239
doesn't get five strikeouts, two walks nowhere and runs.

1445
01:21:29,479 --> 01:21:37,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that sucks. Yeah. If I was Devin Williams,

1446
01:21:37,359 --> 01:21:41,479
I'd be buying Zach Thornton supper tonight and it wouldn't

1447
01:21:41,479 --> 01:21:42,119
be drived through.

1448
01:21:43,119 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: That's true. Uh, Ryan Walschmidt, as Tim said, obviously, you're exciting.

1449
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:49,479
When he got the call the first time it didn't

1450
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:52,720
go so well, was told to go down and put

1451
01:21:52,760 --> 01:21:54,880
the ball more in the air. I think he did.

1452
01:21:56,600 --> 01:21:59,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, he slugged five owners and forty five of bats

1453
01:21:59,359 --> 01:22:02,720
and then in addition to that the big problem being

1454
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:06,319
the forty strikeouts in his first one hundred and twelve

1455
01:22:06,359 --> 01:22:10,199
at bats. He's sort of proved that by walking more

1456
01:22:10,279 --> 01:22:13,119
than striking out and his return down to the farm

1457
01:22:14,439 --> 01:22:16,800
that he didn't want to stay down on the farm.

1458
01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:22,079
And the Diamondbacks are great, gave him, gave him a call,

1459
01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:24,359
and he's back with the big league team and I'm

1460
01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:26,399
hoping for better results this time around.

1461
01:22:27,159 --> 01:22:30,840
Speaker 1: He's a good player, I'd be shocked. Yeah, he doesn't

1462
01:22:30,840 --> 01:22:32,359
figure it out. I mean's it going to be this time?

1463
01:22:32,439 --> 01:22:36,079
Who knows? But that's a good baseball player. And then the.

1464
01:22:36,199 --> 01:22:41,399
Speaker 2: L's Yeah, twenty five percent roster. Everybody figured he'd be

1465
01:22:41,479 --> 01:22:43,760
down for a lot longer than he was, including myself.

1466
01:22:44,239 --> 01:22:47,760
Speaker 1: Yeah. What are the Diamondbacks doing? Are they in it?

1467
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:51,359
I mean everybody's in the National League, right, is it

1468
01:22:51,399 --> 01:22:54,359
the American League? Yeah, everybody's in it in the American League.

1469
01:22:54,960 --> 01:22:58,239
Nobody's winning. Yeah, in the American League. Yeah.

1470
01:22:58,279 --> 01:23:01,680
Speaker 2: I think the Diamondbacks or I can't remember. I haven't

1471
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:03,920
looked at the standings in a while. I think they're

1472
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:04,720
in pretty good shape.

1473
01:23:06,279 --> 01:23:09,840
Speaker 1: Shall we. While I'm looking that up, tell us about

1474
01:23:10,319 --> 01:23:17,880
Andrew's Gomez, the guy that's on your closer report. Yeah.

1475
01:23:18,399 --> 01:23:21,439
Speaker 2: I was just sort of roaming through. I'm going to

1476
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:24,560
do an updated closure report for Wednesday for everybody, but

1477
01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:29,960
I Gomez stood out to me because he's still available

1478
01:23:30,039 --> 01:23:34,720
in fifty three percent of CBS leagues, He's only forty

1479
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:38,039
seven percent rongsterra. In his last twelve appearances, he's allowed

1480
01:23:38,119 --> 01:23:41,920
only tour in runs, perfect six for six closing out

1481
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,560
games in the past month or so, he's got the

1482
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:48,319
closer role when I think he's poised for a long

1483
01:23:48,479 --> 01:23:51,640
run in that position. My suggestion is, give you a

1484
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:54,119
free agent pool a spy if he's still sitting there.

1485
01:23:54,279 --> 01:23:58,840
Fixed that cope, Pa, right, smartly? I like Gomez and

1486
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:04,359
I just don't I can't quite understand why he's not

1487
01:24:04,520 --> 01:24:06,600
getting a little bit more love. So I just wanted

1488
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:08,359
to point that out to everybody. Didn't give him the

1489
01:24:08,359 --> 01:24:10,760
opportunity to check out their pre agent pool.

1490
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:13,840
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks are only three and a half games out of

1491
01:24:13,880 --> 01:24:16,520
a Waldhart spot with the Miami Marlins. To me, if

1492
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:19,640
the season were to end today, the Miami Martins would

1493
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:20,720
be in the playoffs.

1494
01:24:22,439 --> 01:24:25,680
Speaker 2: You know. You know who's in trouble in that division

1495
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:28,640
and huge trouble or the Atlanta Braves.

1496
01:24:30,319 --> 01:24:34,760
Speaker 1: They've just fallen off. Look at that. They're yeah, four

1497
01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:39,439
and six in the last ten. So yeah. As bad

1498
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:42,880
as the Philadelphia Phillies have played, they are only three

1499
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:46,039
games down in the long lost column, same amount of

1500
01:24:46,079 --> 01:24:47,199
wins as the Braves. Wow.

1501
01:24:48,640 --> 01:24:52,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Braves have really been stumbling along lately. A

1502
01:24:52,600 --> 01:24:58,039
lot of that is is pitching related, which is which

1503
01:24:58,119 --> 01:25:01,039
is not a good sign. You know they You look

1504
01:25:01,119 --> 01:25:04,880
at their rotation and you're looking at sale and you've

1505
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:11,720
got Ronaldo Lopez Jr. Richie Grant Holmes, Bryce Elder. The

1506
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,119
bullpen is fine, but when you've got you know, you're

1507
01:25:15,159 --> 01:25:20,159
missing Ronald Lacune Junior, and you've got Martine Perez schrollin back,

1508
01:25:20,279 --> 01:25:25,800
Spencer Streyder all on the I l that's tough. I

1509
01:25:26,119 --> 01:25:28,319
don't know what the Braves are going to do, but

1510
01:25:28,479 --> 01:25:32,439
I honestly believe that they're in big time trouble if

1511
01:25:32,479 --> 01:25:37,479
the Marlins stay hot. You know, we're still we're still

1512
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:41,720
looking at almost three full months. The Braves could be

1513
01:25:41,800 --> 01:25:43,520
limping into a wild card situation.

1514
01:25:44,239 --> 01:25:48,279
Speaker 1: The Marlins are eight games, about five hundred. The Marlins,

1515
01:25:50,399 --> 01:25:54,760
yeah they al Contra or his brother Sainte al Capo

1516
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:55,560
anytime soon.

1517
01:25:56,840 --> 01:25:59,720
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that's put that's put them in a real buying,

1518
01:26:00,039 --> 01:26:02,520
hasn't it. Because a month and a half ago it

1519
01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:05,720
looked like a no brainer. Right. Well, all of a sudden,

1520
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:09,760
Liam Hicks is playing lights out, Otto Lopez is having

1521
01:26:09,800 --> 01:26:13,600
an amazing season. Kyle Stowers is starting to head for power.

1522
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:16,079
I think he's up to a dozen home runs. You

1523
01:26:16,199 --> 01:26:19,960
got Hernandez, who's playing well. Joe Mack is doing just

1524
01:26:20,159 --> 01:26:25,199
fine catching, and yeah, I'm Marseille Owen Casey.

1525
01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:28,159
Speaker 1: Oh, come on, Marseille, I got a bs on that.

1526
01:26:28,319 --> 01:26:29,039
It's been terrible.

1527
01:26:29,079 --> 01:26:34,239
Speaker 2: Tim, come on, somebody has to be the glue that

1528
01:26:34,399 --> 01:26:36,279
holds all those pieces together.

1529
01:26:39,159 --> 01:26:41,319
Speaker 1: I find a questiontory for me. We get out of

1530
01:26:41,359 --> 01:26:44,760
here this looking at the standings. Here, do the Colorado

1531
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:47,760
Rockies at thirty nine and fifty eight catch the Mets

1532
01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:50,359
at forty and fifty seven? What say you?

1533
01:26:52,960 --> 01:26:55,880
Speaker 2: No? I don't. I don't the Mets a trait for

1534
01:26:55,960 --> 01:26:58,239
somebody to finish out of the Rockies. I don't think

1535
01:26:58,239 --> 01:27:04,239
their owner right, want to see the slats right, yeah?

1536
01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:05,279
Rooting for them?

1537
01:27:05,359 --> 01:27:05,520
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1538
01:27:05,960 --> 01:27:08,760
Speaker 2: I think yeah, yeah, when you when you had.

1539
01:27:08,720 --> 01:27:11,600
Speaker 1: The payroll in baseball, finishing dead last would be a

1540
01:27:11,640 --> 01:27:12,359
beautiful thing.

1541
01:27:13,560 --> 01:27:16,359
Speaker 2: Oh yes, uh, but it has nothing to do with

1542
01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:18,800
club post karma. I think we've determined that, right.

1543
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:23,359
Speaker 1: I think obviously the mass the most disappointing team this season,

1544
01:27:23,479 --> 01:27:28,720
It's not even close. But to me, the Kansas City Royals,

1545
01:27:28,800 --> 01:27:31,800
I don't understand how they're that bad. Thirty eight and

1546
01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:37,159
fifty eighth. The pitch, it's been terrible. Yeah, And I mean,

1547
01:27:37,399 --> 01:27:40,640
it's it's Wet Junior and nobody else on the offense.

1548
01:27:40,720 --> 01:27:43,880
Speaker 2: It's it's yeah, that's how, that's how they're that bad.

1549
01:27:43,960 --> 01:27:49,039
They got no starting pitching and it's Bobby Wood and

1550
01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:52,800
you know, hey, I think the thing that is really

1551
01:27:54,840 --> 01:27:58,279
Salvador Perez has got old very quickly, and Vinnie pass

1552
01:27:58,560 --> 01:28:03,319
Pasquarantina hasn't produced, and.

1553
01:28:04,359 --> 01:28:07,640
Speaker 1: He was it was positive that he actually went on

1554
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:10,800
the I L because fantasy managers didn't have to make

1555
01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:13,479
that part decision. It's like, all right, you're on the

1556
01:28:13,520 --> 01:28:15,199
I L. I'll go get anybody else.

1557
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:19,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, No, Lane Thomas has been sort of

1558
01:28:19,159 --> 01:28:23,479
a revelation and I think, you know Jackie and yeah,

1559
01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:26,880
there's a few future there, but right now it's Bobby

1560
01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:30,640
Wit And yeah, it's Bobby Witt. You know the same

1561
01:28:30,680 --> 01:28:32,680
with Carter Jensen. I think there's a future there. I

1562
01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:37,520
like Carter Jensen, but Bobby Wit is not surrounded by

1563
01:28:37,560 --> 01:28:41,319
an abundance of of talent. You look at the outfield,

1564
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:46,560
you got Isaac Collins, Okay, Lane Thomas and kaglian On.

1565
01:28:47,119 --> 01:28:50,600
It's it's better than it was. But who's been the

1566
01:28:50,680 --> 01:28:52,680
best royal in the past week? And a half two

1567
01:28:52,720 --> 01:28:58,039
weeks Tolbert, I would yeah, baby, yeah.

1568
01:28:58,079 --> 01:29:00,279
Speaker 1: I mean Bobby was the best best player there. But

1569
01:29:00,359 --> 01:29:03,399
I mean, look at the starting pitcher, I mean starting pitching. No,

1570
01:29:03,960 --> 01:29:05,560
Cole Reagan's has been awful.

1571
01:29:05,680 --> 01:29:08,119
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know what happened to him, Chris Purk,

1572
01:29:08,800 --> 01:29:15,640
Tommy Tommy Grace surgery or Tommy John. Reagan's is just yeah, yeah, terrible.

1573
01:29:15,960 --> 01:29:19,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, So your best pitcher is Michael Walker. I always

1574
01:29:19,279 --> 01:29:22,399
like Leander Avila, but he's a back of the rotation,

1575
01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:24,840
probably more of a spot sort. He's your number two. No,

1576
01:29:24,960 --> 01:29:26,479
A Camera's been terrible stuff, Luke.

1577
01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:31,119
Speaker 2: I mean they have no pitching, No, they they don't.

1578
01:29:31,239 --> 01:29:34,600
If you look at the bull Fannersic started started hot

1579
01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:38,680
and then then collapsed. And their best their their best

1580
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:41,359
reliever is probably Daniel Lynch, who they were hoping was

1581
01:29:41,399 --> 01:29:46,119
going to be their best starter. Yeah, at one point.

1582
01:29:46,439 --> 01:29:49,439
Speaker 1: So when you lose Cole Reagan's to elbow surgery and

1583
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:54,119
bu Beck, who was probably the second best pitcher last season, soreness,

1584
01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:58,039
it's it's yeah. So they're going to be sellers, right,

1585
01:29:58,079 --> 01:30:00,640
but I mean I guess they could sell. I think

1586
01:30:00,640 --> 01:30:03,039
he can't sell or press. First of all, he's as

1587
01:30:03,079 --> 01:30:06,039
big as a house. It's huge again. I saw the

1588
01:30:06,119 --> 01:30:08,600
damn like it looked like you talking about a water

1589
01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:14,000
pill stake a water pill man, but uh are salt tablets.

1590
01:30:14,039 --> 01:30:16,600
I guess to get get the water weight out of them.

1591
01:30:16,640 --> 01:30:19,760
But it's it's been tough man, that is. I don't

1592
01:30:19,800 --> 01:30:22,840
know who they move. Lane Thomas is the guy they

1593
01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:25,359
might be able to trade, but everybody's Lane.

1594
01:30:26,399 --> 01:30:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Lane Thomas might be a guy. They're not gonna

1595
01:30:28,720 --> 01:30:31,319
get anything for an Isaac Collins or Nick Loft and

1596
01:30:31,560 --> 01:30:35,520
or Michael Massey. No, there's just nothing there Lane Thomas.

1597
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:38,479
Somebody might look at him as a as a reserve

1598
01:30:38,600 --> 01:30:41,479
type player for the start, and you look at the

1599
01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:45,399
bullpen Alec Lange has just been getting toasted his closer lately.

1600
01:30:45,680 --> 01:30:48,680
Are they gonna Daniel Lynch baby or sick? Somebody might

1601
01:30:48,720 --> 01:30:49,680
take a chance on when.

1602
01:30:50,439 --> 01:30:52,760
Speaker 1: Somebody somebody don't take a chance on urs because it's

1603
01:30:52,840 --> 01:30:57,000
it's a good arm. But you know, yeah, yeah, but

1604
01:30:57,319 --> 01:31:00,840
the positional players, that's who they are. Mean. Jensen's yeah,

1605
01:31:00,920 --> 01:31:03,279
player with it's gonna be good. Kagling is gonna hit

1606
01:31:03,319 --> 01:31:06,359
thirty forty home runs, Vinny p what the heck? Happened

1607
01:31:06,399 --> 01:31:10,720
to him. Who knows, And they're not going to move

1608
01:31:10,760 --> 01:31:12,039
any of those guys that are all killed.

1609
01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:17,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're sellers with nothing to sell or limited limited

1610
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:18,399
options to sell.

1611
01:31:20,840 --> 01:31:25,239
Speaker 1: Timmy great podcast. I love this. You know, Waiver War

1612
01:31:25,399 --> 01:31:27,840
was very very good. I know you said it was limits,

1613
01:31:27,960 --> 01:31:31,279
but I thought there's some really good names in there. Yeah.

1614
01:31:31,359 --> 01:31:33,520
Speaker 2: I think there's, especially in the Oakio, I think there's

1615
01:31:33,560 --> 01:31:35,960
some solid names. And when you start looking at pitching,

1616
01:31:37,640 --> 01:31:45,720
I yeah, look at Joe, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, look

1617
01:31:45,760 --> 01:31:48,760
at Patrick Sanderbal, look at that Zach Thornton and as

1618
01:31:48,800 --> 01:31:51,479
we mentioned last week, Jack Wynninger. These are arms that

1619
01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:54,119
are gonna play. I don't know how well they're gonna play,

1620
01:31:54,840 --> 01:31:59,479
but right now, any any arm is a fairly going

1621
01:31:59,560 --> 01:32:01,920
And what Thornton did today, I think he's going to

1622
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:04,479
generate some interest. You might want to up your bids

1623
01:32:05,479 --> 01:32:09,880
by ten twenty percent on Thornton if you really want him,

1624
01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:13,600
because yeah, he pitched a gym today.

1625
01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:17,760
Speaker 1: It's a soft tosser with a lot of deception. This

1626
01:32:17,880 --> 01:32:21,000
guy's usually get figured out just fy. From from the

1627
01:32:21,039 --> 01:32:25,079
peanut gallery. This is rich from the calories all that

1628
01:32:25,239 --> 01:32:25,600
out there.

1629
01:32:26,359 --> 01:32:30,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not disagreeing with you, not not one bit.

1630
01:32:31,520 --> 01:32:36,319
But again, it's the time of the year when you, hey,

1631
01:32:36,359 --> 01:32:39,760
if you need wins, if you need some strikeouts, I

1632
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:41,520
think you got to look at pretty well most of

1633
01:32:41,600 --> 01:32:46,039
the options available, and they are then, especially in fifteen leagues.

1634
01:32:46,640 --> 01:32:48,560
You know, some of the pictures I'm seeing picked up.

1635
01:32:48,640 --> 01:32:52,319
But yeah, it's it's thin and looking at the miners,

1636
01:32:52,319 --> 01:32:53,720
there's not gonna be a lot of help, is there.

1637
01:32:54,680 --> 01:32:56,960
Speaker 1: As we talked about on Friday, and they courage everybody

1638
01:32:56,960 --> 01:32:58,399
if I have to listen to our show on Friday,

1639
01:32:58,399 --> 01:33:00,680
if you get a chance to do it. But there's

1640
01:33:00,760 --> 01:33:04,680
been so many promotions this season. It has been absolutely remarkable,

1641
01:33:05,039 --> 01:33:07,880
and it's getting thin in the minor leagues. There's a

1642
01:33:08,079 --> 01:33:10,840
lot of seventeen eighteen year old kids that are now

1643
01:33:10,920 --> 01:33:13,760
your top prospects. Because all the top prospects have been

1644
01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:14,239
called up.

1645
01:33:15,159 --> 01:33:18,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've they've all gone the high Double A. We're

1646
01:33:18,840 --> 01:33:21,960
now at the big league level bit this year, yep.

1647
01:33:22,720 --> 01:33:25,119
Speaker 1: And one are the top prospects left to get another

1648
01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:28,039
call was Ryan Welschmid. Guess what he's up.

1649
01:33:29,079 --> 01:33:31,319
Speaker 2: He's up, Yeah, and I think he'll be up for

1650
01:33:31,399 --> 01:33:32,199
the duration.

1651
01:33:33,199 --> 01:33:35,840
Speaker 3: I mean, I mean, I don't think the Brewers bring

1652
01:33:35,960 --> 01:33:39,279
up would be very exciting that they did, and we

1653
01:33:39,359 --> 01:33:41,000
could go through the top one hunderd to see if

1654
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:43,520
there's guys that could could get the call.

1655
01:33:43,600 --> 01:33:46,159
Speaker 1: But I mean it is, it is getting very very light.

1656
01:33:46,279 --> 01:33:47,760
Let me just do that real quick before we get

1657
01:33:47,800 --> 01:33:48,239
out of here.

1658
01:33:49,800 --> 01:33:52,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, you must have moved your mic again. You're starting

1659
01:33:52,640 --> 01:33:54,520
to get a little on the lean side. Think there

1660
01:33:54,560 --> 01:33:57,800
we go there, bring it back, Sorry about that, that's okay,

1661
01:33:57,880 --> 01:34:00,560
there we go. We got some definite Oh thank.

1662
01:34:00,439 --> 01:34:03,600
Speaker 1: You, Mike. Figure out why my so Franklin a rise?

1663
01:34:04,159 --> 01:34:06,920
You know, maybe he gets the call. The Red Sox

1664
01:34:06,960 --> 01:34:09,800
are playing well. I think Max Clark, that's a guy

1665
01:34:09,880 --> 01:34:13,680
that we're gonna see. We're gonna see Max Clark, Lewis

1666
01:34:13,760 --> 01:34:17,399
de Ryan Leo de Ryes. Do we see him? Maybe?

1667
01:34:18,359 --> 01:34:18,479
Speaker 2: Uh?

1668
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:20,640
Speaker 1: The Ryan Kate Anderson's the.

1669
01:34:20,640 --> 01:34:23,960
Speaker 2: Guy you're gonna well, yeah, he's coming out, Tim.

1670
01:34:24,079 --> 01:34:26,520
Speaker 1: Tim's got the logic. He's right in the logic. Whether

1671
01:34:26,640 --> 01:34:31,560
it gets executed, I don't know that the Mariners trade

1672
01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:34,680
one of their their starting six and then they bring

1673
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:37,000
up Katie Anderson and they don't they don't miss a

1674
01:34:37,079 --> 01:34:42,000
beat offense from it. That's the move there. Ye, Charlie

1675
01:34:42,119 --> 01:34:44,800
Condon probably probably see him in the second half. There's

1676
01:34:44,840 --> 01:34:52,520
some power, right yep. Elmer's my buddy. Elmer's there.

1677
01:34:53,199 --> 01:34:54,159
Speaker 2: I hope you don't see him.

1678
01:34:54,159 --> 01:34:56,880
Speaker 1: That means that there's injuries in Baltimore, excuse me, and

1679
01:34:56,960 --> 01:35:02,079
the Yankees. Joshua ay As is a guy that's that

1680
01:35:02,279 --> 01:35:04,680
seems to be an obvious one that would be called

1681
01:35:04,760 --> 01:35:06,800
up at some point. He hasn't been called up yet.

1682
01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:10,600
And then there's all the outfielders in in Los Angeles.

1683
01:35:10,720 --> 01:35:14,079
If Tips gets moved, you're gonna see him. I think

1684
01:35:14,199 --> 01:35:16,960
if if hoswide the poll or Zayr Hope gets moved,

1685
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:20,399
you might see one of those guys. But you're totally speculating.

1686
01:35:20,479 --> 01:35:21,439
If those guys get.

1687
01:35:21,359 --> 01:35:26,279
Speaker 2: Moved, well exactly, yeah, what what what does Detroit want

1688
01:35:26,399 --> 01:35:30,359
for Scoogle? We have no idea.

1689
01:35:30,840 --> 01:35:34,840
Speaker 1: I throw out I throw OUTSI your Hope and and

1690
01:35:35,319 --> 01:35:38,760
River Ryan some combination like that. So you get you

1691
01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:42,000
get a minor league picture that's ready. Zire Hope is

1692
01:35:42,119 --> 01:35:45,520
if he's not ready this year, he's there next season, right,

1693
01:35:45,640 --> 01:35:48,760
And it's it's that guy. Not to say he could

1694
01:35:48,760 --> 01:35:51,880
ever be Jose Ramirez, but it's a guy that's got

1695
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:54,199
speed and power that at least kind of smells like

1696
01:35:54,560 --> 01:35:57,720
Jose Ramirez a little bit, so that that might be

1697
01:35:57,880 --> 01:36:02,199
really interesting. Uh, Cleveland's good. Yeah, so so I think

1698
01:36:02,279 --> 01:36:06,159
that would put like a fantastic look there for Detroit.

1699
01:36:06,399 --> 01:36:11,039
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's going to be who who do they want?

1700
01:36:11,560 --> 01:36:15,079
Is who they're going to get, and we have no

1701
01:36:15,239 --> 01:36:18,039
idea what they want. I hope feally does make sense.

1702
01:36:18,119 --> 01:36:20,319
So and the Dodgers do have a ton of them.

1703
01:36:21,800 --> 01:36:23,640
Speaker 1: That is a that is a wrap my friend. My

1704
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:26,880
head funds are doing weird stuff. I'm kind of maybe

1705
01:36:27,199 --> 01:36:29,039
too far back of my head and maybe that's it.

1706
01:36:30,079 --> 01:36:32,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're cutting in and they've been cutting in and

1707
01:36:32,159 --> 01:36:34,720
out a little bit in the second half today.

1708
01:36:34,840 --> 01:36:37,199
Speaker 1: So okay, well I think I've got a position. Well now,

1709
01:36:37,239 --> 01:36:38,800
so it's time to get It's time to go away.

1710
01:36:39,319 --> 01:36:42,840
So I'm going to walk my dog down five and

1711
01:36:42,880 --> 01:36:45,880
a half floors to get to to take him out

1712
01:36:45,880 --> 01:36:48,399
because the elevator is not working, and then walk back

1713
01:36:48,479 --> 01:36:50,680
five and a half floor. So I'm going to do that.

1714
01:36:51,479 --> 01:36:53,960
Timmy and Wrap my friend have a good week off.

1715
01:36:54,039 --> 01:36:55,199
We will see you next Sunday.

1716
01:36:56,439 --> 01:36:59,279
Speaker 2: Yes, it's been a fun show. I hope our listeners

1717
01:36:59,439 --> 01:37:03,159
enjoyed it. Damn to them and you rich. Be safe,

1718
01:37:03,479 --> 01:37:03,920
be will