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Speaker 1: Greedy, sociality tations, everyone a church, Wilson Walking too, Fantasy

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Baseball Live. Today is July nineteenth, about two o'clock in

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the afternoon. We're coming an hour early and everyone, So

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Tim and I can watch the World Cup final match.

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At least I'm excited about it. Tim, What about you?

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Speaker 2: Where is this World Cup you speak of? Yeah, I've

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got no interest. So I got no interest whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: That not even the halftime, not even the halftime with Madonna,

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and I think Justin Bieber and Madonna hasn't performed in forever.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and who's this Justin Bieber? I would prefer to

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watch Shane okay, especially the way you bitched yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a historic eleven minute performance. It's only eleven minutes. Madonna, Shakira,

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Justin Bieber and something called bt SD.

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Speaker 2: Any of them play heavy metal?

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Speaker 1: I don't think that's I'm interested to see Madonna, So

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I don't know. She was a big deal at one point,

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but I thought she retired, so who knows.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I have no idea whatsoever. But my overall

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interest in the World Cup was fairly minimal to start

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and it hasn't changed.

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Speaker 1: So here's here here's my game. Little bit of insight tip,

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just a little bit of insight. So the teams are

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staying in training within two or three miles of where

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I live. The argent Argentina versus Spain. Spain looks like

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they have the better team, but Argentina stayed at the

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better hotel. I'm just going to throw that out there,

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so maybe they get a better night sliwer.

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Speaker 3: Well, you never know.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we've heard those holidays in commercials.

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Speaker 1: Right, that's true. They didn't stay on a holiday again, but

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that's yeah.

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Speaker 3: They are the two nicest.

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Speaker 1: Hotels in our area, and the one that the Argentina

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team played at is very, very nice. So that's the

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one I would have picked.

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Speaker 3: And you know.

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Speaker 1: It's next to the mall, the fancy mall, so maybe

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they went over there and went to the Apple store.

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Never know, never know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, did you hear the big news with the Pirates?

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By any chance?

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Speaker 1: I've heard a lot of news about the Pirates. I

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know they want a double hitter. I know that Connor

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Griffin is out until September. I know that that Jacob

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Gonzales hit a big home run yesterday. Is there bigger

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news than that? What? What? Big news, am I missing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, what you're missing is the news that the

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pirates have announced that they are going to be buyer.

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Is it the deadline as long as it doesn't increase costs?

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Speaker 1: Okay, I had not heard that. That's pretty funny.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's actually been reported. I can't remember who

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reported it, but yeah, the pirates are saying they're going

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to buy as long as it doesn't increase their costs.

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So it looks like.

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Speaker 1: They might be able to do that. I mean, if

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they got Tarik's scooble, let's think. I mean, it's gonna

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increase a little bit, but I mean it's a one

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year deal, so it's he's what thirty million dollars a year?

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They have to pay six weeks of it.

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Speaker 2: I don't okay, that's yeah. They could cut the rest

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of their team and pick them up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I think they could do that.

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I think they could do school. Look, they've been playing well, tim,

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Yeah they have.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't doute that, but when I saw that,

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I just said that. It is so Pittsburgh, isn't it.

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Like Okay, yeah, yeah, we're gonna we're gonna be contenders

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as long as it doesn't cost us one or read

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anymore than what we're currently spending. Like, man, I'm really

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hoping it was a spoof, but I don't think it was.

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Speaker 1: I kind of I would I read that as more

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if they're not going to take on a long term contract,

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but I can't believe. So it's August fourth, so you

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have to you have to basically two months of tek

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scouble ten million dollars for eight million dollars. That's probably

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too much for them, but maybe not. I don't know.

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But they could probably take on a you know, another

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outfielder that's paid six million dollars a year and pay it,

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you know, the million one five or something like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they can. They could cut two guys at league

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minimum and it wouldn't cost them anymore. No, sorry, I'm

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just being facetious there. I don't know when I've seen

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yous like that. I find it very just so discouraging,

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you know, like, come on, spend a little bit of money. Pittsburgh.

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Steel City. Spend a few bucks.

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Speaker 1: Not much of a steel city anymore, my friend. But

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uh so, let's see if the if the if the

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season were to end today, they would be the outside

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looking in their one game out of the playoff spot,

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with Miami tied with the Cardinals for the last slot.

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So there they are in it. The Diamondbacks are in it.

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The Nationals are still in it. If you squint, you

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can see the Padres are in it. But I don't

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know about the Reds. The Giants and the Mets in

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Colorado are way out of it. So there's only four.

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in the American League there's really only three, and that's

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because the Athletics have just hit a tails been here.

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But the Royals and Angels are out. I mean, we've

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been talking about the school will be him traded to me,

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they're only three and a half games out after going

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eight and two here.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and Schooble now says he wants to live

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in Detroit and months a long term contract. So that

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really muddies the waters a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Don't they have to move Trek's Schooble? They have to

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for the long term agree benefit of that organization. I

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just can't. That is not a championship level team. It

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just isn't. And I don't care how good Errek Schooble

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is you still well? I mean, Casey Mice has been

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really good, but he can't stay healthy, so I think

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you have to move them.

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Speaker 2: I agree totally.

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Speaker 1: It is crazy. Look if the if this season were

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to end today, do you realize the Boston Red Sox

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would be in the playoffs?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: You did?

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Speaker 1: Are you really?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: It's crazy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're over five hundred, one game over five hind yeah,

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past ten they've gone ten and oh they've won twelve

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and twelve games in a row. To go from massive

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sellers at the deadline to buyers at the deadline. It's crazy.

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And you know the way the Yankees are playing and

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the Rays are. I look at the Rays team and sorry,

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they're in first. They're fifteen games over five and I

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haven't a clue how they're doing it smoking mirrors. The

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Rays are, in my opinion, barely barely a playoff caliber

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type type team. The AL is a mess, it really is,

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so the Whites.

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Speaker 1: What's fascinating is the Yankees are plus ninety differential, which

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is good. Yes, second team is the White Sox at

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plus forty two. The third team is the Red Sox

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at plus forty. I guess they're yeah, And then the

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fourth team is actually the Troy Tigers. So I mean

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there's only five teams that have a plus run to

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run differential and the American League.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you look at the Rays and their run

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differential is nineteen and they're fifteen games over five hundred.

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They're either getting blown out badly in their losses and

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winning close winning close games. They got to be. They're

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winning a pile of close games. They really are, and hey,

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it be good, good for them. But when I look

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at the AL and I compare it to the the NL.

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Can we have two teams from the NL in the

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World Series? If you're.

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Speaker 1: You might, Let's see, let's see if we can figure

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this out. The Rays are they've scored ninety eight runs.

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As you say, it's ninety eight home runs. That's fifth

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worse than the American League. So they're not doing it

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by power run scored. Oh, that's that's in. Then that's

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in the whole Major League base Ball run scored. They

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are sixteenth, so their mid pack and run scored, they're

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not scoring a ton of runs, so they need some

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more offense, and they're.

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Speaker 2: Pitching camon The caamon Aro is a big bat that's

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carrying them there.

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Speaker 1: All right, I'm assuming the the bat, the pitching is

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what's carrying them. So let's see the Rays now, they're not.

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They're They've given up three hundred and seventy three runs,

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which is twenty second worse in Major League Baseball. Timmy,

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you are absolutely correct. I'm not sure how they are

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doing it. My bad, My bad, they are I had

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it reverse. The Rays are ninth best in giving up runs.

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So they they're pitching is what's carrying them. They need

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some more offense, and quite quite frankly, offense is cheaper

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to get at the deadline than pitching.

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Speaker 2: Oh, always supply demand. There's just there's always going to

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be more bats when there arms arms available.

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Speaker 1: So I think the Rays at a bat.

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Speaker 2: What do you think that would make sense? You look

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at their everyday lineup? Yeah, maybe even had two. Yeah,

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that would make sense, total sense. Yes, Yeah, I don't

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know what's going on with the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: That's I don't have they don't have Aaron Judge. What's

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your next question?

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Speaker 2: So, I mean it's that's that's pretty much.

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Speaker 1: I mean they got Cole back. He's starting to look

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more and more like Cole every time he pitches. Max

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so he's probably a week or two away from returning.

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Schlittler's been a little more hit able recently, but still

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very good. In fact, he's pitched well against the Dodgers today,

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So I don't think there's anything wrong with the pitching.

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They need Aaron Judge. That's a team that is completely

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built around Aaron Judge.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they moved him to the sixty day yesterday

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I think it was or Friday. So yeah, that doesn't

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that doesn't bow. He's not back. He's not back in

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any big in any big hurry, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: So let's let's take a look at the Rays lineup here,

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shall we.

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Right, Yandy Diaz pretty good baseball player, he's fine DH.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, and ideas is solid. Yes, I agree.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Ronda has been okay this season, but he's your

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first baseman. He's got fourteen home runs, hitting two ninety.

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I think that's acceptable. He's going to hit twenty home runs, right,

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Junior Cambinario, all world, yes, all world, This is when

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it starts to get a little dicey, Cedric Mullins is done.

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Chandler Simpson is a great fantasy player because of his speed.

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He can't have him as an everyday regular and left field,

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come on, there's no padre there. Victor Mason Junior, that's

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your outfield, Mullin, Simpson and Mesa Jr. Come on, Richie

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Pelasio at second base. Taylor Walls is your shortstop.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, and you got backups in Volati

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de Luca, Ben Williamson, Yeah, Nick Forts, Yeah, it's you

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look at that offense and yeah, there's a few question marks,

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more than a few. And your you know, I think

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Lassis as okay as a backup player, Yeah, back up

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middle endfielder. And Taylor Walls probably the same with gloves solid,

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but there's there's limited offense behind both of the mening

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Oblastias having a better year this year. But yeah, and

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then you get your outfield right of Simpson Mason and yeah, it's.

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Speaker 1: At least I mean at least Lens and Mollins only

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hitting two away. At least he has eleven home runs

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of fifteen stolen basis. But he's got a slug a

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three thirty nine. He can't hit lefties. They need they

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need better players in the outfield period, So they bring

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in a couple three players that that's your right, that's

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what they need to do. They need to bring in

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some boppers.

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Speaker 2: M Yeah, the bullpen is great. The bullpen is lockdown.

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It's you know, Brian Bakers had a great year, and

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Clevenger and Kevin Kelly. The bullpen's solid. Okay, But yeah,

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I'm even even looking at you know, you got McClanahan

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or as Nick Martinez is having a great year. Griffin Jacks.

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pitching's probably starting. Pitching is probably good enough to get

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them there. M But in the bullpen, but men, they

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need some offense somehow somewhere. Either that or they could

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be owed in their first series.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I I yeah, that pitching is really good. That

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Pirates and just seeing what they could do there. I mean,

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desmar Lynn Valdez looks like the second coming, So I mean,

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as long as he continues to do what he's doing.

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I mean that is a huge fine from that. I

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don't I don't believe he's going to continue.

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Speaker 3: But they don't.

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Speaker 1: They don't have a they don't have a stud sitting

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in their line up. I mean Brown and Brandon lowis

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maybe the closest. But it's just a bunch of it's

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a bunch of players, Tim.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, but then again, you got you got Horowitz

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is not a bad player at first base. You get

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on Neil Cruz coming back.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's true.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and you know Connor Griffin unfortunately got hurt.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. And Jacob Gonzalez is okay, okay player, but

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he is not No, he's not no no, no no.

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O'Neil Cruz comes comes back into the picture, that creates

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they I would have to think that Valdez will move. Well,

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you might stay in ry. Yeah, he probably moved to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's the got I mean, Tyler Callahan's

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not the answer there. So yeah, you bring Brick. But

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if they can hold on have Cruise and Connor Griffin

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going into the playoffs, it's an interesting team. If they

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add one or two more players. So I think Ryan

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o Hearne as solid as we talked about it. First

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bait again Valdez until he stops hitting, it's one of

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your better players. Brandon Lowell's okay, Magnum, Yeah, he's just okay.

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hitting two eighty something, so he's he's been a right nick.

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And Zales has actually been okay. I mean, is it

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good enough to be on a championship level team? No,

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but he is hitting three h nine.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The problem in Pittsburgh is they got to They

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got to do the same thing that several other teams

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have to do. They've got to they got to add

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some bullpen arms because their bullpen's a mess. Maason Montgomery

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might be the best arm there, but Soto and Tennis

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and Tanna and Johan or Miras you know, Matzinski is

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and right now it isn't. And the bullpen is going

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to cost them because a lot of teams will be

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looking at adding to that component of their team, including

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the Phillies, who looked really solid, but they lost Keller

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tore up as UCL or number two guy and he's done.

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so money won't be it won't be an issue, I

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doubt Yep.

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Speaker 1: So you're looking at roster resource, I'm assuming for the Pirates. Yeah, yeah,

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I mean the first time I've looked at the Pirates

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here in a while. I love the fact that they

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put Braxon Ashcraft as the number one starter over Paul Skins.

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Deserves it, I don't know. Come on, Timmy's pitch better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, even sure he's pitch better. Is heither the better pitcher?

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Well Saster Griffin pitch better than both of them? Would

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he be the number one in Pittsburgh? No, Yeah, he's

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got Yeah, I wouldn't have made made that change. Yeah,

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schemes today through what it is, through threes and the third,

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two and the third he allowed to hit it with

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four strike up.

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not suggesting. I'm not suggesting he's a bum.

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But I think it illustrates how good Braxton Ashcraft has been.

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And look, if the Pirates make the playoffs, Paul Skins

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is getting the ball. He's getting the ball the first game.

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But there's not a lot of drop off at the

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moment with Ascraft, he's been that good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, the the problem with the you know, with

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the by it's his Jared, Jared Jones and Boba Shambler.

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One of them has to step up because Mitch Keller

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is not the answer. Well, they should have moved him

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years ago, I thought. But then I know, I know,

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I did. On all my fantasy squads, I only had

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a couple of cars. I got no no pass on

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Mitch Keller.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I put it in the notes,

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but I watched Jared Jones pitch yesterday.

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Speaker 2: He's got nasty stuff to Oh yeah, he does up.

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Speaker 1: To one hundred and want us a ninety mile hour slider,

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which is just it's probably a seventy great pitch change

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up is okay. It's all sitting there for him to

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be a top of the rotation guy. It's just he

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just needs better control, better, better command of his pitches.

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He just leaves too much stuff like hanging over the right,

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over the plate. It's nasty stuff, there's no question. And

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Bubba Chandler is about the same. So these are guys

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that are are kind of a small tweak away from

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being dominant here, and so I again, I love the

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Pirates of what they're doing. From a pitching standpoint. You

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figure set there Nandez next season he could be a guy.

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It's interesting guy at the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and you look at that starting rotation. I

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think we could both say that it could be a

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top three rotation next year. Yeah, it has that much potential.

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Speaker 1: But right one of one or both of those Eric

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Jones and Bubba Chandler need to get the potential off

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their resume and actually do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, totally agree, and they better do it in the

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next couple of years because we know as fall schemes

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approaches free agency, he ain't a Pirate long term. No, No,

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that's no, it's a given. He's he'll be gone in

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his age twenty seven season, assuming he stays health he

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continues pitching, he man be signing a half a billion

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dollar contract somewhere.

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Speaker 1: Yep. Looking at the games today, the Mets are up

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five nothing over the Phillies. No, I saw that off

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to nice start. Francisco Lindor hit a home run. I

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saw a news report that they're reporting that Francisco Lindor

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will probably not get moved at the trade deadline. Imagine

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that no one wants to take that huge salary on.

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Speaker 2: I'm shocked, I really am. I figured after hearing the

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news about Pittsburgh, they find a way to worry into

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their pay roll. Just sorry, sorry, I got to get

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off that Pittsburgh thing here. The one thing though, that

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the today's game clearly identifies for the Phillies as they

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don't have a fifth starter. Rangell was going out today

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in three inning, six heads, five or drums A couple walks. Yeah,

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they and you take and throw Nola into this situation. Okay,

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so now you're down to with the Phillies. Uh, you're

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down to basically Christopher Sanchez, Okay, Zach Wheeler and jesus Lozardo.

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You got a three man rotation, but four and five

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isn't going to carry anywhere. The Phillies might be looking

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at the starting pitching as a starting pitcher as well

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as as well as a bullpen.

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Speaker 1: H Yeah, I think it's time to just tell Aaron

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Nola thanks for the memories past, but this we can't

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continue with. This just been awful. But I mean going

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to going into if the Phillies can get into the

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playoffs going with Sanchez, Wheel and Lozardo not much better

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than those three guys. Somebody else, show me who's got

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a better one two three. Maybe the Dodgers, But that's

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that's nasty going up against that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but they're gonta win all their games because we

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know what's gonna happen with the other two. For what

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we're watching it today. With the Mets being up where

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is it five nothing into the third Hilly Phillies still

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have to win some games. They're gonna need another pitcher.

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I think I agree with you. Heading into the playoffs

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that will one two three is great, And maybe what

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the Phillies will do is they'll just they'll just suck

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it up and try and find a couple of good

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bullpen arms and really play for the playoffs early.

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Speaker 1: Right, I do think I think you're right. I think

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they do need to get a starting pitcher. I don't

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think they're gonna up of the rotation guy they'll probably

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get because anybody they pick up is going to be

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better than Aaron Nola, right, So, and rang Gall's not

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the answer. So if they can get a guy that

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can come and give them quality innings, a Mitch Keller

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type of guy. You know, they can pitch to a

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four to fifty era keep you in the game. I

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mean that's that's I think that's who they need.

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Speaker 2: Well, they got enough offense they can make that work.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. The White Sox, Timy, are going to win again.

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They're fifty one and forty six, soon to be fifty

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two and forty six. Just a remarkable call by you. Coles.

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Montgomery continues with another home run today, his twenty fourth.

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He's going to hit forty home runs them. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The one he hit today was a h It was

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a splayter that didn't split. It sort of hung up there,

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and yeah, Montgomery hit it a long, long way. One

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interesting thing that I did see. I watched the game

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yesterday closely because I wanted to see I wanted to

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see beaver c Is looking yeah, yeah, yeah. And you know,

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the White Sox will hit a pile of home runs.

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You look at that line up and they simply will.

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They will hit home runs. But yesterday all four of

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the Jay's pitchers, Bieber and the three relievers that came

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in after they were throwing junk up there at them.

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It was all breaking stuff. Barlin's got one hundred miles

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an hour fastball, and I think he threw two pitches

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or three. It was a very small number that weren't

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breaking balls, and they shut the White Sox down. That's interesting.

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Speaker 1: That was one of my questions on Bieber. I mean,

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obviously the fastball's not there, but he could still pitch.

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So you go against the team that just has seaball

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hit ball type of players, with Colson, Montgomery and Murakami

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and those guys, and they get yeah, yeah, and they

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could be pitched. And you're saying that that's what Bieber

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did to have have a six means three hits, six

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strikeouts and two walk out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 2: Uh, And all the relief pitchers didn't exactly the same

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the same thingstead Steady died of breaking stuff, and they weren't.

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They weren't hitting it. It's just simple, as simple as that.

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Speaker 1: So that that begs the question, did Shane Bieber have

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a great game and now I can start him, start

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to start them, or is this like this was a

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bit of an anomaly. Uh.

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Speaker 2: I think if he continues to do what he did

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on Saturday, mixes his pitches up and the breaking stuff's working.

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I started him yesterday.

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Speaker 1: How I did? I did not. I had no faith

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that he would do anything.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I was protected in e er A in

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both those leagues, so it didn't no matter what happened, okay.

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And I knew that the Jays would not hang him

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out there for eat and runs. Okay, that was not

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gonna happen, So I figure it worst. I'm gonna end

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up with, you know, hey, with a five earned run

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type effort. At best, he pitches a little bit better,

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which he had in the I think it's the prior

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starter to start Before that. It was just one of

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those situations where I had everything to gain, basically nothing

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to lose. So I threw him out there, and hey,

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I got lucky. It worked. Am I going to start

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him in his next start as long as it's not

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the Dodgers? Probably?

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Speaker 1: Yes, So he's home against the Rays.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm starting him walk Kevin Arrow, okay, and live

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Speaker 1: I'll probably start him and get toasted again, and I'll

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have every one of his bad starts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sold yet that he is returning to

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where he was, but he sure looked good yesterday. All right,

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mixing it up and hitting his spots. Okay, and the

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White Sox got shut down by the breaking ball yesterday, Yeah,

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and I say it was it was. It was funny

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to watch Barlin with us under my bastball throw him

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breaking stuff up there. Yeah, but I mean in getting

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the strikeouts.

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Speaker 1: So we'd have to really dig in to find out

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how do the Rays do against fastball versus breaking pitches,

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to find out if it's the right start, because I mean,

468
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,559
if if it's a if it's a guy like so,

469
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,960
if you're trying to figure out should you start Bieber,

470
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,160
you got to get to a team like the White

471
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,000
Sox that are hunting fastballs, and Bieber's just like, anna

472
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,240
throw you a ton of him because he does that

473
00:27:57,319 --> 00:27:58,640
to pitch and carve a po lineup.

474
00:27:59,640 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 2: MM.

475
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know if the Razor like that.

476
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 2: They have those those pesky hitters, right they do, So

477
00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:15,319
I don't. Yeah, yeah, I don't. I don't really have

478
00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:17,359
the answer. I'm gonna start him again though.

479
00:28:17,839 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely wouldn't start Beaver against the Yankees because

480
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,640
the Yankees are notorious pesky hitters. You know, they just

481
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,519
hang in against guys. Speaking of the Yankees, they got

482
00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:28,680
a double hitter against the Dodgers, which, you know, if

483
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,119
you like baseball, doesn't get any more story than the

484
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,400
Dodgers against the Yankees. Dodgers are up three to one,

485
00:28:35,559 --> 00:28:41,279
with Yamamoto beating Schlitzler up a little bit. Schutler's four

486
00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:43,839
and a third inning, six hits, three earn runs, eight

487
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,920
strick huts though, and no walks.

488
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I it's a solid outing by Yeah. My Moto's

489
00:28:51,079 --> 00:28:54,160
allowed one hit, a home run to Trent Cursham. That's it.

490
00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:58,640
He's been totally drow Yeah, a Moto through six innings

491
00:28:58,759 --> 00:29:03,000
is throwing sixty eight bitch. That's impressive.

492
00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:06,519
Speaker 1: It is particularly against the Yankee team, again, the Yankee

493
00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:09,880
team that does not have Aaron Judge. The Braves are

494
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,440
up three to nothing on the Texas Rangers. Everybuddy, everybuddy,

495
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,400
why Lankfort's up to batting two seventy seven, got some

496
00:29:17,599 --> 00:29:21,359
home runs, got another hit today. They evol kind of

497
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,079
getting beaten up a little bit after a pretty decent

498
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,960
season this year against the Braves. But and who's pitching

499
00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:31,039
for the Braves. We've got Grant Holmes, three, forty five

500
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,559
year old. Did you have that on your bingo?

501
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 2: Card uh no, staying healthy and the troubles associated with it.

502
00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,759
I did you know? You know who's turning into an

503
00:29:41,839 --> 00:29:45,880
incredibly good ball player. It's the Braves Drake Drake Baldwin.

504
00:29:46,839 --> 00:29:49,079
You know, two for two today, two run scored and

505
00:29:49,359 --> 00:29:54,359
RBI home run is seventeenth and a strolling base for

506
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,119
good measure. Baldwin is looking like the real deal and

507
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,039
he's hitting out of the leadoff spot. How many gadgers

508
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,319
not naming real Mudo do you see hitting out of

509
00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:05,319
the leadofs but many.

510
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,279
Speaker 1: Drake Bolin won the Rookie of the Year and he's

511
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,599
basically building on this season. Austin Riley it is eleventh

512
00:30:12,599 --> 00:30:16,359
time running hits his tenth term run yesterday. How should

513
00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:19,279
I think about Austin Riling or the thirty home run

514
00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:22,440
seasons gone? And I should think of him more as

515
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,480
a twenty twenty home run guy. I mean, why do

516
00:30:25,599 --> 00:30:26,200
I think about that?

517
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:30,519
Speaker 2: He's not somebody that I'm going to be rushing out

518
00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:37,119
to ross or dreaming of the past. I I'm thinking

519
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,119
twenty twenty five home runs with a low batting average.

520
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,279
That's That's what I'm thinking.

521
00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:47,599
Speaker 1: His average X of velocity is definitely down this season.

522
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,319
Used to be ninety three. It's ninety this year. But

523
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,599
he has got a ton of launch in his his

524
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,519
uh best, he's trying to hit home runs. I mean,

525
00:30:56,519 --> 00:30:58,960
he's got a three thirty ninth s luck so it's

526
00:30:59,079 --> 00:31:01,799
a two and eleven batting average. So something's not working.

527
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,079
Speaker 2: Yeah. I was going to say something something's not working.

528
00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:09,160
It is he ever healthy?

529
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,279
Speaker 1: Maybe not, but he's got four hundred plate appearances this season,

530
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,960
so he play like he's healthy.

531
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:21,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, you want that batting average. I want that.

532
00:31:21,119 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: Batting average unless it's going to come with thirty five

533
00:31:23,319 --> 00:31:23,839
home runs.

534
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think it will. So that's why

535
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,599
I'll be staying away. Moving forward.

536
00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:34,079
Speaker 1: The Red Sox again, if the season were to end today,

537
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,880
they would be in the playoffs. They have caught the

538
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,279
Tampa Bay Rays. It's one to one. Let's see Durban

539
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:47,039
with another run scored. Johnny Jones is taking some playing

540
00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:50,720
time away from Jared Jones. He's batting lead off and

541
00:31:50,839 --> 00:31:53,519
one for one because they I don't know if you

542
00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:56,319
picked that up. They actually picked him up. I think

543
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:57,480
it was as a cash deal.

544
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 2: Yeah. I once we got through about the middle of

545
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,759
middle of May. Chad Durbin has turned into a very

546
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,039
very good baseball player. He's now up to eleven stolen bases.

547
00:32:13,119 --> 00:32:19,200
Uh batting average, yeah, two thirty eight. But he's played really,

548
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,119
really well since that slow start. And for those of

549
00:32:23,279 --> 00:32:26,599
exercise patients, good on you. And who stole a base

550
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:31,720
for the Rais glacios. Who hit the home run? Victor

551
00:32:31,839 --> 00:32:35,279
Mason Junior, Victor Mason Junior.

552
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,279
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at Caleb Durban what he's done.

553
00:32:40,119 --> 00:32:43,160
Where should I go back to? What date? Yeah?

554
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 2: Back June first? Yeah, June firston be a good date.

555
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,599
Speaker 1: I'd like June first. He's hit two ninety five with

556
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,039
eight home runs.

557
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 2: And how many stolen bases with.

558
00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:56,559
Speaker 1: A five thirty three slock. That's actually pretty impressive.

559
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 2: Five.

560
00:32:58,279 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's pretty good.

561
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, very good, solid player. I don't thanks for going

562
00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:08,079
back now, don't now look at look at where you

563
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,680
was hitting the end of May? All right, team middle,

564
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,960
middle of the middle of May. We'll go to the

565
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:14,839
middle of me April.

566
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: Okay, May sixteenth through a sixteenth through the beginning of

567
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:27,160
the year. See, hey there is Oh, Timmy, I screwed

568
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,559
this up. There we go, yeah, uh, one sixty nine

569
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,200
from the middle middle of May through early uh, from

570
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,759
the beginning of the season the middle of May.

571
00:33:40,839 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah for those that picked him up off the

572
00:33:44,319 --> 00:33:50,440
waiver wire and added them, added him towards the middle

573
00:33:50,599 --> 00:33:54,359
end of May. Man, that's huge rewards for sure.

574
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,119
Speaker 1: Timmy, let's take a break. We've been going, well, we've

575
00:33:56,119 --> 00:33:58,200
been going for a long time. Sorry about that, So

576
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,279
take a quick break and come back and finished the conversation.

577
00:34:03,599 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: Sounds good.

578
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 1: Did you enjoy your all start break?

579
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I did. I actually watched the home run derby.

580
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,719
I didn't watch the game, which is yeah, pretty well

581
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,360
typical Jordan Walker.

582
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,559
Speaker 1: I heard, I heard the hormone Derby was more exciting

583
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:31,000
this year.

584
00:34:31,559 --> 00:34:35,639
Speaker 2: What did you think, Well, yeah, I thought it was.

585
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,599
It was nice to see Jordan Walker come back and

586
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:41,280
hit all those home runs. You have to hit four

587
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,760
or five home runs in a row to take it

588
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,559
away from Schwarber, And yeah, that was sort of cool.

589
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,519
But as far as the game though, I just took

590
00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:56,679
a look at the box and somebody's pitching shut down,

591
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,199
somebody's hitting pretty solidly at that, didn't.

592
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,639
Speaker 1: He It was pretty much. The only run scored was

593
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,199
right in the first inning, right, So that was it.

594
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,519
Speaker 2: It was it was.

595
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: It was cricket, so I didn't watch. I pretty much

596
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,039
shut down. I did not watch the home Run Derby,

597
00:35:15,039 --> 00:35:17,480
and it watched the All Star Break All Star Game.

598
00:35:18,599 --> 00:35:21,440
I went out and had steak on Thursday night at

599
00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:26,719
Peter Luger's. So yeah, so yeah, that was that steakhouse

600
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,159
has been around since the eighteen hundreds, so it's a

601
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,519
classic New York restaurant. We've we met some friends and

602
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,679
family there and uh, it just had a great time.

603
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,639
It was a three hour meal to me. We just

604
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,000
sat there and ate and drank. It was great. The best,

605
00:35:42,559 --> 00:35:45,280
the best waiter ever. Lou just made fun of us

606
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,760
the entire time. It was great. Yeah, It's like he's like,

607
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:53,280
somebody would order us. If you don't want that, I'm

608
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,000
not bringing you that. This is what you're going to

609
00:35:55,039 --> 00:35:58,239
get instead. It's like it's just brought of stuff. It

610
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:58,679
was great.

611
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:05,519
Speaker 2: And my guess is his choices were well received, right, yeah.

612
00:36:05,519 --> 00:36:07,159
Speaker 1: They were right. He's like, what are you doing. He's

613
00:36:07,199 --> 00:36:09,639
been there for fifty years or whatever, and don't don't

614
00:36:09,679 --> 00:36:13,599
buy that, get this. It was great. So but and

615
00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:16,239
then the evening and then and then things started off

616
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,320
for me on Friday night, more baseball stuff and we're

617
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,199
writing and oh bummer. The minor leagues really didn't get

618
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,400
kicking in until Saturday. There was a lot of teams

619
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,639
off for some odd reason on Friday night. So so

620
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,719
this week instead of up top top twenty half prospects

621
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,440
of the week, it's going to be the top twenty

622
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,199
breakout players of the year so far.

623
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:42,039
Speaker 2: Oh good, good choice, good choice. I think I know

624
00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:45,320
what happened with the minor leagues after that seven inning game.

625
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,360
They wanted to make sure everybody was well arrested.

626
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, probably I gave you yeah, yeah, yeah, you.

627
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:54,519
Speaker 2: Knew that was coming. Yeah.

628
00:36:54,559 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: It's eighteen breakout Players five and DSL thirteen and traditional ball.

629
00:37:03,519 --> 00:37:07,800
And then I got to timmy bounce back players, guys

630
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:12,159
that were left for dead who have like, oh he

631
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,320
actually is playing well, so which is probably my favorite.

632
00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:20,199
I could have done, you know, dozens on that category

633
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,280
and dozens on the other one, but I just picked

634
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,960
a bunch that I like that Ezra and Valdez. As

635
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:30,119
I mentioned, if I hit another home run, well, what

636
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,719
do you think of for the rest of the season.

637
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,360
He's got to call. He's gonna he has to cool down. Otherwise,

638
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,679
he's the best player in baseball. But what do you

639
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,840
think about it? How should I think about Ezmralyn Valdez

640
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:40,840
for the rest of the season.

641
00:37:43,039 --> 00:37:45,559
Speaker 2: I mean, the power is real. He can hit the

642
00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:47,719
ball a long way. He's not going to hit it

643
00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:51,000
a long way as much as he has. Like you said,

644
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,320
he'll be the best player in the game. But would

645
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,880
you be disappointed if you got three four home runs,

646
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,280
ten twelve rbiys and too thirty batting average over the

647
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,199
balance of the season. I don't think I'd be disappointed.

648
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: Yes, just two or three more home runs?

649
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,199
Speaker 2: Really? No, three four a month? Sorry, I'm thinking I'm

650
00:38:13,199 --> 00:38:13,840
talking for a month.

651
00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 1: So ends with twenty home runs, one a week.

652
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, with the head start that he's got right now,

653
00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:23,360
he's been a great ad.

654
00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: He's got to get some some Rookie of the Year

655
00:38:27,079 --> 00:38:28,639
votes if he gets twenty home runs.

656
00:38:29,679 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 2: Well, and I don't think that's a I don't think

657
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:37,760
that's a really extreme projection. You know, a home run

658
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:43,760
a week, Yeah, maybe every ten days, that's you know,

659
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,880
with the numbers he's already put up. Yeah, that is

660
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,119
a good season. And he's twenty two years old, right.

661
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of swing and missing this game,

662
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,280
a lot of chasing this game. Essentially, somebody's going to

663
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,159
figure that out. So the fear is that he just

664
00:38:59,559 --> 00:39:01,719
doesn't hit at all and there is no more home

665
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,679
runs because he just doesn't hit. Yeah, and told they

666
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,519
make in tols, the pitching makes the adjustment. I mean,

667
00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:11,360
he's he's he's been a godsend. If people picked him

668
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,519
up on a ten, recommended him a few weeks ago,

669
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,840
I mean it's it's this is how you win leagues, Tim,

670
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:17,679
there's no question.

671
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. And as far as future is concerned, is there

672
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,320
any reason why he can't be a twenty five eighty

673
00:39:26,559 --> 00:39:27,880
two thirty type. Bet?

674
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,199
Speaker 1: I think that's probably. I think I'll even have more

675
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,599
power than that. But I think he's going to hit

676
00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:34,920
about two thirty. And I think that's just the guy.

677
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:36,079
It's just the guy.

678
00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. As a fifth oat fielder, will you take that?

679
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:40,039
I'll take that.

680
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: I'll take that.

681
00:39:41,159 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 2: I won't I won't take him as a number two

682
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,039
or three oat fielder, but I will take him as

683
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:47,639
a as a four or five.

684
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,639
Speaker 1: Lost the shuffle and I want to make sure we

685
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,280
get this because Kristin Curtis got his Major league, made

686
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,440
his major League debut. Yeah, yeah, has a pet a

687
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,920
pretty good season, really well in Double A, got beaten

688
00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:05,440
up a little bit in Triple A, but just came

689
00:40:05,559 --> 00:40:08,519
up as the bulk guy and shoved it, you know,

690
00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:11,280
for five innings against the Whites. Well, I forgot who

691
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:16,440
they played, whoever they played and Detroit and just shoved.

692
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,320
And then the bullpen blew it. As Tim was saying earlier, Santana,

693
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,639
I think blew it last night. But what about Christian

694
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,400
Curtis going forward? Is there even a role for him?

695
00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:32,519
Speaker 2: I had him originally on my weaver wire piece and

696
00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:38,119
pulled him because the Pirates brought him up simply for

697
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:44,480
that for that one game the doubleheader. Okay, And I'm

698
00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:49,519
not sure moving forward they're paying Killer, they're gonna start

699
00:40:49,559 --> 00:40:53,000
above a Chandler, and you know, Jered Jones, I think

700
00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:57,440
he's going to get future opportunities when I have no idea.

701
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:02,000
It might take an injury, you know, because the Pirates

702
00:41:02,039 --> 00:41:05,360
are stuck with Keller and they're not going anywhere with

703
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:09,400
Bubba Chandler and Jared Jones. I'm not even going to

704
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,239
bring up Ashcraft with Skins, So where are the opportunities

705
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,599
barring an injury? That there aren't any I liked what

706
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,000
I saw, and he's going to get more starts throughout

707
00:41:19,079 --> 00:41:22,519
the season, but I just couldn't recommend him right now

708
00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:26,360
because I have no idea when that needs going to arise,

709
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,719
and hopefully it doesn't, but it will. It's just the

710
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:30,400
way of the world.

711
00:41:32,639 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 1: Flipping over to let me get back to my notes

712
00:41:36,079 --> 00:41:40,480
to uh, Milwaukee Brewers are kind of worse. Fears of

713
00:41:40,679 --> 00:41:45,880
Brandon Woodriff were realized when he went under underwent season

714
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,920
ending shoulder surgery, same shoulder, Timmy. Yeah, it's it's like,

715
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:52,559
think this third surgery. I mean, if you got him

716
00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:54,960
in a Dynasty league, I don't know, man, this is

717
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,639
he might be done. That's this is this is rough.

718
00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:02,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is really really rough. I feel for random Woodrope.

719
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:09,280
I really do I get another long roll back from

720
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,480
a rather you know, serious injury.

721
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: Yep, yep, agreed there. But so we're trying to figure

722
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,559
out why the Brewers traded for Lance mccollor. So that

723
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,199
and I kind of put a little post out for

724
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,559
our Patreon members, like maybe the Brewers have figured out

725
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,039
how to keep guys healthy, which all of a sudden

726
00:42:29,119 --> 00:42:31,480
we find out Brandon Woodward's done for the season, so

727
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:32,480
that's not true.

728
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 2: And Logan Logan Henderson's dealing with issues too, So.

729
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:42,079
Speaker 1: It's it's a weird trade on the surface because I

730
00:42:42,159 --> 00:42:45,599
mean it's cheap, it doesn't cost them much. But but

731
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,679
you kind of like the other guy that came along

732
00:42:49,039 --> 00:42:49,480
with them.

733
00:42:51,039 --> 00:42:53,679
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I don't think Robert Gasser is the answer.

734
00:42:54,599 --> 00:42:57,400
And the guy they picked up Colton Gordon. He was

735
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,119
having a pretty good year down on the farm this

736
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:06,679
year at Triple A. And if I'm sitting there tonight

737
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:13,440
and I'm looking at Lance mccolors or Colton Gordon, I

738
00:43:13,559 --> 00:43:16,400
put a buck or two down on Gordon. Call it

739
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,800
a hunch, call it whatever you want to call it,

740
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,800
but I think there's more to Colton Gordon. Then people

741
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:28,199
are acknowledging at this point in time. And maybe maybe

742
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,920
maybe I'm totally wet band the years or whatever you

743
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,960
want to call it. Maybe I'm totally on glue, but

744
00:43:35,519 --> 00:43:40,840
I I think Gordon can replace Gasser in that rotation

745
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:41,519
at some point.

746
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:45,159
Speaker 1: Wow, that's a bold that's a bold statement. I I mean,

747
00:43:45,199 --> 00:43:48,800
he doesn't throw that hard. Stuff's not good, Okay, I mean,

748
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,199
I I don't think lancema Colors is the answer. So

749
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,400
I mean maybe maybe they got a pill, a blue

750
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,960
pill followed by a green pill that they give him,

751
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,199
and also his his arm is healthy for the rest

752
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,440
of the season. But so I think out of the two, yeah,

753
00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:09,760
I think spending any money on Lanthemon Colors makes no sense. Okay,

754
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,840
now I'll throw it on a buck on Colton Gordon.

755
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,039
I just just everybody know he throws ninety one miles

756
00:44:14,039 --> 00:44:16,519
an hour, so he doesn't throw that hard.

757
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 2: No, I wish I weldre throwing a buck down on

758
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:20,880
Kyle Harrison a long time ago.

759
00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: Fair point. Oh, Kyle Harrison is apparently he's pitching against it.

760
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,519
If he comes back, then all this stuff is mood

761
00:44:28,599 --> 00:44:31,119
because of those bring Kyle Harrison back and should be

762
00:44:31,199 --> 00:44:32,119
in pretty good shape.

763
00:44:32,159 --> 00:44:38,559
Speaker 2: But I mean the Brewers, imri On Harrison came back clean.

764
00:44:39,199 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 1: Yep.

765
00:44:40,039 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 2: I know, so that's good. That's a good good news

766
00:44:43,519 --> 00:44:45,119
for the Brewers and their bands.

767
00:44:46,039 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: To me, if if I'm a Brewers fan and I

768
00:44:50,119 --> 00:44:53,280
just lost Brandon Woodruff, I want the Brewers to cash

769
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:57,400
in on some of this excess prospects that they have.

770
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:02,719
I mean, Jaden Fielder is Prince Fielder's son Right, and

771
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,960
he wasn't drafted. He was signed as a free agent.

772
00:45:06,119 --> 00:45:10,159
So this is not a well regarded high end prospect.

773
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,599
And that was the guy they traded for Lance mccullor.

774
00:45:12,679 --> 00:45:14,920
So that's they didn't have to give up much. So

775
00:45:15,199 --> 00:45:18,480
it's time to fork over somebody that's got, you know,

776
00:45:18,599 --> 00:45:22,000
some talent, to bring in a pitcher that can help

777
00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:24,880
them in the playoffs. That's what I think they have to.

778
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,679
I think it would be brilliant if they brought in

779
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,280
Trek scoobl and just said, you know, we're going for

780
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,599
it and they give up a couple of their top prospects.

781
00:45:31,639 --> 00:45:34,199
Speaker 2: They are not going to miss him to them, No,

782
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:38,480
they know, and and you know the top top prospects

783
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:39,440
aren't going anywhere.

784
00:45:40,599 --> 00:45:46,280
Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no, jesus, my dad, Lewis, Yeah,

785
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,800
those guys. I would probably be Lewis Laura, but that's

786
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,920
just me. But because I think he's more of a

787
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,519
fourth kind of outfielder. But I would I would welcome

788
00:45:57,679 --> 00:46:01,519
back with open arms, Enning, Freddy, I bet you turns

789
00:46:01,559 --> 00:46:03,400
into seven and a half inning, Freddy.

790
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:11,320
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm not going to bet against you on that one. No, definitely,

791
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:17,199
definitely not. But You're right, that would be the logical approach,

792
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,599
but it is is it the Milwaukee approach? I just

793
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:21,039
don't know.

794
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:24,280
Speaker 1: Well, I mean it's not the Milwaukee It's not historically

795
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,719
been the Milwaukee approach. I mean, they are the least

796
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,079
revenue team in baseball, so they have to manage that.

797
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,000
But they've got Look I write about prospects, to me,

798
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,920
pretty I think we've talked with this, it's pretty safe

799
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,400
to say if they don't have the best minor league system,

800
00:46:43,079 --> 00:46:46,119
it's top three. I mean, it's that deep. Yeah, I

801
00:46:46,199 --> 00:46:49,239
think it's fair fair to say between them and the race,

802
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,960
it's the deepest. I mean, they've got guys that can

803
00:46:52,039 --> 00:46:55,400
go thirty thirty five deep and they don't. Those guys

804
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,559
in the thirties are not going to see the light

805
00:46:58,639 --> 00:47:01,400
of day in Milwaukee, but there's going to be somebody's

806
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,639
top ten prospect in another system.

807
00:47:05,639 --> 00:47:08,519
Speaker 2: M Yeah. No, it's all set up for them to

808
00:47:08,599 --> 00:47:10,519
be to make those moves, and I agree with you

809
00:47:10,679 --> 00:47:17,800
they should make those moves. Historically though not so much,

810
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:22,199
you know what I mean, it's totally yeah, Yeah, it's yeah.

811
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,559
They just traded for Lions for colors, I know, Yeah,

812
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:30,519
we just we get a ver discussion. We answered this question,

813
00:47:30,679 --> 00:47:31,000
didn't we?

814
00:47:31,559 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, it makes just makes no sense at all, but

815
00:47:35,199 --> 00:47:37,320
which means there's got to be something else at play

816
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,280
final thing before we take another break, just some I

817
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:44,159
call a stud update. Jose Ramirez says he's getting close.

818
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,760
He might skip a rehab assignment. Ronald Acunas should be

819
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,960
ready sometime next week. Max Freede is having his first

820
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,320
rehab start this week. Aaron Judge nowhere near and actually

821
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,079
Will Smith kind of flying under the radar. I mean

822
00:47:57,159 --> 00:47:59,079
he might not be He might not be back until

823
00:47:59,119 --> 00:48:00,119
the playoffs if that.

824
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:05,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, and somebody should really invest in some duct tape

825
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:11,000
and put a double layer around Rushings. Yeah, he's uh,

826
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,199
he annoys me. I think he annoys the whole world

827
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:15,719
right now.

828
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:16,679
Speaker 1: What did he say?

829
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 2: Well, he's just moulty constantly. There was that pitching thing

830
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,360
with Otani a couple of weeks back, and then he

831
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,239
got into a yelling match with Carry. I think it

832
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:32,480
is in Colorado, you know, Like, I just I don't

833
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:36,559
Dalton Rushing is going to be a player that I'm

834
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:43,400
just I don't like. I just don't like it. Arrogant.

835
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,760
Speaker 1: This has nothing to do with with stut players about

836
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,639
ready to come back. You did a complete contact switch

837
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,599
on me. You just switch it up. Well, no, I

838
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,079
don't like Dalton Rushing.

839
00:48:55,639 --> 00:48:59,119
Speaker 2: Well yeah, the reason that came up is because of

840
00:48:59,199 --> 00:49:01,760
Will Smith. The Dodgers want Will Smith back in a

841
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,599
big way, for all of the reasons, for all of

842
00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:08,519
the reasons that he's not Dalt and Rushing.

843
00:49:08,599 --> 00:49:21,159
Speaker 1: I was that, Oh, now, your regions friend, I'm bustling

844
00:49:21,199 --> 00:49:24,599
on Tim red Sox now up four to one, potentially

845
00:49:24,639 --> 00:49:28,159
gonna win thirteenth, thirteenth game in a row. Good for them,

846
00:49:29,119 --> 00:49:31,760
good to say, let's let's let's let's take a break,

847
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,320
come back into Tim's waiver war. And I got a

848
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:48,400
bone to pick with Tim on his waiver warm me too, No, players, Tim,

849
00:49:48,519 --> 00:49:51,239
the the old waiver war is a little on the

850
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:52,199
light side today.

851
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:59,079
Speaker 2: Yeah it is very very light. Yeah, it's like quirks light,

852
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,840
bud light. Yeah, it's way way way late today. Just

853
00:50:04,199 --> 00:50:08,199
not Hey, I search time, and I look, there's just

854
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:13,559
nothing that they've reached out to me and said, Yeah,

855
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:15,360
I think a lot of it has to do with

856
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:20,840
the break and teams getting squared around. Yeah, yeah, I'm

857
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:24,119
sure next week will be will be much better, but

858
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,800
this week we was Yeah, it was Lean.

859
00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:31,519
Speaker 1: I love the first name, though, I mean, Charlie Condon

860
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,840
has been all world the season. I mean primarily we

861
00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:38,440
just did Durban. If we go back and do the

862
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,440
same thing with Charlie Condon, he's been fantastic over the

863
00:50:41,559 --> 00:50:45,119
last couple of months. Again, granted it's been out in Albuquerque.

864
00:50:46,519 --> 00:50:48,840
We'll see what happens when he gets to the major leagues.

865
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:53,519
Usually the Colorado Rockies somehow screw guys up. We'll see Timmy,

866
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:56,920
but he looks ready. I think they need to have

867
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,920
some guy in the middle of that lineup that they

868
00:51:00,119 --> 00:51:02,960
can point to. Is this is our guy going forward.

869
00:51:03,079 --> 00:51:05,599
Let's bring him up, Let's keep him up. We're going

870
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:08,199
We're going to the death with this guy. And I

871
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:09,360
think that's Charlie Condon.

872
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:14,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, the futures should start before a cup of coffee

873
00:51:14,039 --> 00:51:14,639
in September.

874
00:51:15,199 --> 00:51:18,159
Speaker 1: Yeah, I totally agree. Let's let's get it done.

875
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:25,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly. You look at the park factor. I

876
00:51:25,199 --> 00:51:29,800
know Albuquerque been half of his games, and couriers should

877
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:35,400
be about the same as Albuquerque, shouldn't they if you're purposes, Yeah.

878
00:51:35,199 --> 00:51:39,039
Speaker 1: I guess, I mean, I guess, I mean they something

879
00:51:39,119 --> 00:51:43,719
happens to him. I I mean, I'm not a believer

880
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,119
right to have Charlie Condon and a couple of dynasty

881
00:51:46,199 --> 00:51:47,840
leagues if he gets caught up, I'm putting them in.

882
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,280
Don't get me wrong, But I don't know. I've been

883
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:55,280
We've been burned so many times with these. Did I

884
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:56,960
say that cole kerrag has looked great?

885
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 2: Yeah he has. He's looked really, really good.

886
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,119
Speaker 1: So okay, uh my next one is up when I

887
00:52:04,159 --> 00:52:06,559
have a bone to pick with you, and that's Harry Ford.

888
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:11,400
Harry Ford has and you admittedly say he's been brutal.

889
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:16,559
This he's brutal in the minor leagues. Yeah, I'm reading

890
00:52:16,639 --> 00:52:20,000
the last sentence. Roster him as a number two and

891
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:24,159
enjoy the rewards. What rewards, Tammy, What rewards are we

892
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,679
going to enjoy? Well?

893
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 2: Right now, who has the best offense in baseball? The Dodgers, No,

894
00:52:37,159 --> 00:52:38,480
the Washington Nationals?

895
00:52:39,159 --> 00:52:42,880
Speaker 1: What what's your what's your criteria for that.

896
00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:45,119
Speaker 2: Run scored?

897
00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:49,280
Speaker 1: Okay, we're okay, that's what we're using.

898
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:56,679
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, the Nationals of Hey, let's let's let's not

899
00:52:56,880 --> 00:53:02,000
look at the score against column. But the Nationals have

900
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:05,760
right now the highest scoring offense in the game.

901
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:11,760
Speaker 1: The guys followed by my Pittsburgh Pirates at five twenty eight.

902
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:20,760
Speaker 2: The Nationals can score runs. Okay, Now, Harry Ford. I

903
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,760
don't know why Harry Ford was having such a miserable

904
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,159
season down in the minors. Maybe it was pouting. I

905
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,679
have no idea what was going on with Harry Ford.

906
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,679
But Harry Ford is a better player than what his

907
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:37,039
stat line is will show you from the first two

908
00:53:37,079 --> 00:53:38,000
and a half three months.

909
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:39,639
Speaker 1: Why do you say that.

910
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:45,400
Speaker 2: Because the history up until this point in time has

911
00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:47,760
shown that to be the case. And he's one of

912
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,440
those players that I were there many people out there

913
00:53:51,519 --> 00:53:53,760
that were down on Harry Ford. Are's a prospect?

914
00:53:54,119 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 1: Now I've been down on him for the last year

915
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:04,880
and a half. But that's just me. You have to agree, mate,

916
00:54:05,079 --> 00:54:07,639
as you've had your chime. So here's my problem, tim.

917
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:12,239
His speed is completely gone. Thirty five stolen bases in

918
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:16,079
twenty twenty four seven last year, zero so far this season.

919
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:20,800
Speed will have to Maybe he was never really that fast,

920
00:54:21,039 --> 00:54:24,519
so the speed is gone. He's hitting the ball at

921
00:54:24,639 --> 00:54:28,920
eighty five point five miles an hour. In twenty twenty

922
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,440
five in triple A he hit eighty eight point eight,

923
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,719
which is a little bit better. There's no leverage in

924
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,960
his swing at all. It's nine degrees of launch. That's

925
00:54:36,039 --> 00:54:40,519
a eight to twelve home run guy. He walks a ton.

926
00:54:41,079 --> 00:54:44,400
I'll give him that walks a ton, but there's huge

927
00:54:44,519 --> 00:54:46,639
chase in his swing. Even though he walks a ton.

928
00:54:47,119 --> 00:54:51,920
I I'm looking at a eight to ten home run guy.

929
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,400
He's not gonna hit, and he's not. He's a terrible

930
00:54:54,639 --> 00:54:58,599
defender in the behind the plate as well, So I'm

931
00:54:58,639 --> 00:55:00,679
down on him. I just don't see. I don't see

932
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:02,159
the player got a good first game.

933
00:55:02,159 --> 00:55:08,199
Speaker 3: Other than that you like him, I mean part of it,

934
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:09,519
I don't part of it.

935
00:55:09,599 --> 00:55:12,760
Speaker 1: I think he he played extremely well in the lower

936
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,760
levels of the minor leagues and got exposed when he

937
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,599
got to the upper levels of the minor And I

938
00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:20,920
don't know what happened to the speed. I just don't know. Yeah,

939
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:22,519
I mean, that's weird.

940
00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:25,679
Speaker 2: Win. As a number two type catcher hanging in the

941
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,079
ninth spot in the offense, it scores the most runs

942
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:31,639
in the game. Following him in the lineup when he

943
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,719
plays two three times a week is going to be

944
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:38,679
James Wood. Luis Garcia junior, Curtis Mead and C. J.

945
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,559
Abrams and after that his cruise in Lisle with the

946
00:55:41,679 --> 00:55:45,679
fringy types. But I mean the offense, may I may

947
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,000
I He's going to score runs if he gets on base.

948
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,599
Speaker 1: Is he going to play in front of Cabert Ruiz?

949
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,559
Speaker 2: I don't think so initially, But I think he'll get

950
00:55:56,599 --> 00:56:01,719
two to three games a week, all right, but two.

951
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:07,280
Speaker 1: Or three games a week as the backup catcher, all right. Yeah,

952
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:15,000
I'm taking the opposite view. So okay, I I don't

953
00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:18,119
know what happened to Harry Ford. And maybe I look

954
00:56:18,199 --> 00:56:20,679
at a great first game and maybe it's maybe he

955
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:22,599
was pouting. Now he's up and he's going to be

956
00:56:22,639 --> 00:56:25,280
all world. He's going to go as Rulin Valdez on us.

957
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:26,440
I'm betting.

958
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:28,280
Speaker 3: I'm betting the under.

959
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:30,199
Speaker 2: I bet.

960
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,559
Speaker 1: I bet the under Harry Ford. And I think I

961
00:56:35,679 --> 00:56:38,079
might have Harry Ford at tinyst League. So I mean,

962
00:56:38,519 --> 00:56:41,559
I'm betting against myself. But maybe I got rid of

963
00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:43,000
all my shares with Harry Ford.

964
00:56:43,079 --> 00:56:46,760
Speaker 2: But uh yeah, yeah, And he didn't run. Why didn't

965
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:48,039
he run? Was he told not to run?

966
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: I don't know, told not to run in two organizations though,

967
00:56:53,519 --> 00:56:59,159
that's what's weird. I know, I means notoriously kind of

968
00:56:59,199 --> 00:57:02,400
get beaten up and stop running. The athletic ones.

969
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 2: So yeah, no, there are there are some catchers that

970
00:57:07,679 --> 00:57:10,400
I think he can best as a number two.

971
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:14,840
Speaker 1: Yep. That's the thing. This kid that was taking third

972
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,360
overall in the draft on Lackey and.

973
00:57:17,519 --> 00:57:18,119
Speaker 3: He could be.

974
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: I mean, he could be like an amazing baseball player.

975
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,320
He's fast, I mean, he can run, but all of

976
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:26,840
a sudden you look at him, it's like, is he

977
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:28,719
gonna Is he gonna stay behind the plate? Looks like

978
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,800
as the defensive chops to stay behind the plate. You're hoping,

979
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,599
particularly if you're a fantasy player, that he gets out

980
00:57:34,679 --> 00:57:37,800
from behind the plate so you can keep running. Otherwise,

981
00:57:38,199 --> 00:57:40,440
I mean, the history is not kind of these athletic

982
00:57:40,519 --> 00:57:43,199
guys I carry forward. I mean, this is what happens.

983
00:57:43,239 --> 00:57:49,559
They just stop running and then maybe they're not that good. Yeah.

984
00:57:49,679 --> 00:57:51,800
Speaker 2: For purposes of our game, it would be nice if

985
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,039
Harry Ford and stolen ten bases this year.

986
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:57,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, because ten bases with ten home runs is okay.

987
00:57:58,079 --> 00:58:00,840
Ten home runs with no stolet Bay exist with a

988
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,960
two thirty batting average is a little disconcerting. That's my fear.

989
00:58:05,599 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's a legitimate fear. I agree. I might

990
00:58:08,559 --> 00:58:11,559
have been a little a little bit bullish on for it.

991
00:58:11,679 --> 00:58:15,400
I've always liked Harry Ford, I have to.

992
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:18,440
Speaker 1: Up until about a year and a half ago, I said, well,

993
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:19,400
what's going on here?

994
00:58:20,159 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah?

995
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, anyway, it's good to have arguments and discussions.

996
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,039
We can't agree on everything.

997
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:32,679
Speaker 2: No, you mean I'm not right all the time.

998
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:40,519
Speaker 1: You're right, happy, Angel Martinez second base, outfield. You're just

999
00:58:40,599 --> 00:58:41,880
telling us he's coming back soon.

1000
00:58:42,679 --> 00:58:45,119
Speaker 2: He's coming back soon. Well, he's only roster to forty

1001
00:58:45,159 --> 00:58:49,239
three percent. Okay, he swings a little bit too much

1002
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:53,960
of everything is the anti guardian bat. Okay, I'll have

1003
00:58:54,079 --> 00:58:57,239
dudes looking at OVP and it reflects it. But you'll

1004
00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:59,920
hit the power. You'll steal basis for the purposes of

1005
00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:05,360
our game, especially in the banning average league. He's somebody

1006
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,800
that you should be watching over for if he's if

1007
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:10,480
he's somehow slept in in your pre agent pool, I

1008
00:59:10,519 --> 00:59:11,840
would find your way to get him back.

1009
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 1: Am I okay with being am I okay with him

1010
00:59:16,519 --> 00:59:19,320
not being a guardian type player. I kind of like that.

1011
00:59:19,519 --> 00:59:22,719
I think they need some non guardian like players.

1012
00:59:23,039 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 2: He's not.

1013
00:59:24,119 --> 00:59:26,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, neither of Ramiros.

1014
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, but they got to have some offense somewhere,

1015
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:34,239
don't they.

1016
00:59:35,159 --> 00:59:38,639
Speaker 1: I agree, I mean I I look, I've benefited from

1017
00:59:38,679 --> 00:59:42,519
Angel Martinez in a couple of leagues and it's been great. Disappointing.

1018
00:59:42,599 --> 00:59:44,760
He broke his foot, but hopefully he'll be back. And

1019
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,000
I mean, look, guy's coming back from broken feet. I mean,

1020
00:59:48,079 --> 00:59:50,440
that's a broken foot. That's not good. I mean, it

1021
00:59:50,599 --> 00:59:52,880
might take him the rest of the season, even in

1022
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,960
the next season, fully heal. I don't know how much. Yeah,

1023
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,440
I mean he's going to do. But he's a pretty

1024
00:59:58,480 --> 00:59:59,280
good baseball player.

1025
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,679
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, as your middle infielder, you could do a

1026
01:00:02,719 --> 01:00:05,239
lot worse. I think I am, in a couple of leagues,

1027
01:00:05,519 --> 01:00:06,159
a lot worse.

1028
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:14,079
Speaker 1: Flashing back in time, Jordan Montgomerys, Yeah, well, hey, his

1029
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:18,400
rehab was just going stunningly good up until yesterday, and

1030
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,960
he got toasted yesterday in Vegas.

1031
01:00:21,039 --> 01:00:26,159
Speaker 2: I think against Vegas. Uh, he's healthy. You know, twenty

1032
01:00:26,239 --> 01:00:28,079
twenty three is a long time ago, but he had

1033
01:00:28,079 --> 01:00:32,119
a nice three year run of success. Ah. If I

1034
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:35,280
had a reserve spot sitting there, I'd put a buck

1035
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:36,599
down just to see what happens.

1036
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's throwing that hard thinking plosity. Let's

1037
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,760
you say he played in Vegas yesterday.

1038
01:00:44,519 --> 01:00:47,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, let's take a look at that or

1039
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:48,320
against Vegas.

1040
01:00:49,039 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: That's okay, was long? I just tap in Vegas here

1041
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:55,800
and the eighth the one. Yes, we played for round Rock.

1042
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:58,199
That is correct. Let's see what he did.

1043
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,599
Speaker 2: He lost. He was always low nineties, I think anyways.

1044
01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's averaging ninety sinkers averaging ninety, has fastballs eighty

1045
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:13,039
nine point eight. Yeah, so he's yeah, he's not throwing

1046
01:01:13,159 --> 01:01:13,639
very hard.

1047
01:01:13,559 --> 01:01:17,400
Speaker 2: To I know the rules.

1048
01:01:17,719 --> 01:01:18,639
Speaker 1: I know the rules.

1049
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, okay.

1050
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:28,239
Speaker 1: Uh Christian Scott, yeah, roster.

1051
01:01:28,199 --> 01:01:30,039
Speaker 2: I think we got to be liking Christian Scott a

1052
01:01:30,159 --> 01:01:33,719
little bit more than forty five. Okay. The strikeout rates

1053
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:34,079
are good.

1054
01:01:34,679 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 1: Uh.

1055
01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:38,559
Speaker 2: He shut down the Phillies on Friday night. I think

1056
01:01:38,639 --> 01:01:43,599
it was seven strikeouts, pulled off the wind. Uh, yeah,

1057
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:47,119
a lot. He's a young pitcher, but he's also on

1058
01:01:47,239 --> 01:01:49,800
the Mets do not sell list, and it's for a reason.

1059
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:52,960
I sort of like Christian Scott moving forward. He's not

1060
01:01:53,159 --> 01:01:54,920
going to in quality start leagues.

1061
01:01:55,159 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, they have they publicly come out and said

1062
01:01:57,960 --> 01:01:59,480
he's on the do not sell list.

1063
01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 2: Yeah he is, they've come out. The other names on

1064
01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:11,880
the list were one Sodo of course, and then and you. Yeah,

1065
01:02:12,079 --> 01:02:17,360
there was. There was a few names on the list, yes, McLean, Yes.

1066
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:22,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yes, all the good players. You want Freddy,

1067
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:27,679
you want Freddy Broughton. He's sure, it's okay, great, yeah, playing.

1068
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,800
I'll give you all my bad players, but I forget

1069
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:37,639
about it. Okay, not gonna happen. No, But but you

1070
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:38,800
want my best player?

1071
01:02:39,199 --> 01:02:44,159
Speaker 2: I got it, of course. Yes, yeah, we'll take one

1072
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:46,639
soda as long as you eat ninety percent of the contract.

1073
01:02:47,079 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. Interesting.

1074
01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 2: What do you think of Christian Scott long term?

1075
01:02:54,199 --> 01:02:56,880
Speaker 1: I think he's a solid picture to me, I actually do.

1076
01:02:57,039 --> 01:03:00,679
I think there's he could be a really solid number three. Yeah.

1077
01:03:01,599 --> 01:03:04,639
I liked him. He's coming through the minor leagues. I

1078
01:03:04,719 --> 01:03:07,480
got hurt there for a while. Yeah. I see a

1079
01:03:07,519 --> 01:03:10,559
two eighty seventy year a guy. Probably not, but a

1080
01:03:10,639 --> 01:03:13,119
few tell me he's a three forty three fifty guy

1081
01:03:13,239 --> 01:03:16,400
with a strikeout an inning winet twelve games. I think

1082
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:18,559
that's a number three fantasy starter. I think it's a

1083
01:03:18,559 --> 01:03:19,880
pretty good baseball player.

1084
01:03:22,039 --> 01:03:25,239
Speaker 2: Who has a better career Christian Scott or Jonathan Tong.

1085
01:03:26,719 --> 01:03:30,079
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, Jonathan Tong's in trouble.

1086
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,159
Speaker 2: So I think so too. Yeah.

1087
01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:38,159
Speaker 1: So it's a little bit of Harry Harry Ford. He's

1088
01:03:38,199 --> 01:03:41,079
more famous than good at the moment, and he got

1089
01:03:41,159 --> 01:03:43,199
exposed when he got to the upper levels of the

1090
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:47,960
minor leagues. I saw him in Somerset. I saw him

1091
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:51,639
two games in a week, him against Elma Rodriguez. And

1092
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,559
people get tired of these boring stories. I tell I

1093
01:03:54,719 --> 01:03:58,039
saw a guy who looked like tim Linsea come in

1094
01:03:58,199 --> 01:04:02,159
size and effort, a big fastball that like, can he

1095
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:04,719
keep up the velocity? Here was a great change up.

1096
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:07,719
He did not have a pitch that spun. He just

1097
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,840
did not have a slider or curveball.

1098
01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 2: That's not good.

1099
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:15,159
Speaker 1: Yeah, particularly when you're right handed. You need something that

1100
01:04:15,639 --> 01:04:18,199
that you can throw away from a right handed batter.

1101
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:21,679
And and that's that's problematic. Most of the pitch most

1102
01:04:21,719 --> 01:04:25,880
of the hitters are right handed. And and he could

1103
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,280
dominate in double A throwing ninety seven with a nasty

1104
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:31,760
change up, and he got triple A. And these guys

1105
01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:33,800
are like, okay, what else you got here are they

1106
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:35,719
just destroyed it because he did have he didn't have

1107
01:04:35,719 --> 01:04:36,239
a curveball.

1108
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, you gotta it's very rarely going to pitch succeed

1109
01:04:42,559 --> 01:04:43,639
with just two pitches.

1110
01:04:44,519 --> 01:04:46,360
Speaker 1: That's why they get thrown to the bullpens. If you

1111
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:50,760
tell me, Jonah Tong turns into uh oh, who's the

1112
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:55,719
Mets closer at the moment? What's his face? The guy

1113
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:59,800
that's got the really good Devin. Yeah, Devin Williams. You

1114
01:05:00,079 --> 01:05:02,239
me Jonah? They moved Jonah Tng to the bullpen. I

1115
01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:04,639
also wanted to start to get very very interesting because

1116
01:05:04,719 --> 01:05:09,280
that would work. Right, ninety seven turns into ninety nine

1117
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:13,719
with a devastating change up, that would work. It's Devin Williams,

1118
01:05:13,719 --> 01:05:14,800
that's exactly. That's his career.

1119
01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:19,920
Speaker 2: So yeah, and Devin Williams, this is likely to be

1120
01:05:20,039 --> 01:05:21,400
moving on the deadline, that's right.

1121
01:05:21,599 --> 01:05:25,079
Speaker 1: Yep, yep. You gotta figure out who's going to replace

1122
01:05:25,159 --> 01:05:27,079
Devin Williams. He's going to replace Devin Who should I

1123
01:05:27,199 --> 01:05:30,639
invest in for the Mets? And Devin Williams something, Luke,

1124
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:33,639
he's gonna he's going to get moved to give me

1125
01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:34,159
another guy.

1126
01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:36,360
Speaker 2: If Joe.

1127
01:05:40,719 --> 01:05:43,559
Speaker 1: Always always glad to do Sam's work for him.

1128
01:05:43,639 --> 01:05:46,920
Speaker 2: So thanks.

1129
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:52,199
Speaker 1: Only listens to me when he knows he doesn't have

1130
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:54,679
to do his own work. Oh that sounds good.

1131
01:05:55,519 --> 01:06:00,719
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I don't have d my forehead.

1132
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:04,239
Speaker 1: All right, let's finish this up. They got Lane Thomas,

1133
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:06,239
who's been great to him. I mean he's been really

1134
01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:06,800
good of late.

1135
01:06:07,719 --> 01:06:13,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, did another home run last night. He's hey seven

1136
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:15,559
seven or twelve the past week. He's got the batting

1137
01:06:15,599 --> 01:06:19,119
average up, he's stealing some bases. Yeah, go get Lane Thomas,

1138
01:06:19,199 --> 01:06:22,320
eleven percent of roster. Just go go get him. Enjoy

1139
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:22,760
the ride.

1140
01:06:23,559 --> 01:06:26,480
Speaker 1: We didn't talk enough about Nick Kurtz getting hurt, and

1141
01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:29,320
that's a real bumper because he got off the slow

1142
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,960
start and was just grooving here over the last couple

1143
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,400
of months. And now as you say, he's out and

1144
01:06:34,559 --> 01:06:38,280
definitely and just like Aaron Judge, I mean that the

1145
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:40,039
a's are in a tail. The a's are in a

1146
01:06:40,119 --> 01:06:42,880
tail spin here. So they're thinking Tommy White might be

1147
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:43,360
the answer.

1148
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:48,000
Speaker 2: What say you, Well, I think he's worthy and deeper

1149
01:06:48,119 --> 01:06:52,159
leagues of our attention. It's not like you can't hit

1150
01:06:52,199 --> 01:06:54,800
the bell ball a long way. I liked what he

1151
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:59,079
did at Triple A. It just depends on whether or

1152
01:06:59,079 --> 01:07:01,800
not he gets the off opportunities to display that power

1153
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:05,000
and when he and even if he does, there's still

1154
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:09,880
a question of where we go long term. You know,

1155
01:07:10,159 --> 01:07:15,079
he's a d H in that organization because Nick Kurtz

1156
01:07:15,199 --> 01:07:16,639
is going to be around for a long time.

1157
01:07:17,119 --> 01:07:20,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, he can play, but he's mostly been playing first

1158
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:21,800
base of late.

1159
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:26,880
Speaker 2: So well, yeah, when you yeah, and when you look

1160
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:34,840
at third base in Oakland, Uh, they they've got somebody

1161
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:40,000
who's smacking the ball over the place in Corona Grower, right,

1162
01:07:41,079 --> 01:07:43,599
Who's who's really hitting the ball? Well, are they going

1163
01:07:43,719 --> 01:07:46,239
to take and take him out of the lineup to

1164
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,519
put in Tommy White at third base? I don't. I

1165
01:07:48,599 --> 01:07:51,079
don't think so. So that leaves you your DH slot

1166
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:56,440
and there could be an opportunity there, but there is

1167
01:07:56,559 --> 01:07:58,960
no opportunity at first base for the next five to

1168
01:07:59,079 --> 01:07:59,599
ten years.

1169
01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:05,559
Speaker 1: If Tommy Wentz representatives are listening to this podcast, if

1170
01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:07,920
he adds some leverage to his swing, all of a

1171
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:10,559
sudden set it. Yeah, the twelve home runs, he could

1172
01:08:10,639 --> 01:08:12,880
easily go to twenty. And whichiss the ball hard enough

1173
01:08:13,559 --> 01:08:16,439
eight eight degrees of beverage. I mean, you gotta start

1174
01:08:16,479 --> 01:08:20,399
swinging uphill a little bit, my friend. Otherwise, you know,

1175
01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:23,079
you're a marginal base, You're a marginal player at the moment.

1176
01:08:23,199 --> 01:08:26,159
So and Tim brings it up. And he was looked

1177
01:08:26,239 --> 01:08:28,520
upon as a power hitter, was in LSU, and then

1178
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:31,640
he's never been able to never been able to equate

1179
01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:33,640
what he did at LSU. And I think his his

1180
01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:36,560
high watermark. I'm looking a twelve last season.

1181
01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:41,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and he finished eight. He's sitting in eight

1182
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:45,760
in NCAA Division One history with seventy five career homers.

1183
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:49,439
Speaker 1: That's right, it's twenty seven, eight, twenty four in three seasons.

1184
01:08:52,119 --> 01:08:54,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubte that he can't hit the ball

1185
01:08:54,600 --> 01:08:57,159
a long way. But he's going to make some fundamental changes.

1186
01:08:57,800 --> 01:09:00,800
And right now, that park that he's in for half

1187
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:04,439
of his game sort of encourages either want to grip

1188
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:05,000
it and rip it.

1189
01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:07,880
Speaker 1: I think that's that's what I would tell him to do.

1190
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:08,840
I don't.

1191
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:12,039
Speaker 3: I mean, are the A's good at this? I mean,

1192
01:09:13,039 --> 01:09:13,840
Nick Kurtz has.

1193
01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:15,760
Speaker 1: Been all world. But a lot of guys get up

1194
01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:17,399
there and just stub their toes.

1195
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:22,760
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you take a quick look at their lineup, Okay,

1196
01:09:23,119 --> 01:09:28,359
Like Jacob Wilson's a fine player, m but there are

1197
01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:33,760
some yeah yeah, Sogers drum and Shade Liande layers. I

1198
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,800
do like the fact that they added to Grower and

1199
01:09:37,239 --> 01:09:39,479
he's doing He's not going to hit for power. He'll

1200
01:09:39,479 --> 01:09:42,079
steal some bases for sure, but up at the top

1201
01:09:42,159 --> 01:09:45,680
of that lineup, lineup, it might work. Henry Bolt, I

1202
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:49,199
think he'll be fine. Uh. The problem the problem with

1203
01:09:49,319 --> 01:09:55,960
the with the A's is pitching, starting and relieving.

1204
01:09:56,640 --> 01:09:58,880
Speaker 1: Well, you can't bring it up and it's it's spottling.

1205
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:03,319
I mean, k Jump just got absolutely destroyed by the

1206
01:10:03,479 --> 01:10:07,960
Nationals on Friday night. And you know in GenEx you

1207
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:11,960
pitched pretty well last night, but I mean half your

1208
01:10:12,039 --> 01:10:14,800
games you're getting blown out. I mean it's tough.

1209
01:10:16,359 --> 01:10:20,319
Speaker 2: Well, we're talking about the Colorado Rockies an equivalent and

1210
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:21,399
in equivalent worse.

1211
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:22,159
Speaker 1: It's worse.

1212
01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:27,399
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah. And you know, if your bullpen can't jump

1213
01:10:27,479 --> 01:10:30,520
into the fray and hell boat, then you just multiply

1214
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:33,880
everything times too and you're looking at a repeat of

1215
01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:38,720
the Colorado Rockies. I really hope that is not the case.

1216
01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:44,640
Moving into moving into Vegas, because right now I don't

1217
01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:49,079
think it matters what they do. They can't survive in

1218
01:10:49,159 --> 01:10:52,039
that park for half a year from a pitching perspective,

1219
01:10:52,279 --> 01:10:52,880
not at all.

1220
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: Well, I'm hoping they're being smart and building that stadium

1221
01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:01,119
that they're taking all that they're taking the environmental conditions

1222
01:11:01,159 --> 01:11:04,039
that we know are inherent to Las Vegas and these

1223
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:08,520
these low humidity, high heat kind of areas, and they're

1224
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:12,840
going to put something in place. I'm not a physicist physicists,

1225
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:17,199
but I'm hoping they contracted with the local college un

1226
01:11:17,319 --> 01:11:19,000
l V and said, Okay, what should we put up

1227
01:11:19,039 --> 01:11:21,119
here to make sure this thing is more of a

1228
01:11:21,239 --> 01:11:21,960
neutral park.

1229
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:27,199
Speaker 2: Mm hmm, yeah, because otherwise you're gonna have color out

1230
01:11:27,199 --> 01:11:28,479
of Rockies part too, aren't you.

1231
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:31,319
Speaker 1: That's right? Yeah? And Nick Kurse could get a he

1232
01:11:31,399 --> 01:11:34,399
can hit home run out of any park. So let's

1233
01:11:34,399 --> 01:11:36,239
not build it for Nick Kurtz. Let's build it for

1234
01:11:36,359 --> 01:11:40,079
these poor pictures that that we know with Colorado Rockies.

1235
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:44,079
You can't you can't beat guys twelve twelve to eleven

1236
01:11:44,159 --> 01:11:44,520
every game.

1237
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:45,319
Speaker 3: You just can't do it.

1238
01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:48,760
Speaker 2: No, even in the best of years when Colera had

1239
01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:52,399
that monster offense, it still wasn't enough, was it.

1240
01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:56,359
Speaker 1: I know, I know, great, I think it's a good list.

1241
01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:59,319
It's a fun list. There's players here, a lot of

1242
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:04,159
famous prospects in the list too, which is always kind

1243
01:12:04,199 --> 01:12:07,399
of fun. So but the next week there's going to

1244
01:12:07,439 --> 01:12:09,359
be more names. I just know there. Wrong.

1245
01:12:10,319 --> 01:12:13,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, We're coming into the All Star week

1246
01:12:14,039 --> 01:12:19,399
and the break and everything else. It's sort of limited opportunities.

1247
01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:21,399
But I think we're going to start to see some

1248
01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:25,840
movement next week. Okay, as we start looking at trades.

1249
01:12:25,960 --> 01:12:31,000
Trades will open up spots, and my guess would be

1250
01:12:31,399 --> 01:12:33,840
next week will be a little heavier. The week after

1251
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:38,279
that heading into the deadline will be very heavy, and

1252
01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:40,800
then the week after that, when we sort out all

1253
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:44,800
of the player moves and all of the potential opportunities,

1254
01:12:44,920 --> 01:12:46,800
that's the week that's going to be a lot of fun.

1255
01:12:47,359 --> 01:12:50,039
Is once the dust settles and we take a look

1256
01:12:50,159 --> 01:12:53,399
and see who is going to be playing on a

1257
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:57,399
regular basis that wasn't playing on a regular basis prior

1258
01:12:57,439 --> 01:13:00,479
to the trade deadline, we'll have some really interesting moves

1259
01:13:01,199 --> 01:13:03,600
and hopefully we can nail some of those before the

1260
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:05,880
deadline and get these players on the cheap right.

1261
01:13:06,439 --> 01:13:08,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, Because here's the here's the problem with the deadline.

1262
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:11,479
It's on the third this year, which is actually a Monday,

1263
01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:15,000
And if you're playing weekly leagues with weekly pickups, the

1264
01:13:15,079 --> 01:13:18,760
pickups are on the second, so we might not have

1265
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:20,960
a lot of answers. So we're gonna have a lot

1266
01:13:21,039 --> 01:13:24,159
of chance to figure stuff out that first week in August,

1267
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:26,239
but so will everybody else.

1268
01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:34,000
Speaker 2: So yeah, tricky. Yeah, I'm probably going to gear the

1269
01:13:34,159 --> 01:13:41,800
August second podcast the waiver Wire. I'm gonna probably do

1270
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:45,760
some heavy speculating on that date simply to try and

1271
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:50,159
provide some names that I think could work them them

1272
01:13:50,439 --> 01:13:53,640
themselves into a positive situation after the deadline.

1273
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:54,159
Speaker 1: Yep.

1274
01:13:54,560 --> 01:13:56,600
Speaker 2: I'm always trying to be ahead of the curve rather

1275
01:13:56,680 --> 01:13:59,720
than behind it or stuck in it. And totally, yeah, hey,

1276
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:03,880
you don't always you don't always win win those battles,

1277
01:14:04,279 --> 01:14:10,239
but recognizing, recognizing them all gives you better a better

1278
01:14:10,479 --> 01:14:12,960
chance to win some of those battles. I was sad.

1279
01:14:13,439 --> 01:14:16,359
Speaker 1: I think this season is even more complicated because of

1280
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:20,359
the weirdness in the American League where everybody stinks and

1281
01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:24,199
everybody's still in it. And I mean we we had

1282
01:14:25,119 --> 01:14:29,319
Eroldas Chapman out for sure two weeks ago. He's no,

1283
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:30,720
he's not, He's like getting moved.

1284
01:14:31,399 --> 01:14:34,359
Speaker 2: The Boston's won every Boston's won every game since we.

1285
01:14:34,399 --> 01:14:36,600
Speaker 3: Brought that up, right, that's right, that's right. They're in it.

1286
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:41,119
Speaker 2: So you know what the smart move for Boston would

1287
01:14:41,159 --> 01:14:44,000
be to move Chapman because Garrett Whitlock could do the

1288
01:14:44,079 --> 01:14:45,720
Europe Yeah.

1289
01:14:46,479 --> 01:14:48,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they're not going to do that though through

1290
01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:54,000
the Red Sox, the Detroit Milwaukee should they're the ones

1291
01:14:54,079 --> 01:14:56,399
that played the smart base. Well not not not the

1292
01:14:56,560 --> 01:15:00,159
Yankees and Dodgers and Red Sox. They're like screwing all

1293
01:15:00,319 --> 01:15:01,840
for it. If we have a if we have a

1294
01:15:01,920 --> 01:15:03,520
sliver of a chance, we're going for it.

1295
01:15:04,399 --> 01:15:07,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly, today's scaur final break.

1296
01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:11,119
Speaker 1: Get back and uh the game's already started, so I

1297
01:15:11,199 --> 01:15:12,920
got to get out there and finish watching it.

1298
01:15:13,960 --> 01:15:14,239
Speaker 2: Yes.

1299
01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:28,520
Speaker 1: Fortunately here in the UH in the New York area,

1300
01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:32,640
to the weather here has been bizarre. We had we

1301
01:15:32,800 --> 01:15:37,159
had the Canadian fires. I mean it smelled. You spent

1302
01:15:37,199 --> 01:15:38,920
a lot of time in India. You would fly into

1303
01:15:39,039 --> 01:15:43,880
Delhi and Delhi has this weirdness where they people burn

1304
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:47,600
their crops all around the countryside and in the winter

1305
01:15:47,720 --> 01:15:50,720
time the air kind of gets inverted and you get

1306
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:54,800
this this trap effect. Of smoke and smog, and you

1307
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:58,880
get off the plane and it smells like wood burning everywhere.

1308
01:15:59,039 --> 01:16:02,199
It's unbelievable. You can apparently see. It was that way

1309
01:16:02,279 --> 01:16:06,199
in New York on Thursday. Everything I smelled and tasted

1310
01:16:06,439 --> 01:16:09,960
like wood. And we had these storms yesterday blow it

1311
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,119
all out. Absolutely beautiful today, so it's a beautiful day

1312
01:16:13,159 --> 01:16:16,439
for the Cup is really nice. But apparently it's all

1313
01:16:16,479 --> 01:16:18,960
supposed to come back here by the end of the week.

1314
01:16:19,079 --> 01:16:20,880
But bizarre weather.

1315
01:16:22,119 --> 01:16:26,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, we we're dealing with where I am. I'm about

1316
01:16:26,399 --> 01:16:30,239
five hours away from the fires that are causing the

1317
01:16:30,319 --> 01:16:34,279
bulk of your smoke. But fortunately the wind is blowing

1318
01:16:34,319 --> 01:16:37,079
out of the west, so we're not incurring any of that.

1319
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:41,279
But we have a rather large forest fire about an

1320
01:16:41,359 --> 01:16:43,760
hour to the east of us. It was in the

1321
01:16:44,359 --> 01:16:47,439
originated at a northern Minnesota and that's the smoke that

1322
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:51,119
we're getting. We actually rescued. We had a situation where

1323
01:16:51,159 --> 01:16:53,760
our Air Force actually got involved at the request of

1324
01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:58,239
the Minnesota governor. There was a group of campers YMCA

1325
01:16:58,520 --> 01:17:02,239
campers and escorts about fourteen in them and they had

1326
01:17:02,279 --> 01:17:06,640
to be flown out. They got trapped in the stupid things, So, uh,

1327
01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:12,239
That's what we're dealing with, is you know, something reasonably

1328
01:17:12,439 --> 01:17:18,800
close but still far enough away that I'm not I'm

1329
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:24,119
not looking at the vacuum evacuated right anytime soon. No,

1330
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:29,439
We've we've had eleven or twelve communities totally destroyed or

1331
01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:31,960
I shouldn't say totally destroy We've had four that are

1332
01:17:32,199 --> 01:17:36,399
that are that are just gone. There's nothing small communities. Uh.

1333
01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:40,720
And this is not going to be over soon, folks.

1334
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:43,359
It is going to last for quite a while because

1335
01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:49,840
we have millions of acres of bush and it's dry

1336
01:17:50,279 --> 01:17:53,840
and starting light.

1337
01:17:54,359 --> 01:17:57,119
Speaker 1: It's been lack of snow. I've heard it's been lack

1338
01:17:57,199 --> 01:17:59,920
of snow in the winter time because of climate change.

1339
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:03,880
That's causing stuff not to melt and keep all of

1340
01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:06,720
the bush damp. And then you get a lightning strike,

1341
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:10,319
it gets an unfortunate camping situation, and then the fire

1342
01:18:10,399 --> 01:18:12,479
starts and it burns for days.

1343
01:18:13,479 --> 01:18:17,039
Speaker 2: Yeah. It just most of the fires that are burning

1344
01:18:17,119 --> 01:18:21,159
in northwestern Ontario are burning in inhabited areas, areas where

1345
01:18:21,159 --> 01:18:27,720
there's no access by road plane. It's again, you take

1346
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:30,479
a look at the map, it's there are millions of

1347
01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:34,159
acres of forest land up here that just sit. And

1348
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:36,840
the other thing that happened is we did get a

1349
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:41,760
fair bit of snow last year, but occasionally, and this

1350
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:44,880
has a big bearing on things, the snow leaves too quick.

1351
01:18:45,359 --> 01:18:47,920
What you want to see is you want to see

1352
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:53,479
winter turn into spring slowly, so the ground actually soaks

1353
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:59,399
up that snow in that water over a fairly lengthy

1354
01:18:59,439 --> 01:19:02,560
period of time. If you get a really quick and

1355
01:19:02,920 --> 01:19:07,479
hot spring above normal, a lot of that moisture just

1356
01:19:07,560 --> 01:19:11,319
goes up into the air. That's right, And it doesn't

1357
01:19:11,359 --> 01:19:13,560
do us any good at this time of the year, right,

1358
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:19,199
So again, I hey, I I take take my cap off.

1359
01:19:19,279 --> 01:19:22,079
It's it's a horrible situation. But it's not a situation

1360
01:19:22,359 --> 01:19:25,520
that anybody can do a whole lot about at this point.

1361
01:19:26,199 --> 01:19:28,800
Speaker 1: Lived through it, it's it's it's tough, you know. It's

1362
01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:31,119
funny because you get climate change on top of an

1363
01:19:31,159 --> 01:19:33,760
al Nino summer, which is winter some I don't know

1364
01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:36,960
what they call it, which is great for hurricanes, as

1365
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:39,560
we're probably the reduced chances of hurricanes, But now we've

1366
01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:43,319
got everything else happening now, so you get the dryos

1367
01:19:43,359 --> 01:19:47,159
from the north, and it's just it's all this crazy

1368
01:19:47,239 --> 01:19:50,640
stuff that's going on. But today is beautiful, so I'm

1369
01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:52,920
going to watch the World Cup. To me, and I

1370
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:55,279
don't have a rooting interest at all. I just want

1371
01:19:55,279 --> 01:19:58,279
to see Madonna, maybe McDonald's strapping on and go out

1372
01:19:58,319 --> 01:19:58,680
and play.

1373
01:19:59,479 --> 01:20:06,159
Speaker 2: So yeah, sounds sounds like fun. I I I hope

1374
01:20:06,239 --> 01:20:09,000
that everybody who's into the World Cup is glued to

1375
01:20:09,039 --> 01:20:13,960
their TVs. And uh, I'll say, go Spain, how's average?

1376
01:20:14,479 --> 01:20:18,279
Speaker 1: I think Spain. I watched Spain against h France. Boy,

1377
01:20:18,359 --> 01:20:21,399
they look they look good. I don't know anything about soccer,

1378
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,880
but I'm or football. I'm looking at I going, how

1379
01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:27,199
do you beat that team? So we'll see again. They

1380
01:20:27,239 --> 01:20:29,199
had that they had the lesser of the two hotels.

1381
01:20:29,239 --> 01:20:29,920
That's my theory.

1382
01:20:30,079 --> 01:20:34,159
Speaker 2: So uh okay, I gotta go with it. I gotta

1383
01:20:34,199 --> 01:20:34,640
go with it.

1384
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:35,199
Speaker 3: All right.

1385
01:20:35,279 --> 01:20:37,000
Speaker 1: My friend will talk on Friday.

1386
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:42,560
Speaker 2: Yes, be safe, be well, and enjoy your afternoon of football.