Speaker 1: Reading Socie takes everyone to turch twelve a month into
Fantasy Baseball Live. Today is July fifth, about three o'clock
in the afternoon at time, I am all routed up.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: I found out from Tim today that I forgot to
publish our Friday show to our Patreon members. It was
sitting in the draft folder and I just forgot to
hit click on published. So I apologize all of our
patron members. Hey, do you want to make mistakes like that?
Speaker 2: I do it all the time, right, I just consider
that the norm one I don't. So, yeah, you're certainly
allowed to pie every once in a while.
Speaker 1: Nobody Nobody asked me where it was. I guess it's
a holiday. Yesterday probably a lot not a lot of
people were listening to things. But anyway, it's all up
there now. So look at two podcasts in one day.
Speaker 2: Life is good. What more could we want other than cooling?
Kept always I was saying it was you were saying
it was just flat out hot, and I was saying
it was warm, but it was livable. We're now into
the ninety ninety plus humid decks and he's crating all
over the place. Yeah, so it's it's finally caught up
to the Great White North. Our snow is going to
melt in the next two to three days, I think, rich.
Speaker 1: So in the last four days it's finally It's still
humid outside, but it's finally the sun's not really out today,
so it's finally clad. I think we're gonna have tremendous
storms here over the next thirty six hours, so it
should cool off. But we had a storm on Friday
night tim it. Within seconds the winds got up to
seventy five eighty miles an hour, which is crazy. That's
hurricane force winds. Trees down everywhere.
Speaker 2: So we live.
Speaker 1: Our place looks out on our park and it's a
beautiful square park that we have, And I was just
staring there watching it. I just a huge tree just
fell right over, went right to the middle of the street.
It was crazy, the destruction that happened. Yeah, the weather,
it's nuts.
Speaker 2: Yeah it is. And it's amazing when you start looking,
okay at those trees and realizing that the roots and
the base that anchors those trees is massive. Okay, it's yeah,
it's the force to be able to destroy a tree
like that is It's crazy. It really is, and it's
it's the sort of sort of stuff you want to
strike to strive to try and avoid being odent. No, no,
it's definitely something you want to be. Find shelter and
find it quick. Yeah.
Speaker 1: We So we're remember of a social club here in
town and they have a big Fourth of July party
and they call. They sent out a desperate email that
evening and said there's trees down all over the property
if people can get there early to help us clean
up the tree. I got there early, these massive trees.
I'm like, I'm not to get this up, Like no,
I hate chainsaws. And they said, well, we've got a chain.
So I'm like, I'm afraid of chainsaw. So I went home.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah I was. I was going to say, yeah,
your middle name is not Paul exactly.
Speaker 1: It's like So I went back two or three hours
later to all been cleaned up. I'm like, good, good,
somebody else did it. But Timmy, I want to get
this is not all about me, But it's all about me.
Speaker 2: I got.
Speaker 1: I'm pissed off, Tim, Really, I'm.
Speaker 2: Upset and you should be. So I saw you, I
show your email, so so just let her know. I am.
Speaker 1: I am a cheap skate, there's no denying. I hate
spending money on stuff, but I do love baby baseball,
so I spend one hundred and fifty dollars. I think
it's one hundred and forty nine ninety nine for the
MLB package, And for that, I expect to be able
to watch every game except for those where, you know,
the Yankees and Mets because they live in the New
York market, I can't watch. I'm accepting of it. I'm
okay with that. What I'm not accepting of Timmy is
I go to MLB dot tv now, which is you
have to stream through ESPN, and I'm looking for games
to watch, and I know that they're starting at one thirty.
The Peacock game starts at twelve. There I'm waiting for
one thirty games to com it's about one fifteen. I
go and say, okay, what are my games I get
to watch? And it's like baseball went away. There's nothing
about baseball and the ESPN site nothing. And I finally
find all demand stuff that happened yesterday, the day before,
and then I see games that are going to be
there tomorrow. I can schedule.
Speaker 2: Those, but there's no games today.
Speaker 1: I'm like, what the hell is going on?
Speaker 2: Where are all the games?
Speaker 1: It turns out it's a Peacock streaming Sunday. All of
the games, at least for the next few hours are
all streamed on Peacock. You cannot watch a game on
MLB dot tv. So I said, all right, let me
go over to Peacock. I don't have a subscription, but
maybe at least though clearly surely they're going to show
us a couple of games for free.
Speaker 2: Everyone.
Speaker 1: When I sent ten ten to the photo, everyone on
the next to that, when you click on here subscribe
and watch the what the what.
Speaker 2: Is going on with tim?
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm paying for these games and they decide
they're going to take an entire day and put it
all over to another streaming platform.
Speaker 2: That feels wrong to me. Yes, they should serve you
with a let me see here. Six to four is
about twenty four, twenty five, twenty six weeks in the season.
You should get a reimbursement of one twenty six. Okay,
just for the convenience, just because I'm looking at I'm
looking at CBS right now, and I'm looking at the
scoreboard right in front of me and right above second inning,
it's got pe ac and I was wondering what that
was all about. Peacock, thank you for slinging that for
to to me, because I did, I didn't know what
peac I'm thinking peach has an h in it. It's
it's it's really maddening.
Speaker 1: I mean, I I get the Friday night they have
on Apple TV, but it's usually a game or two.
I mean, but now they're the whole day has gone.
So is next season they're going to have every Sunday
is a streaming Sunday. They're going to knock out one
of the day. I mean, it makes you wonder where
this is all going. I would think there, Well, to me,
they're they're they're abusing. They're hardcore fans. So anybody who
subscribes to one hundred and fifty bucks, it's got to
be a hardcore fan or they own a bar, and
that's what they're showing at the But it's people that
want to watch baseball and you're basically slapping them in
the face and going, oh man, we don't care about you,
we just we're just trying to expand our brand.
Speaker 2: Really pissed me off. To quote a rather blunt saying
that I use and I have used considerably in the past.
Money talks, bullshit walks. That's the bottom line, right.
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 2: It's just like, yeah, it does feel wrong, but at
the same point in time, not the way we operate
in today's world. I guess, man, money money, money does talk.
Why Why does Major League Baseball care so little about
you that they're going to take away games that you
paid for, okay, so that they can generate extra revenue
or attempt to generate extra revenue through Peacock. Yeah, yeah,
they don't really care.
Speaker 3: The money talks, and I cannot you have to believe
that it is a switch, flick of the switch to
simply open up MLB TV to all of us. I mean, yeah,
you're double dipping because then you want to get you
to go to Peacock and buy.
Speaker 1: The streaming to I mean why, I mean, I'm I'm
already paying for the game.
Speaker 2: They can because they can, because tomorrow you're gonna wake
up and you're gonna watch baseball and MLB TV. It's
one of the reasons I don't subscribe to MLB. It
just what you're going through today. I despise in the
worst of ways, and I will not give MLB TV
my money. I pick up the baseball that I watch
on TV is all off the I've got a cable
package and it's I get three or four sports net
channels GS and that's the baseball I watch. I pay
for it every month with my as a component of
my cable bill. But I ain't paying. I'm not giving
MLB another single red scent if I can help it.
Miserable scrooged him, but I.
Speaker 1: Have elected to do that. But man, this one, this
one went beyond the pale. This was too much. This
is not right. So I'm going to I'm going to
try to find who to write to because man, for
you know, you can't get a hold of him, But
try to find some you know, senior vice president of broadcasting. God, like,
what are you doing, Like allow us to at least
watch the game.
Speaker 2: I mean, come on, yeah, mans happy he's got a
new pair of shoes out of the de Robbie needs
a new pair of shoes.
Speaker 1: I mean, I just think I think all of these
sports franchises, whether it's NFL, FIFA, MLB, they just take
advantage of the consumer and they're just in it to
make money. And it's just so clear, uh what is
going on. And there's two examples today of exactly that.
Speaker 2: So yeah, and they can do it because they know
the fan. We'll come back tomorrow, it'll be forgot and yeah, yeah,
and life goes on.
Speaker 1: They're JIFA is the is arguably the most corrupt kind
of organization in the world. I mean everybody talks about
right up there with the Olympic Committee. I mean those
are just you read tons of articles that go on
the payoffs they get and so forth and so on.
Yet this World Cup is I don't know what it's
like in Canada, but everybody's into it.
Speaker 2: Whether you're root for the US.
Speaker 1: Or Team England or Team Mexico, everybody is into it.
And people just don't care. And these these organizations can
do whatever they want. And I at some point you
got to stand up and say enough.
Speaker 2: Already, at some point in time, it will stop. We
just haven't reached that point yet.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know. I think of going to Starbucks
and my wife gets a Macha latte with strawberry flavoring
in it, and it's nine dollars.
Speaker 2: It's like, what it's tea. Yeah, you can buy it,
buy it by the case. Yes.
Speaker 1: So we were traveling and I bought the woman goes
as nine dollars and thirty two cents or something. I went,
how much? How many do I get? I mean she
goes well, twelve ounces? I got twelve ounces.
Speaker 2: I want to I want to for nine bucks. I
want a five gallon pail man. What is going on anyway?
Speaker 1: Oh, my dear, Sorry, we've been on the fifteen minutes.
I apologize everybody. If if I offended anybody, I apologize.
I'm just rolled up to him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and and back at your rich I share, I
share your thoughts. Hope. Hopefully I haven't offended anybody in
the process. But if I have, oh well, it saved
the kids for me yelling yelling at him in the
front lawn. Did so you know there's a positive there, right? Yeah?
I remember.
Speaker 1: It was about a year ago. One of my kids
came and, you know, said, can you help us kind
of with our you know, investment strategy and stuff like that.
First thing I said is stop spending thousands of dollars
at Starbucks a year.
Speaker 2: I think company to get talked to me. Yeah, I
actually went through. I quit buying coffee at the drive
through for a couple of years. This is going back
about ten years or so, logoing. I quit buying coffee
going through a drive through. I made some in the
morning in the thermost. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, I saved
about five six hundred bucks and no time at all. Yeah.
But then I got then I got lazy. Yeah, I
mean I totally, I mean I get it.
Speaker 1: But it's the crazy because Laurie and I we have
we have a local, uh the local coffee thing that
we go to every Thursday mornings. I think of their
a couple of hours talk to people, drink. I mean,
it's those people are printing money, man, how they how?
Because people just come in and buy these fancy which
is basically coffee with some syrups in it.
Speaker 2: That's what. Yeah. Well, I cake and I make my own.
I've got my own cakeups okay, and I put coffee
in them. I don't buy preassembled cakeups okay for my
curate right, it costs me to drink three to four
cups a day. It costs me fifteen bucks a month.
Let's touched my kids.
Speaker 1: Then they say they go to Starbucks two or three
times a day, spend eight nine bucks a pop, Spend
twenty thirty dollars a day at Starbucks. Yeah, that's insane, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just thinking I could probably quit work and
make money because I wouldn't be spending at coffee. But
it's a social thing with people. Yeah. I don't baseball.
Speaker 1: Yes, two old guys complaining about life in the world.
So I'm to the Yankee game. And Yankees are just
getting beat up. Man recently down five to nothing again. Uh,
and Minnesota's got the basis loaded. Uh, Joe Ryan off
to another good start. Who's pitching for the Yankees? That
would be Yeah, stormy weather has been a lot more
stormier than Maybe the Minnesota Twins are better than we think.
Speaker 2: Huh no, Uh, I'm thinking about it. Yeah, I I
I don't know it would bused in the light solid Uh.
Josh Bell has been tearing it up. Yeah, yeah, we'll
talk about that. Yeah. Uh yeah, No, they the Yankees
are really struggling right now.
Speaker 1: They're gonna get swept by the Twins. No, they won
Friday night, so it's one to one. So though they're
going to lose two to one unless they come back.
I mean, Joe Ryan's a good picture too, So that's
that's pretty tough.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Devolves been absolutely horribly today. He hasn't gotten out,
he's already allowed and earned run. His ERA is up
over five. I took him under my top three. I
believe in New York a couple of weeks back. He
has just been absolutely brutal. Yeah, totally. Yeah, it's I
don't know what the Yankees are going to do, but
they are at some point in time if they keep
this pace up, the Jays, the J's are going to
pass them in the race, not because they're winning games,
but because they're not losing as many. How's that totally
get it?
Speaker 1: Totally feel you man, So five to nothing there, let's
see what's happening. The Orioles had the twelve thirty game.
All of these games on on Peacock every once. If
you want to, you're going to watch the game, forget
about it. So the Orioles are so the Oriols forty
two and forty eight. They are losing against the Reds.
The Reds are pitching. Lodola continues to be Okay, your buddy,
said Al Stewart with a hit, Spencer Steer with a
home run.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Yeah. As each day passes Baltimore, they've said
they're going to be buyers, but don't you have to
like win some games to justify that at the end
of the day. They're not doing it right now. So yeah,
I'm just looking Casey's up on Philly to nothing.
Speaker 1: See, Phillies have been struggling too. They just got to
eat that contract man and just be done with.
Speaker 2: It, I think so. Lane Thomas has been playing much
better lately. I almost threw him into my waiver where
I've got him on the list already for next week.
But Lane Thomas has been playing much better, which which
is a good thing. Uh. I heard the cast is
off on Pascantino, so that's that's a positive.
Speaker 1: So yeah, uh one either didn't. I don't believe Brandon
Marsh made our as we were reviewing the first half
on Friday, I didn't think he made our list. And
he's been fantastic this season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's had a really good year. Yeah, I was
concerned about the Phillies Oatfield heading in. You know, you
look at Marsh and Crawford. Now, Crawford said forever he's
been okay there, but he's not running. I don't know
if that's by design or choice whatever, But the Phillies
oatfield has been a little bit better than we anticipated,
and marsh is a big factor in that. Oh yeah
for sure. But yeah, I'm surprised.
Speaker 1: I mean, Justin Crawford obviously he's got seventy great speed,
and you know he's hitting at the back of the lineup.
That's part of the problem. But he's also just not
getting on base. It's two fifty three batting ams with
a three or three on base percentage. That's not good.
And my buddy Gabriel rincone rencons who I thought was
going to get the call eventually, just he's done nothing,
platoon guy, but uh, I don't know he still maybe
he still catches Justin Crawford and I went that. I
don't know if we did a stake and a look that,
but that was that was my That was one of
my calls.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're both in the both in the lineup today,
so for where it's worth. So yeah, Pittsburgh and Washington.
Luis Garcia with another home run, I believe Wow. You
brought him up on Friday nineteen of them now nineteen
home runs and he had like half a home run
hitting into May or June. Yeah, yeah, just he's just
on an incredible mister Griffin and Pittsburgh with his twentieth
stolen base. Nice to see.
Speaker 1: He's just running wild. It's going to be a great
baseball player. Uh, talk to me about Chandlers at Chandler Simpson,
Bubba Chandler. I mean, I'm looking at a four eighty
two e ra A. I've got him on No. One league.
I've sat him for most of the league. I think
I started him today just because it was against the Nationals,
a chance to potentially do and he'd started off fine
and then just got beat up up, disappoint it.
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, he's pitching more like his sister. But bet
right now?
Speaker 1: Oh god, why am I laughing?
Speaker 2: Wow? Because you can? Because I can?
Speaker 1: Wow. I didn't even understand that. What is what does
that mean? He's pitching like a girl? Is that what
you're saying?
Speaker 2: Cloud? Have we not grown past that yet? No? Wow?
Old four walks, four walks today, six Yeah, that ain't
gonna work. No strike oats, that's no strikeouts. Well, yeah,
that's that's alarming. That's Let's see what.
Speaker 1: His Let's see what his underlying stats saying that's basketball
velocity is way up there.
Speaker 2: Look at that, that's a.
Speaker 1: Ninety eight point five, must be scraping a hundred all
the time, huge span, huge whiff rates, slider looks great,
change jumps, playable, sweeper is good, and those are all
twenty seven twenty six percent with rates. But the slider's
getting hit, striking out, it's whipping a third of the
batters who swing on it. But yet he's got a
slug of five o weight from it, so he's he's.
Speaker 2: Giving or yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's interesting because it's expected slug is three point
fifty one. So the data is saying that that there's
a location problem, because that pitch should not be hit
the way it's hit.
Speaker 2: And you take a look at the location.
Speaker 1: Look at the slide, if you if you go everybody,
go to the the look at the scattered chart of
all the pitches and his slider. There's some parts that
are in that lower right hand corner, which is where
you want the balls, but a lot of literally sitting
in the heart of the plate.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know what, if you give I don't
care what your velocity. It's been growing time and time again. You. Hey,
you give somebody something down down and they're going to
hit it out of the bar.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's close to a five array. Throw a ninety
eight point five, a ninety mini hour slider and a
ninety two mile hour changeup.
Speaker 2: You should not have a.
Speaker 1: Five array with that kind of stuff, no way, But
that's what we.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's interesting. Okay, you look at the similar pictures,
Okay to Bubba Chandler. Okay, you got Sonny Gray and
then you've got AJ blue Ball and Kyle Lee. Yeah,
they're not from the they're not from that same group.
Not what you want to be.
Speaker 1: You don't want to be associated with AJ Bluebell.
Speaker 2: No, that's not no, I'm sorry Aj. But again, it
just shows that he has that potential, but he hasn't
quite got there.
Speaker 1: Command is is not there yet. Yeah, I totally agree
with you. It's got a great arm. There's no, no,
no denying that, but he just can'ther say hey, wow,
breaking news. The Mets are in the leads, having five
to three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, five to three over the Braves. Yeah, yeah, it's.
Speaker 1: My buddy, A j Ewing with another home run up
to five stole eight or nine ten bases, guys turning
out to be better than anybody thought.
Speaker 2: Glue to myself, Yeah, happy, Yeah, I'm I'm I'm pretty
happy you have acquired him in that trade I made
this week. I did get that one done, so, Uh.
The one thing that concerns me with what I'm seeing
right now today in New York and I got Francisco
Lindor back in the lead off spot. Okay, wasn't wasn't
that Carson Bench kid? Wasn't he doing pretty good in
that spot. I know they're trying to get lind Or going,
but uh, I don't like that. I think Lindor might
be better suit it in the threespot three four spot,
but obviously the Mets beg to differ or Lindor suggested
that maybe that might help. Who knows what the Mets
there's there's enough dysfunction apparently, and in that who line up?
Who knows who sets it each and every day. But
I'm disappointed to see cars Revenge not in the leadoff
role today.
Speaker 1: It's it's check something real quickly check his splits here
against lefties two eighty nine three fifty seven one against
right hand at two fifty three or three three ninety
one with seven of his ten home runs against uh,
against right handed some, but he's gone up against Martine Perez,
who's a right handed hitter.
Speaker 2: Right not for Prez is the right hand bo.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so so anyway, he hits better against lefties. So
you would think that maybe he's in the leadoff spot
against lefties and maybe down in the lineup against right
Maybe that's let's monitor that to see if that's what
the situation is, or it could be the Mets have
no idea what they're doing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll go with option B.
Speaker 1: I I mean I I've talked to a lot of
people in the Mets organization, pretty smart guys, and what's
happening there is a little mystifying to me that they
know what they're doing, but it just doesn't appear on
the surface that they're making the right decisions.
Speaker 2: Very odd, yes, very much so.
Speaker 1: Uh Laine Thomas, as you said with the home run.
So yeah, so just games just getting going. Not a
lot of crooked numbers up there except on the Yankees
sixth to nothing. So Tommy, let's take a break, come back.
I got a couple more questions for you. Including let's
take a look at these All Star nominations. Yea, well
get the ripshot off we brought for commercials. That was
very funny.
Speaker 2: It's unbridled emotion that I bring you.
Speaker 1: This and that enthusiasm we all look forward to.
Speaker 2: So yes, yes, I'm keen. Yep, maybe we should just
skip it. I mean it's just.
Speaker 1: See like I don't even have the notes up show
notes the fifth it's the fifth, right, yeah, just combobulated,
just so pissed off about my not even to watch
a baseball game. All right, So there's the All Star rosters.
Speaker 2: Sorry, what does this?
Speaker 1: Take a look at what what I voted, Timmy, I
only voted once. I didn't like my votes because there
was a lot of guys that I voted for that
I didn't think are really All Star kind of guys.
And I think that's what we're looking at. So when
Mike Trout and Aaron Judge got in, they're not playing,
or maybe Mike Trout is saying to be back now
next week, so maybe maybe he'll play. So with Junior
is a legitimate All Star. I think Camonaro is a
legitimate All Star. I agree Alvarez legitimate All Star. Nick
Kurtz two years back to back. I think you can
put that as a legitimate All Star. Baldwin All Star,
Otani Friedman is he really an All Star?
Speaker 2: Is he?
Speaker 1: I don't know about that. Max Munsey, Yeah, yeah. Some
of these guys are having nice seasons, But I mean,
what happens if they tail in the second half of there?
It's it's just us a three months whoever was hot
gets into the All Star Game.
Speaker 2: Well, you take a look at second base, Okay. I
I think in the an L they got the four
or five guys. I think one through three terrain should
be in there. JJ Weatherhold, I believe is leading in war. Okay.
JJ Weatherhold's taking his case and Garcia just iseenth. Now.
I know he's playing more first base, but maybe Garcia
is a better option at first base than Freddie Freeman.
I don't know.
Speaker 1: It's weather Hole made the Didn't Weatherhole make it?
Speaker 2: No? I don't.
Speaker 1: I didn't see where he made Did he Did he
make it to the to the game?
Speaker 2: No? No?
Speaker 1: In there?
Speaker 2: Yeah, neither de Brce train. Oh wow, I don't think
Garcia did either. No, he did not. Travis did?
Speaker 1: Yeah he is he the Cleveland guardian selection. Is that
why he's in there?
Speaker 2: I would I would think probably some of that comes
into play.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Flat Junior sitting out because of his is
it back problems, which is actually probably a good thing.
Speaker 2: I think it's the between three and five problem.
Speaker 1: Okay, when I got my hand over the the rim shot.
What do you mean by three and five problem?
Speaker 2: The four home runs?
Speaker 1: Okay, maybe it is. I mean that's it's a strong
American again, Phil Travis Bizana, Nick Kurtz, Kevin McGonagall, Ben
Rice pl Vargas. They're all deserving.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, kas O Komoro should have been on
there as a reserve.
Speaker 1: Oh that's right, he's not on there. Oh that's got
to make you. That's all you every podcast, it's a
drinking game. Now, whenever you spomtos game, people take a
dike a drink.
Speaker 2: Take a drink, yes exactly. Well, hey, yeah, but you
know my thoughts on the All Star Games. So I'm
disappointed you didn't make it. But yeah, Louis did, yes,
as as he should have. But you know who didn't,
Sonny Gray, Logan, Gilbert Davis, Martin, Kyle Harrison, Zach Freakin
Wheeler and Foster Griffin.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I get it. Jacob Latz made it too.
He must be the Texas Rangers representatives. Ranger sure makes it,
which is good.
Speaker 2: He was a lot. He was the last man who
was that exit.
Speaker 1: Sorry Jacob, Oh god, So are you like this like
all the time, even at home or it's just one
like stupid quip after the next.
Speaker 2: Is that?
Speaker 1: Is that the way it's like living with you would
be like that?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Pretty much? Yeah, yeah, that's pretty much. Yeah. Like
I was working, working yesterday and I was sitting there
having and I explained, you know, to the to the nurses,
and you know, I'll gladly drive you home, but you
realize that you are interrupting. Okay my baseball game and okay,
my my, my diet mcflurry, okay, I'll make the sacrifice
for you mcflurry. Wow. Yeah yeah.
Speaker 1: Those are those imitation uh blizzards.
Speaker 2: Right yeah yeah, they're two bucks cheaper. I'm old and cheap.
So how much blizzards are? Now? I mean they're crazy.
I want to have one? Was like, what how much
does that cost? It was crazy. It was like it
was like a Starbucks drink. Well, yeah, yeah, you're you're right. Yeah,
they're both the same price. Mcflurry's are three but three
bucks cheaper, so I'll go with the cheap imitations. So, hey,
Dylan Dangler makes it. That's that's good. As a reserve,
that's good. Yeah, a quick glance. Just like every other year,
there's warning players that didn't make it. There's players that
didn't deserve Louise Arise, come on, yeah.
Speaker 1: Really following the rules around the All Star Break brace
marper is a legend pick.
Speaker 2: What does that mean? Oh, I'm just trying to think
I'm a legend announcer. I guess that means you're old Rich.
Pip Is Phillies.
Speaker 1: Bryce Harpery was selected in the game I commissioner Ron
Manford as a legend pole. I guess the old guy
put him back.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: And so it's again Major League Baseball, as all these
these sports, they just make up the rules as they
go along.
Speaker 2: Yes, pretty much, Yeah, okay, Yeah, it's kind of an
okay list, there's not really.
Speaker 1: I think you have a right to be a little
upset about Okamoto. He should be in there. He's not
in there.
Speaker 2: But yeah, the n L then L second base thing
sort of bothers me because I think there's three better
choices than the ones that they have. And I don't know,
I I I get that you want players coming back
the stars. Yeah, but you know what a player like
Kyle Harrison and Davis Martin, man, they've earned it and
you know they'll probably get at it. The Zach Wheeler
who's in ounce that he's coming to the end of
the road, like we're there, really advert to get Zach
Wheeler and there Foster Griffin the same. Yeah, great years
out of some of these kids. Yeah, I mean to.
Speaker 1: Me, I'm a little bit on the opposite side. I mean,
I don't think Foster Griffins had a nice first half.
Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 1: I think you need to see a little bit more
from him, at least with Schlittler, he at least had
last season was pretty good.
Speaker 2: But I don't, I don't know.
Speaker 1: It just feels a little early for Foster Griffin, Zach Wheeler.
I kind of agree with you. I mean, how he
came back from the TOS surgery. Yeah, well he's performed,
and you're right, he's already announces at the end of
his career. It feels like the right thing would have
been him pitch as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, a nice reward for longevity. I guess it depends
on how you how you approach it. Is it the
first half All Stars? Or is it a combination of
players that are that you like, you want to see?
You know what I mean? It's the rules? Are they
make them up as they go along something like that? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean, and quite frankly, Tim, I mean not to
be cynical, but I'm sure you're familiar with all these
betting sites that are out there now, Cashi and others
that you don't There's so much weird stuff that happens
that you don't know. Like like that, I'm not saying
that Rob Manford did this, but that all of a sudden,
Rob Manford nominate somebody and there wasn't a bed on
that that somebody knew, somebody in the in the Major
League Baseball office that this was going to happen, and
they just made a cool hunter grand off of it
because they knew that Manford was considering this. So that
that's what happens with all these weird things that go
on and these esoteric rules that are out there, there's
just people profiting from.
Speaker 2: Them all the time. All the way in the world,
Hunter Green, Timmy, I just write to you.
Speaker 1: That didn't go well. I expect it better.
Speaker 2: As did I. But it went better than Brandon Woodrow start.
Speaker 1: Eighty seven miles an hour and got pulled lumbard issue.
So back problem. That's he's getting thirty It was thirty three.
Now that's it's just not going well.
Speaker 2: They announced team and announced today it's a shoulder again.
Oh a shoulder.
Speaker 1: Oh it's more.
Speaker 2: Than yeah, No, it's it's that same shoulder injury that
kept him out for the first half. So yeah, last
year too, right, because that was Yep.
Speaker 1: It's a shame because when he's pitched and the data
supports us, I mean it's good stuff. He's still got it.
But I mean, if you can't stay healthy, doesn't do
anybody any good.
Speaker 2: No, I mean, Hunter Green. He went a fair of distance,
he threw a fair number of pitches, which was a positive.
So it was but yeah, it wasn't as planned. But
he survived and he was throwing the ball hard, I believe, so,
so that is a good sign for the future moving forward.
Speaker 1: I think he did lose velocity as the game war on,
but he was still throwing ninety seven. I think when
he got taken out, so it was still plenty of velossites.
Just the command wasn't there, and I probably should have
held him out of that game. I'm in three or
four leagues, so I just I was excited to throw
him out there, and I shouldn't have done that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know as much the same as me starting
Shane Bieber. Not that.
Speaker 1: Shane Bieber sent me a note no one was it
Laughters and I checked that. Oh my gosh, that was
He looks like you can't start that guy.
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah? Did you laugh at my comment? It looks
like Shane bitch is like just.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Maybe Justin Bieber is a good athlete.
Speaker 2: You don't know that, Yeah he could very well be. Yes, yes, yeah.
Speaker 1: This is a I don't We've talked about he in Seymour,
but I just read he's the late pop up guys
for the Ray A great downing on Thursday night. It's
got an expected three thirty two earra. It's pitching a
little worse than that, but the underlying data looks really
good on this guy. And look, we could say what
you want about the Rays other crazy things they do
with platoon platoon bats.
Speaker 2: And so forth.
Speaker 1: They're pitching. They they know how to develop a pitcher.
They now to get them to throw more strikes. That
is just a fact. I mean, that is one of
their core competencies. And Ian Seymour is a I mean,
it was a good arm, but I didn't expect what
we're seeing now. What your thoughts on.
Speaker 2: It, Well, I put them in last week's waiver wire,
the magic eight ball, new batteries. It's working just fine.
Speaker 1: Good for you, I mean that that was a great
So you're you're pretty bullshit it.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, he's been pitching well for a while as
he built up our strength going from the bullpen, you know,
back into a basically a starting multiple inning rule. He's
pitched well and he's continuing to pitch well. So yeah,
it's it's looking solid moving forward again. With each start
he develops a little bit more strength. At some point
in time. They My concern might be now that they
take him out of following an opener, okay, and just
having have him starting games. I don't know if that'll
do anything to the process. But being a little superstitious,
I like, what's happening right now?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, stuff looked actually pretty good. When I looked
it up, Josh bellis hot. I just said, you know
what that means. You just you got to make sure
he's in the lineup for the next week or so,
and then you can safely sit him down for a while.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mentioned Bell in the twenty first of June. Okay,
and since then he's at six homers, nineteen RBIs and
at ten eighty one. Ops. I don't know if i'd
be buying Josh Bell right now.
Speaker 1: He's getting close to the end of his run.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I was gonna say, but if you have had
him in for the past three weeks, some monster numbers
out of him.
Speaker 1: And look, this is our opinion on Josh Bell has
not changed, Our profile has not changed. He's going to
get twenty home runs. They're gonna come all in bunches.
It's just the way it is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, And at some point in time it
will end. He'll go into a funk for a couple
of weeks and say it'll be But until he goes
into that funk, hey, keep the hot hand out there
right exactly.
Speaker 1: So he's got thirteen home ras, so he's well on
his way to twenty two to twenty three home runs.
He's going to hit two fifty to forty, and he's
got a lot of RBIs fifty nice as sixty RB's
get close to one hundred RBIs this season, So that's
actually pretty good.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I was gonna say, even even going into the
the odd funk that he will go into, it's going
to be pretty tough for him to get just eighty RBIs.
You'll have to really underachieve at that. I think you're right.
I think you're somewhere between ninety and one hundred looks
more like the bar for Bell this year.
Speaker 1: So he's going to do twenty three horme runs, ninety
five RBIs and go go way too early for everybody
next season, and that'll be that'll be the where everybody
falls down, because then he'll get back to Josh Bell
of nineteen home runs, seventy one RBIs And that's who
the guy is.
Speaker 2: He's a corner infielder. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Two entry notes here. Murakami took batting practice yesterday and
Mike Trout claims who we back this coming week.
Speaker 2: This year? Sorry he didn't give the year to be fair.
Yeah you did not. Okay, okay, you left it smart
to open, yet well done. I would think a few
rehab games should be part of the programs. I don't believe. So,
I do not believe.
Speaker 1: I don't think that's in the plan.
Speaker 2: Okay, So he hasn't played for how long, and let's
just throw him out there, Jacob Mazarowski and see how
he's see how he does. Yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 1: These guys go on rehab starts, the Mike Trouts of
the world.
Speaker 2: They just don't.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a bunch of guys. Other guys have come
back at the same stature of him, you know, high end,
elite guys or once the league guys. They don't go
on rehabs. It's for the younger guys.
Speaker 2: Okay, So obviously taking seven months to heal a hamstring, okay,
it is for the older guys, not the younger guys. Yeah, play, yeah, Yeah.
Speaker 1: How long was Francisco Lindoro on a on a rehab
Let's take a look at that, because he missed most
he miss because he was gone for a while, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was gone for a while. Yeah, they should
have at least a couple of games.
Speaker 1: Pitch twenty He came back six twenty four, and his minor.
He had three games in his rehab three games, okay,
after missing six weeks.
Speaker 2: Well obviously he missed bonding with one solio, so he
had to get back as soon as six weeks.
Speaker 1: In actually two months, he was on three rehab games.
And yeah that these guys, established veterans were like, you know,
I don't need to do that.
Speaker 2: Oh maybe they do, maybe they do, but they do
what they want.
Speaker 1: All right, minutes, Let's take a look quick look all
the too too white Sox and Guardians with my buddy
Kyle Teal hit a home run and chase the latter
with another home run. He's been a nice, nice little
player when he's eight home runs, but he hasn't played
the whole season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if he can stay home, be okay, I agree totally.
Speaker 1: Let's take a break to me and when we get back,
so your waiver wire. For the reason I'm which I am,
I haven't been sleeping for literally the last four or
five days. Honestly, all I've done is write, analyze baseball players,
watch MiLB TV to look at players I haven't seen before,
look through my scouting notes. As I've been preparing the
top five hundred prospects in baseball, and as opposed to
the way I've done it for the last two years,
which I determined at the end of last season, I
didn't like how I was doing it, and that would
I would basically I would basically rank the top five hundred,
but would the players I didn't get a chance to
evaluate or look at before. I would just let them
float and I would just say, like, I feel pretty
good about the top hundred fifty, or feel pretty good
about the top two hundred and fifty. And it really
wasn'tuntil the end of the season that I got all
five hundred players looked at that I felt pretty good
about it.
Speaker 2: I just didn't like it.
Speaker 1: I didn't like that process, and I knew what the
right process would be, and I just didn't want.
Speaker 2: To It's a lot of work. So I literally going.
Speaker 1: Through bottoms up every team and getting the top twenty
or thirty players in that organization, looking and analyzing each
and every one of them. Some have full write ups,
others I just write a note or two so that
there's at least a note on each player. And I
feel like this is like a true representation of the
five hundred prospects from my viewpoint. Now, is it the
way it's ultimately is going to be. No, but it's
a pretty good indication at least. I've looked at everybody
and it's just taking a long time. And I started
on Winsday and I should be done like Tuesday. I
think I'm on the Yankees. So that's the twentieth out
of the thirty team going alphabetical, with the Athletics being
in a So I'm down to the Yankees. I'll finish
that up, and then the next two days I will
finish the final ten teams up. So if people are interested,
go join us out at the Patreon site. They will
be published hopefully on Wednesday at the very latest Thursday.
Speaker 2: That is awesome news. And kudos to you for doing
the work, Rich because it is an incredible amount of work.
I know. I'm I'm built a lot in the same
way when it comes to the stuff I like. I
you know, hey, every week, okay, looking at the closure report, Okay,
I look at the Athletics, I look at the Angels,
I look at the Rockies, I look at the Cubs,
and I say, why bother, I'll just leave it from
the prior week. But I can't do that because and
it means I haven't done due to diligence, I haven't
put in the you know that. Yeah, the extra effort
to see what's going to frustrate met me with the
last four teams. But you still have to look at it,
and it's a lot of a lot of extra work
that you have to put in. But if you don't
do your due dialing, it's and you just mail it in.
And I'm not inferring you were mailing it in because
obviously you don't. But there's names out there. If you
don't look at all of them, it's goin to bother
it bothers me.
Speaker 1: It's definitely a full job.
Speaker 2: And it's it's a lot of work, but it's also
rewarding in the fact that you know when you're done
that you've looked at.
Speaker 1: All the off Yeah, I don't know about that, but.
Speaker 2: Part of the perfose.
Speaker 1: But I mean, like certain systems like the Cleveland Guardians,
I know the system really well. I've written about a
lot of those players. It only took a couple of
hours to kind of go over through everything, get everything organized.
I had them somewhat already ranked in my mind and
ranked on paper, but you get a you get a
bad system. See I mean it, I mean you're day
and a half. It is brutal. And I got calls
in what do you think of this guy? And you
know it's it's it's hard, and that's what I was
I was hoping not to do, but I went on.
It can't say royals. I mean, Kendrick Cherio and Josh
Hammond really good baseball players, but everybody else was eh,
you know, like and so I had to really do
some digging. I like Michael Lombardi have written about him before.
But I found some really interesting guys deeper in the
system that are having good seasons, and then you take
a look at their data and the data looks really good.
And one guy pushed all the way up to third
in the systems that I never even heard of before
it got started in this. So it's been it's been
a lot of fun to pull this together. But it
does feel like I'm doing my Fall project work, which
is writing about all the prospects.
Speaker 2: I'm just doing it now, asked the comp and Fall,
You'll you'll want to review it and go through it ahead.
That's right.
Speaker 1: I'll be watching watching Netflix.
Speaker 2: Man, this fall would be Loving Life. So as long
as it's not on Peacock, you're good to go.
Speaker 1: I'm good to go. I still subscribe to Uh.
Speaker 2: I can't subscribe to all of them, right, I mean
it's crazy. Uh no, you can't. I agree? All right?
Where am I where it was going to get to? Uh?
Your your waiver wire, that's what we're on. Yeah, Oh
my goodness. I had to. I had to mention this.
I had to mention this. The guy alphabetically who's number one,
I just couldn't not mention him at this stage.
Speaker 1: And that is Kate Anderson. I remember that name yet
when I edited to think so sounds like why Kate
Anderson's on this list?
Speaker 2: Well, because he's in double A and the numbers he's
posting our flat out ridiculous seventy two and two thirds
inning fourteen starts, he's allowed forty hits and only ten walks.
He's struck out and observed one hundred and eight batters
in seventy two and two thirds, the one thirty six
year and the one point six' nine. Whip, yeah it's
basically come, on. MARINERS i just, added is this at the?
End do what you know must be. Done drade one
of your current starters from some outherns and let this
young phenom players trade In. Seattle Uh, man he has
got to, be if not number, one number two pitching
prospect in.
Speaker 1: Baseball let me, LOOK i will tell you all, Right,
tim you asked me who that? Is he the top pitching. Prospect,
WELL i mean you can make the, argument that's for.
Sure you can definitely argue he's been the best pitcher
in the minor leagues this, season and as good As
Seth hernandez has. BEEN i, Mean Kate anderson has been
even way.
Speaker 2: Better.
Speaker 1: Ye, so but here's WHO i have as your top
five pitching. Prospects number, ONE i Got Socker, ANDERSON i
mean one hundred miles an hour, young you love. It
i've Got anderson number. Three i've got his Teammate Ryan
sloan ahead of, him one slot ahead of. Him now
you can make the Argument anderson obviously the better, picture
the more polished pitcher at the, moment But sloan has
got bigger stuff AND i think ultimately he's going to
be the better pitcher short. Term IT'S i think with
all three of these, guys it Is Kate. Anderson he
is the best, pitcher the one that's ready for the
major leagues opposed to the other two. Guys but long,
term If i'm trying to look at these things more long,
TERM i think the other two guys chances to be
a so Particularly.
Speaker 2: Sloan it's just, big big stuff makes sense to.
Speaker 1: Me let's see that just the other two. GUYS i
got to go all the way down to rank twenty
eighth and twenty. Ninth ANTHONY I Iron send with The
Red sox And Thomas, white who is sitting on the
uh sitting on THE i at the. Moment so, yeah
so that's. So and my Buddy Alma, rodriguez number, thirty
number thirty three on the list is the sixth one
off the. LIST i Love Elma, Rodriguez so.
Speaker 2: Yeah that you. Do. YEAH i just think we're gonna
See Kata anderson at some point in time this. Year,
okay if he's sitting out there in a redraft league
and you've got the space to be able to afford
to sit on, him go pick him. Up he's clearly.
Speaker 1: Ready i'm surprised that The mariners are keeping him at DOUBLE.
A maybe they're just going to go double a straight
in the major. LEAGUES i Think tim is right when
he writes in his, notes come, On, Ray, mariners do
the right. Thing trade some of your pitching for some
hitter and bring Up Kate. Anderson they're not going to
Trade Kate anderson six years of team control the first
three years. Cheap they're not going to do. That but
they might move you, Know castile or somebody, else even
A George kirby to try to bring in some offense
and then bring Up Kate. Anderson and quite, FRANKLY i
don't think you're going to lose.
Speaker 2: Much, no you get the oft Injured miller sitting there as.
Well okay that, YEAH I, hey contending teams would look
at as a huge, addition you, know hanging in nasty. Stuff.
Speaker 1: MAN i mean you can make that argument though That,
okay he's always. Injured let me get somebody who's a
little bit more stable in. There that's fair.
Speaker 2: Argument, yeah The marriers have. Options, yeah we're we going
to see them sit when The German Ryan sloan is,
ready Is Luis castillo is still going to be holding
come BACK A, no that's come, On you're you're wasting
valuable bullets in that. Arm, okay not utilizing him at
a level that he appears to be ready. For at
least that's my.
Speaker 1: Thoughts the old adage is you trade from. STRENGTH i,
mean this is the strength of The mariners is they're starting,
pitching and they're desperate need of some. Hitters AND i
think you could probably move anybody But. GILBERT i don't
think you can Move Maybe. Wu gilbert And woo are
the two guys that you don't want up with the other.
Speaker 2: Three, yeah it's a fair. GAME i would think it's fair.
Speaker 1: Game particularly we Got anderson and Slight sloan sitting there
ready TO i mean getting really close to being ready to.
Speaker 2: Go. Yeah and you know It's hancock's young. Enough he
should be he should be alluring to certain teams if
you weren't ahead in that.
Speaker 1: Direction that's, right there's the six, guy that's.
Speaker 2: True, yeah, Yeah, yeah there's plenty of arms that they
can shop. Around they eight man rotations aren't exactly in VOL.
Speaker 1: I would be disappointed if we're sitting here a month from,
today which would mean that the trade deadlines in our
rear view mirror that The mariners have not made a
move to trade one of their frontline. Starters that would
be a head, scratcher AND i think a missed.
Speaker 2: Opportunity totally Agree Victor.
Speaker 1: Barracodo San Francisco giants have been writing about it for
a couple of.
Speaker 2: Years big.
Speaker 1: Power always been questions about how much he's, hit but
he's getting some every day at.
Speaker 2: Bats, yeah he's getting every day at, bats and he's
taken advantage of it with four homers in those first
day forty seven at. Bats, hey The giants have been
shuffling everybody and his dog into that outfield And barracoda
can continue to, produce not even at this. LEVEL i
think he's making a case for every day at, bats
every day at, bats playing. Time he's a GUY i
sort of like a fair bit this week In San.
Speaker 1: Francisco so IF i may, here here's here's the issue
with Bear. Coota so a lot of a lot of
batted events in TRIPLE a one hundred and thirty five
average ex velosity of ninety one point five max of
one twelve point. Three that's pretty, exciting.
Speaker 2: Right, yeah that's big nose, him big, numbers.
Speaker 1: Launch angle three point eight. Degrees he's got to get
the ball off the ground. Him if he does, that
now we're talking so and it's got similar stuff in
the major. Leagues and just his thirty four batted events
and ninety mile an hour eggs of velocity one to
eight point, seven a little bit better launch angle six point,
six it's still he's got to get some it's an
angle change on that. Swing OTHERWISE i think he's gonna
miss out on some real.
Speaker 2: Opportunities fair, evaluation, agreed doesn't mean should be picking them.
Up just, yeah, yeah, no that's that's perfectly and totally.
Fair all.
Speaker 1: Right the next guy Is Nathan, church who's exit been.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, yeah last WEEK i Mentioned Josh bias in
the power, Potential yeah, yeah yeah. Yeah this, week yeah yeah.
Yeah this weekday The church goes, off it slugs three
homers drives in eight. RUNS i just put it's time
to get me to the church on. Time and that's
appears to have been. Yesterday you. Know he's he's playing
well right, now very well and nine. Rostered, uh definitely
he should be a target this. Week he's playing full.
Time he's got the job and he's playing.
Speaker 1: WELL i kind of Like Joshua caroroda Garar SO i
think kind of like this coming through the minor. Leagues
he kind of went up pretty, quickly but we didn't
really talk too much about. Him but you're saying maybe
deep mixed leagues AND ao. Only, again he's not a,
star but he might be a useful. Player can really, Hit, yeah.
Speaker 2: He can really. Hit he's pushed the other the other max.
Months he into a reserve. Rolever now the hit tool
is showing up right. Away he's the wheels you. Solid
so there's stolen base potential. There, well he hit for.
POWER i just put in that bandbox and. Sacrameto doesn't
everyone hit for at least some. Power he's definitely worth a,
look especially with that hit jewel and the blameing time
opportunity said he has very well earned right.
Speaker 1: Now, yeah his AVERAGE x velocity is very, high but
it's so few at. Bet lets take a look at
what he did in the minor. Leagues let's take a
look at. That, NOW i got so much data is, Available,
uh triple a eighty seven point three a seven point
nine degree launch, Ankle so it's not big five to,
ten eight to, ten but averaged a little better average.
Speed who MAKES i mean ridiculous. CONTACT i, mean it
just doesn't swing and. Miss it's like a seventy eight percent. Strikeout.
Speaker 2: Right, yeah did you see his, uh his first. Hit
they were playing The dodgers.
Speaker 1: And peacock to, ME i didn't get a chance to
watch the.
Speaker 2: Game, Okay i'll fill. Y, yeah we still have baseball
Little peacock occasionally up here in The Great Way. North,
No Freddie freeman took him aside and congratulated. Him got the,
ball and, yeah it was just a class act By Freddie. Freeman,
yeah they get the ball and, everything But freddy took
some Extra i'm his first base to congratulate, them and
the two of them were chatting and, yeah it was.
Cool it just, yeah he went out of his way
to welcome him and congratulate him on his First dad
was a nice.
Speaker 1: Touch Josh, lo this is The Josh low Of tampa of.
Speaker 2: Old yes it. Is, yes that's WHY i started. Out
we all know the flaws in his, game and there are,
plenty but he's also not without skills and he's getting
an opportunity since getting called Up june twenty third ten
for twenty seven two, homers six RBIs in the stolen
base it was that long ago twenty twenty three that
he posted a twenty homer thirty three steel season and
look boys for a long. Run could this Be dasavo
all over? Again you know he's going to get an
opportunity right now in. Anaheigh he's playing fairly. Well we
know the, limitations but he's still playing pretty, well isn't?
Speaker 1: He as we go into commercial, Break, timmy the answer
to that question is, no anything is.
Speaker 2: Possible, yes, yes but possible and. Probable, yeah it's right,
now he's playing. Well if you can pick him up
for next to, nothing he might fill a hole for
a couple of. Weeks he might, not but it's. YEAH
i read Through.
Speaker 1: JOSHUA i saw that as, like, YEAH i mean it could,
Happen and THEN i went To tyler, Uh Tyler, Wells
and that's that's what pushed me over the.
Speaker 2: Edge, yeah that's where well Taken, yes AND i laughed out.
Loud Garrett, mitchell your, Guy.
Speaker 1: Timmy he thought he was going to be the big
star In, milwaukee thought he was gonna be a fourth.
Outfielder he's somewhere in.
Speaker 2: Between, YEAH i just put hot streak. Alert over the past,
week he's gone ten for nineteen with the pair Of
homer homers and sport in sixteen ninety six. OPS i, add,
yeah that's, yeah that is very. GOOD i put this
is One Mitchell report we can all enjoy. Reading, oh
that's that's. Funny.
Speaker 1: OH i didn't think about The Mitchell report was what
what administration was?
Speaker 2: That it was That GEORGE. H. Bush that's that's the baseball.
Thing that's, yeah, yeah, yeah yep. YE i was. TRYING
i was trying to be a little, clever Like Joe
mack the player before we skipped over. Him But mac
on the past week three homers ten ninety four. Ops
was high time for a BIG mac. ATTACK i was
trying to be a little snarky and humorous all rolled
into one this. Week as you.
Speaker 1: Noticed i've had a talk with THE ai. Assistant he
is letting your dumb jokes go, through SO i don't
think you edited any of. Them SO i told him
that you're very. UPSET i, said just fix, them make
sure it. Flows that's that's ALL i want you to.
Do don't change the content at.
Speaker 2: All, yeah and, hey maybe everybody else doesn't appreciate my,
humor BUT i. Do that's got to count for. Something
it's all about, you it's all about about.
Speaker 1: Me Is i'm wondering If Cedric mullins next, guy is
he becoming a Little Josh bell issue where it's when he's,
on he's he's really, good and when he's, OFF i
mean he's really really.
Speaker 2: Bad. Yeah three home runs in the past. Week, yeah
an obligatory sort of stolen base in. There BUT i just,
hey if you're looking to fill a no, field, whole
small bid gives you a chance to see whether you
can keep going toe to toe with Junior. Gavinaro, yeah
that's That's Cedric.
Speaker 1: MULLINS i remember last year he was god. Awful he
wound up with seventeen home. Runs so the last three
years four, years, sixteen, fifteen, eighteen seventeen home. Runs he's
going to be rought there again this season with seventeen
eighteen home runs and.
Speaker 2: They stole them bases and they do seem to come
and bunch. Us. Mmmm that could very well. BE i don't.
Know ALL i know is he's rostered to the two
in the twenty. Percent he's, hot there's an, OPPORTUNITY i. Think, okay, Well.
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to get a little deeper to, me that's.
All that's ALL i can.
Speaker 2: Do i'll try to do the same.
Speaker 1: And yeah What, unfortunately just he was terrible when he
was with The, phillies, Right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah he. Was he had to, go he had
he had to get down To TRIPLE. A But i'm
Not i've said, it said it before multiple. Times i'm
not ready to give up on. Him and WHEN i
look at The, PHILLIES i. DON'T i don't think they
are as. Well the kid's twenty. Three, okay his first
two starts At triple acense a, Demotion Kenya's Pitch tour
and runs ten. Strikeouts, yeah my snarky sort of, CONCLUSION
a four man rotation isn't gonna. Cut The billies don't
have a lot of. Options they really. Don't barring a,
Trade payter has to still be in their. PLANS i
think for this. Year if he got dropped and you've
got the, room now is the. TIME i think the statum.
Speaker 1: It's like a look to see if we can figure
anything out by looking at the data with, painters see what's.
HAPPENED i, mean he's not fixed anything in two, games so.
Speaker 2: No, no it's a small sapples, eze, Oh i'll be
it a good.
Speaker 1: One so he there's really hard, Right so there's there's
no question about the loudness of his. Arsenal forur seemers
ninety six, fives that means a scrape in ninety eight
ninety nine decent. Spin uh slider's got a whiff rate
of thirty seven point seven a split fingers thirty eight point. Four, gimme, gimme,
gimme as ten would. Say but all of a, sudden
you take a look at the four seemer slug of six.
Speaker 2: Sixty that's a big. Number that's a big. Number you
would be very happy to have those. Numbers you, know
we talk about this.
Speaker 1: All the time and AGAIN i talked to pitching evaluators
and coaches all the, time and it is the last
thing to come is location or what some people would call.
Command that's what a scouting term would. Be can you
command your? Stuff can you put it where you want?
It and it's LIKE i, said it's almost always the
last thing to. Come and that's probably where we are With.
PAINTER i, mean remember you missed almost two years recovering
from his elbow. Surgery he just doesn't have the reps
and it's probably just going to take him time to
me to be able to repeat his delivery to a
point that when the catcher SAYS i want it, here
it gets within an inch or two of.
Speaker 2: There, yeah. Exactly but the problem In philadelphia is they
don't have a log of w. Options if They, nola
he's already part of the four man, rotation, right which
should be a three man. Rotation. Uh. Yeah it's my
biggest concern is that Whatever ale's, PAINTER i think is definitely. Fixable,
OKAY i would LIKE i hope they don't rush him, Back,
okay whenever they've now identified as a challenge or the,
problem give him a bit more time to work on.
Them but at the same point in, time they're going
to need. Him in the second. Half he will be
back and hopefully he'll be a much better picture than
what we saw in the first.
Speaker 1: Half, YEAH i would definitely give painters a chance of
the second half Of boy when you Got, Sanchez, Wheeler,
LOZARDO i Mean lozardo when he's, on it's great, stuff
but he also is.
Speaker 2: Bad he's really bad.
Speaker 1: Too it's mentioned that About, Mullins but you can't be
Starting nola coming down fighting for a playoff. Spot so
you need either through a, trade probably through a trade
to get a really good number three four, starter or
or really dial it and go For Tarrek schouble and just, say,
okay we're gonna put that great offense together With Schooable
Sanchez wheeler and then whatever we get out Of lozardo
come at.
Speaker 2: US i don't, know, yeah pretty. Exciting, yeah and go
with an okier every fifth. Day, yeah, yeah it.
Speaker 1: Is they're gonna make like, Playoffs so this is this
is for playoff bound. Stuff and then you give up A,
miller give a A Adon miller for or some high end.
Guy you overpay for six weeks of Uh Arrek, scooble
but you got a chance to to really do.
Speaker 2: Something, yeah you're. Not you're not going to just make the.
Playoffs you're going to be a contender for the big. Prize.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah but you're, right they're not. GOING i, mean
as good as the three pitchers, are that's an awful
lot of stress that you're putting on.
Speaker 2: Rotation, yep it most certainly. Is and Internally i've looked
high and. Low, INTERNALLY i just don't think they have.
Anything there's nothing, There, no it's not Comber.
Speaker 1: ROCKER i LOVE i love this rite up your funny
thing happened To Komba rockers journey to THE. Kbo he
remembered how to.
Speaker 2: Pitch it's well. Played, YEAH i went on to uh
expand the eight of his past nine starts have been.
Solid the last two arnings Against Toronto miamis allowingly two earned,
runs the walk and fourteen. Strikeouts five past five, starts
he's only issued six or three. PASSES i just as
An indian COMMON i those tickets To asia were.
Speaker 1: Refundable, yeah you have to pay a little extra for
the refundable refundability of. It let's see THREE d three
area of expect at four fifty. One so it feels
like he's pitching like a four or, five which is
a lot more than we thought he was going to
pitch For looking this time last.
Speaker 2: Season, YEAH i was going to, say even go back
to two months, ago it was more like he was
pitching to a six. Seventh it just was not. Happening but,
no he's pitching well of, late and definitely with all
of the pitching injuries we've, endured, SOMEBODY i think that
we should be taking a second look at especially in
fifteen team. Leagues.
Speaker 1: GOOD i HOPEN i got him in a couple of,
leagues So I've i've mostly been pitching. Him i've been
taken out on some of the more difficult, starts BUT
i mean he's been, better that's. Sure Andy, rodriguez longtime prospect,
guy got hurt for a couple of, years and now
he is.
Speaker 2: Back. Yeah five homers on the, air two of them
in the past. Week another he's been hot in only
ninety six at. Bats he's also added first base eligibility
at sweetened things up a little little. BIT i think
in two catch or formats there's a buying opportunity we
should seriously look. AT i, Agree Hezberlin.
Speaker 1: Valdez you've already brought him up as your something About
merlin The magician OR i lost it On, friday whatever you.
SAID i Knew valdez was.
Speaker 2: Going to be on this. List, yeah. Definitely you, Know,
hey it could get crowded one, Son Neil cruz And
Spencer horowitz return from THE. Il BUT i just let's
celebrate today and worry about. Tomorrow we cross that. Bridge
over the past two, weeks he, said four homers and
driven in twelve runs sposed to fourteen seventy. One. Ops
that works just fine on our fantasy. Squads is he Catching?
Valdez yeah, no, no, No i'm back To Andy. Rodriguez yeah,
Yeah Andy. RODRIZE i believe he is. CATCHING i cann.
Speaker 1: Thirty one times for space.
Speaker 2: Two that's. Good, yeah, yeah, Yeah i'm.
Speaker 1: SORRY i apologize to get a. Chance and then he
went on To. Valdez, so, Yeah valdez tore up the
fally twenty twenty, four and last season was, good not,
great kind of adjusted a little. Bit it's good to
see him producing at the big league. Level he's got,
power that's for.
Speaker 2: Sure he's only twenty two years. Old he's show a.
Head yeah, Yeah, hey if you're looking for, POWER i
think there's something to be had there for.
Speaker 1: Sure totally agree with. You and then we are lost my.
List here are we down To.
Speaker 2: Waldron A, Waldrop Hirstin. Waldrop. YEAH i don't know why
his family knocked off the, tee but. WHATEVER i Prefer
thurston To. Hurston but, YEAH i thought he was. RIGHT
i Like waldron a. Lot as we headed into the off,
SEASON i thought it was a strong twenty twenty five,
debut then loose bodies in the elbow and he's finally
getting back into the, game building up arm. Strength but
The BRAVES i think are gonna need him pitching at
a high. Level there's some some they're they're pitching is
not with the loss of stride Or, yeah there's there's
some issues. THERE I i just liked WHAT i saw last.
Year he pitched a solid five and two. THERE i
think he all out of three Run, Homer but other than,
that he Pitched. OKAY i he's A he's a sort
of guy that IF i can get on the cheap,
Tonight i'll be very. Happy who do you like the
rest of the? Season J?
Speaker 1: R richie Or hurst And Waldrop?
Speaker 2: Waldrop?
Speaker 1: Interesting, uh you Said. Thurston So i'm assuming that's a
that's A Gilligan's islands.
Speaker 2: Reference, uh, yes Mister, hall Mister.
Speaker 1: Howe question for you let him a? Question was he
a drug?
Speaker 2: Dealer? No why? Not why did he have all that?
Speaker 1: Cash why is he going around with cash on a
boat to some island Area if he's not a drug.
Speaker 2: Dealer he's absent minded and he let the thing. Lapse
that's over my. Head he let the thing. Lap what
what laps his credit, card credit. Card he was always
he was always a bit absent. Mind he just, okay
and he didn't and he didn't trust anybody, either, Right
so why wouldn't he carry, cash, money tucks and even
putting money in the.
Speaker 1: BANKS i just ASSUME i would have liked to have
seen the R ra At Gilligan's island first of, all particularly.
Speaker 2: With the ladies on.
Speaker 1: There but, no, but BUT i would have loved to
have Mister howell have been on the shady, side the dark,
side involved in some kind of money laundering scheme or
trug or something.
Speaker 2: That would that would fit, well, yeah particularly when.
Speaker 1: You can figure out the professor was. There the professor
could have done all kinds of chemical engineering with with the.
Drugs so that's That's that's been a long held Belief
i've had as a twisted.
Speaker 2: Mind, okay, Yeah i'm time with.
Speaker 1: That he brought social interaction in the last, week so you're.
Speaker 2: It, okay thanks, rich last Guy, JACK i was going to,
say AND i get to thank you for the last
guy on the, List Jack, Winninger, thanks thanks for the.
Speaker 1: CALL i was trying to channel my Enter tim AND
i was working on The. Mets just AS i was
about ready to start prepping for the podcast And Jack
wninger's name kind of came. UP i looked at his,
stats and he's. Pinching he's got like a three something eer,
a but the underlying stuff just doesn't look as. Good
SO i think we're going to see some regression. There
but THEN i was, thinking AS i was looking through,
it The mets are going to get rid of. Everybody
Jonah tong hasn't been much better Than Jack. Winnager he's
got pretty good.
Speaker 2: STUFF i.
Speaker 1: THINK i think Both tong And winnager get a shot
here in the second.
Speaker 2: Half totally. Agree, yeah as they start cleaning, House, hey
they've already Moved David, Peterson, okay there will be more to.
Follow he's, gone he has, YEAH i would think so,
yeah so, hey already you've got. Openings, uh there could
even be more more. Leaving. YEAH i think it's safe
to say that McLean isn't going, anywhere but there will
be opportunities In New. York and you're, right it. Is.
Uh you perfectly channeled the inner me by looking to
the future and where that future can provide. Opportunities AND i.
AGREE i think we're going to See tongue when when
and anybody else who can. Throw there's going to be
a need In New york at some point in the second.
Speaker 1: HALF i just don't know how good either tong Or
wenager are going to. Be it might not. Matter we
get to the end of the season and people are
just looking for some wins and some, strikeouts and maybe
don't worry so much about the. Ratios maybe both of
those guys could.
Speaker 2: Help. Well the other thing you've got to, consider, too
is as you get closer to the end of the
season and you start looking at, yeah middle Of august
through to the end of the, year you've already got
three quarters of your pitching numbers down. There those eight
weren a third of an. Inning outings that hurt really
bed In april and take you a month to recover.
From don't do as much damage when you've already got
a thousand innings under your. Belt, okay they just don't
because of the bulk number of innings pitched in the.
Calculus so, yeah you're gonna start some people in the
last two weeks of the season that you would never
dream starting the first two weeks of the. Season but
the overall impact isn't as. Great it just isn't because
of The volk number of eatings.
Speaker 1: Pitch it's take another, Break, timmy come back and let's
have it. Out let's see The socks are up six
to three on the on the. Guards it's done the
damage for The White. Sox deal with the two run home.
Run oh one of The montgomery Said Coleson montgomery with
his twenty third home. Run guy's gonna hit forty. R.
Speaker 2: Wow where's that two twenty betting? Average, YEAH i.
Speaker 1: Mean that's who he.
Speaker 2: Is.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Power, no power is pretty.
Speaker 2: Massive. Yeah it is Uh vargas one for, one two runs.
SCORED i love, it.
Speaker 1: So TIM I i we just talked about Es Morelda
valdez Ees mere lynn As. MORELDA i think that's A disney.
Speaker 2: Character, yes it is.
Speaker 1: Uh oh for five with four. Strikeouts.
Speaker 2: Ouch, yeah he had knock. Date that's awfull, Day, yes awful. Day,
yeah that's for. Sure that's still up five to.
Speaker 1: Three they actually might.
Speaker 2: Win, well they haven't got into the heart of the bullpen.
Yet they're still.
Speaker 1: Hoping McLean a decent start, there two earned rods and six,
ins pitched five strikeouts on one. Walks, yeah but with
the struggles he's, had he's still posting a three seventy
three ear. A i, mean if you're A mets, fan
if you're a fantasy h, MANAGER i mean you want
it more From nolan. McClean but it's it's been. Okay
the wins haven't been, there but that's not his.
Speaker 2: Fault, yeah, no excuse, Me, no definitely not his fault at. All,
NO i. Agree, Oh pete Grow armstrong with two more
stolen bases and brings him to twenty. Three, yeah, guys
just a. Monster. Yeah faviers goes four and two, thirds
allowing two hits and two, walks one out away from
securing a. Win And Ryan, rowlison who pitched two thirds
of an inning allowed two hits to earn, runs will
probably get credit for.
Speaker 1: It Yeah, ROWLANDSON i think it just wrote about.
Speaker 2: Him something the name brings about.
Speaker 1: Going back TO. Pca, yeah let's test your. Guess the
player who WAS pca was originally drafted by The. Mets
who is? He who is he traded for?
Speaker 2: THAT i. CAN'T i have no idea, ready six weeks
of hobby or. Bias, boy you say something about The
mets being Smart oka to The mets.
Speaker 1: Defense how your bias played pretty well for those six,
Weeks but still that turned out to be quite a.
Trade can you IMAGINE pca on That mets team with his,
enthusiasm and he would have been a great kind of
Branded nemo replacement for that top of the lineup guy
that gets out and runs and it's his enthusiastic jumping
up and. Down and they got.
Speaker 2: Nothing, YEAH i think they're gonna they're going to, regret
maybe to the same, level but Moving brendan's road to
The Milwaukee, BREWERS i think is gonna come back and
bite him as. Well, Man people.
Speaker 1: Gotta people think they're all The Los Angeles dodgers can
make these really clever. Trades most of them.
Speaker 2: Can't, yeah they're clever at the. Time as time, passes they're.
Not so they're not so. Humorous all, Right, timmy we're.
Speaker 1: Relaying we're delaying the. Obvious maybe once or twice a.
YEAR i get snarky With tim on his. Writings most,
TIME i JUST i just let it. GO i, MEAN
i just let it. Go but When tim and maybe
this is the right, pickup and he'll blow out everybody's
fab and people be going and Grabbing Tyler. Wells oh my, God,
tim It's Tyler.
Speaker 2: Wells, yeah he got four staves a few years, back
all in the same. Season, wow, Editors, no. Yuck WHEN
i saw, THAT i laugh just Like.
Speaker 1: YEAH i wanted to write something very simple to Our pagereon,
members And i'm not to the general, public BUT i
just brought it up to the general. Public SO i
mean IT'S i, mean, okay BUT i mean you can't
feel good about putting on your.
Speaker 2: Team you just. Can't, well you, know he can burn
back to back Saves friday And saturday. DAY i get. It,
yeah he's he's he's he's leading the charge With Ryan
helsley feeling more, elbows discomfort well and warming up On. Wednesday,
yeah the next, day opportunity goes his way if he converts,
it so will the one, following and on and on it.
Goes he's just a guy THAT i think is clearly
in the driver's. Seat i'm gonna spend a COUPLE i
picked him up AND i have one league where we
have A saturday. FABRIN i picked him up last night
for six. Bucks i'm happy six. Bucks, yeah.
Speaker 1: An't throw, hard but the cutter has gotta cutter and
change up have pretty high whiff. Rates this cutter is
only expected batting average of one ninety six expected slug
of three seventy. Five he's pitched effectively this season as
opposed to the last few years where he. Wasn't maybe
his location's gotten.
Speaker 2: BETTER i don't. Know, yeah, still, yeah, yeah, yeah he's
Trying Tyler. Wells you, KNOW i look At baltimore, right
and you look at their, bullpen and you Got canoe
who's been given lots of, opportunities he's never got it.
Done Rico garcia got it done earlier in the. Year
for a, while you Got Andrew kittridge sitting, there you
Got Anthony Juniez alberts, wore you get a cast of.
THOUSANDS i think if he can get the next save
For baltimore kind of the least gets a little bit,
longer and you, knows you might get four or five
six saves out of. Them AM i? SUGGESTING i haven't
moved them up on my closure? RANKINGS i, think but
there's a. Chance DO i like that chance a lot
better Than Jimmy hurget In, Colorado Kirby yates and for The,
Angels Jacob webb for The, cubs and they often, maligned
and rightfully. So Hogan harris of The. Athletics, YEAH i
like the odds. Better you, know we'll see what. Happens. Okay,
uh Let's Amelia pagana's. Back he got to save. Today,
yes he is, back perfect. Timing Tony santalon hits THE
I l, down slides right back into the. Role not
that you wouldn't. Anyways, yeah he's somebody you can take
a look, at heading. INTO i KNOW i was going
to mention a little bit more with setup guys this,
week but the obvious, ones you, know With, Whitlock. WEAVER
i Think miami's, contending SO i think they're fairly. Solid
any of the guys In detroit could be going except
for Vest he's on THE I. L, yeah if you
want to, look you want to look real. Deep so
who's left At? Detroit? Uh who is left Holding?
Speaker 1: WELL i mean that's that's the guy THAT i care.
ABOUT i want to know what all these guys that
are gonna get, traded who's left? With who's who Is Tyler?
Speaker 2: Wells? Yeah, yeah you look At. Boston, okay, there you,
Know wedlock And chapman could both be Gone guerrero could
be the guy In. Boston, okay that's a distinct. Possibility
uh rally or really In New york for The. Mets,
okay uh he's got some. Potential, yeah They're what About.
Speaker 1: Drew anderson for The. Tigers you brought his name up
a little while he's thirty two years.
Speaker 2: OLD i don't.
Speaker 1: Know, YEAH i think guy they would, move they never mind.
Speaker 2: That, YEAH i think they're gonna use him as and
if they, keep they're gonna use him as an. Opener
he might save a, game he might he might pitch
a middle relief because he was a, STARTER i believe In,
Japan so there's a lot of options for a guy like.
THAT i still don't believe In, killy and he's got
the past two. SAVES i think he's allowed to earn
runs with both of. Them, yeah Is Sam France San
franz's WHAT i was.
Speaker 1: Thinking But i'm back at The. Tigers i'm Still i'm
just trying To i'm really. Smoke So jansen And, finnegan
are you have to believe they're?
Speaker 2: GONE i would think. So.
Speaker 1: Yeah Tyler holton is thirty years. Old got some somebody
might want his? Arm the only really young. Guys there
are Are Drew Sumner.
Speaker 2: Somers yeah, YEAH i again that is that's totally totally
up in the. Air yeah yeah. Yeah but, again what
you gotta do is you got to look at the
teams that you know are going to be attempting to
SELL i. QUESTION i want the, answer, though you Got
jacob last of. Me, okay that's Very christmas, happy.
Speaker 1: Great attempts telling us what we have to.
Speaker 2: Do let me let me write this. Down the teams
that are going to trade their.
Speaker 1: Guys you would have picked the guy in the as
that's going to get the Same who is that?
Speaker 2: Guy, yeah someone that is currently number, three, four, five
or six on the depth charts who happens to get
two saves in a, row two? OPPORTUNITIES I i mean he.
Speaker 1: Would think it'd be like a young, guy, Right so
somebody that's under team. Control you don't want to move
him because he's, cheap and that's the guy that you
would think would get maybe an. Opportunity.
Speaker 2: YEAH i haven't studied to that level to even you,
know begin To, yeah, like, hey The royals could Move Lank,
okay then that would Move lynch into the. World, okay
The pirates it's a. Mess they need to bring somebody.
In so even though there's there's a couple of guys
of interest, there do they do they moving? Forward it
it's tough to predict number two guys to be. Successful it,
says when you get into three through, seven you're pulling
out that big dartboard and tossing to your heart's. Content
it's it is truly a, total total.
Speaker 1: Crapshoot But Dylan smith with The, giants twenty six years,
old young. Profile, yeah one sixty nine ear, rate but
it expected three fifty, eight so that's that's not. Great
but he throws. Hard there's ninety six miles an half.
Fastball he's got a really good sweeper that's. It so
he's a fastball sweeper. Guy does he throw enough? Strikes
he's got a ten percent so he doesn't throw enough
strikes mm.
Speaker 2: Hmm but he's got that big arm and given the, opportunity,
yeah he could be. Successful right, now The giants are
all in With, kelly and how long that's gonna? LAST
i have My. Okay the thing, is you, know The
brewers at some point in, time you, know are gonna
give your eBay. Chances he'll serve his penalty for being
a silly boy on the, mound and McGill again has
had health issues most of his. CAREER i wouldn't rule
your eBay out from another five saves before the season's. Gone. Yeah,
yeah they're not gonna overwork. McGill you know The, Dodgers
Trevor scott's going into a setup role as soon As
diaz is ready to. Roll, okay so, yeah they're going
to be, adding not. Subtracting so, yes, exactly and they're
gonna have a monster. Bullpen you, Know hurt is, inconsistent
But vessia And. Scott If diaz is, healthy that's, deep
deep with, quality and who, knows by the time the
playoffs roll, around Maybe soazaki will be back closing on
a temporary. Basis you.
Speaker 1: Know, yeah IF i were, them they've got more prospect
capital THAN i mean, AGAIN i just about to Do
i've already. Done HAVE i done The dodgers? YET i
have not done The dodgers, Yet but they're their outfield
depth is just ridiculous. TOWN i, mean they've got guys
they can't even promote To TRIPLE a because they're blocked
and every everything is a stand Up they've got so
much depth there that if you traded any of those
top guys you could you could bring an Roll As
chapman in a, heartbeat just to, say, okay we're done
one hundred miles an hour from the left. Side pair
them together With, Tanner Scott diaz and Rolled As chapman
and just be done with.
Speaker 2: It for The, dodgers, yeah, no the world is at their.
Mercy they can do what they, want and it's just
a matter of what in fact do they. Want AND
i Think Edwin, diaz, well they'll have the answers to
The diaz question in time to be able to adjust
on the. Fly and if they Do degerman they need more,
depth they'll just go out and take care of. It. Gone, Yeah,
yeah they.
Speaker 1: Just trade Back James tibbs the third Or Zach, earhart
the two guys they got for they got For Tustin
may and, say, yeah we'll give us a we'll take
we'll take a role As chapman off your. Hands we'll
give you back the guy that you gave up.
Speaker 2: With and being that they have seven outfielders that are
ALMOST mlb, ready they can make that move fairly, confidently,
RIGHT i.
Speaker 1: Can't for people that don't follow prospects obviously LIKE i,
DO i can't tell you how Good jose The paula
is going to be your, Hope, Serrata.
Speaker 2: Charles the Dabble.
Speaker 1: IN i mean they just got uh a T taiwanese player.
CO i, mean it just goes on and on and.
On it's just amazing How James tim's the third who's
just sitting In TRIPLE a with twenty four home runs
or something like. That no, shot no shot to get
airhorn Exact, aaron and no shot to get up to
the major. Leagues, none, no, no.
Speaker 2: No we could be talking if they don't make some
moves about a good chunk of it with players three
years from now and saying exactly the same thing we're saying.
Speaker 1: Today so WHEN i do my Hot prospects of the,
WEEK i usually go TO MiLB AND i GO i
go league by, league usually sort by, ops home run
stole a, basis just looking for guys who have had
really good. Weeks almost every right every WEEK i go
to The Texas. League all three of Those serota De,
Paula Zayer hope are sitting in the top seven to eight.
GUYS i can PICK i can pick all three of
them or one of them for top. Prospers it's every
week it's like. That this WEEK i Picked Zayer, Hope.
Speaker 2: Okay one REASON i don't know actually because, yeah it
picked Up.
Speaker 1: PAULA i mean it doesn't. Matter they're all just.
Speaker 2: Amazing, yeah it's it's, sick it really. Is The dodgers
have to, have from top to, bottom the best overall
organization in the. GAME i don't think anybody's even close to.
Them you, WELL i will say The brewers really, Really
brewers are very very.
Speaker 1: Strong let me, SEE i can tell BECAUSE i Think
i've GOT i, Mean brewers got my, Day Pinya Cooper,
Pratt Jet, Williams, Luis Lara brow is still a really
good baseball. Player they got this New the one of
the guys that's really popped up this season Is Alexander.
Freeze FRI i f R I a. S i, mean
it's just tore up the, complexities tearing up. LOW i
mean all these what they're hitting on tim is These latin,
players and it is just the. MAAZING i mean this
Season i've already written About Juan, Martinez Diego Fronte frontato
is another guy that's just doing it every weekend and week,
out these sixteen seventeen year old, kids and they're all
turned out to be jose not as, good the same
thing As pen And. MIDAY i, mean they're all kind
of in that same million dollars they signed them for
and they just blow.
Speaker 2: Up. Yeah payina just turned nineteen a month and a half. Ago, yeah, Yeah,
No Hazus Day.
Speaker 1: Yeah hazes haess My day is the number one Binor
league prospect in the. Game and WHEN i was doing
my rankings this, spring you could have made an argument
That jesus My day was in front Of Connor. Griffin
that's how good the potential Of jesus My day. Is
and no one really heard of him two years ago
when he was he was taken by The brewers as
an eight hundred and nine hundred thousand dollars sign and,
go okay and other young, guy maybe you'll do something
To two years, later he's the top prospect of the.
Game that's what The brewers are.
Speaker 2: Doing, yeah, yeah it's. Amazing, yeah it's, amazing it really.
Is so that's that they've already got you curio and,
practice they've already got them into the lineup.
Speaker 1: Already, YEAH i mean at some point that that they're
going to. Start they've been moving pictures to you know
that they Move Freddy prawlt and Others Corbyn burns a
few years ago to let some of they're going to
start to do the same thing with some of these
veteran bats and just let these young kids kind of come.
In that's because they're they're going to be ready. Today
we'll be ready next.
Speaker 2: Season, yeah and, yeah it's how much room is there
at the. End they're gonna have to make room and
they will Simple it's as simple as. That they'll make
the room and become and in between they find That
Kyle harrison's of the world the our. Gold. Yeah. Yes
now the.
Speaker 1: Question will, be because The borders have a good, team
have good major league, team would they actually be buyers
and actually give up some of this prospect capital move
with Josh Adam, zinsky who's a really good, prospect BUT
i mean he's at second base and they're so loaded
up the, middle and try to bring, in you, know
another high end pitching, prospect a pitcher or a bullpen
arm or somebody like.
Speaker 2: That and you can get the argument they've got plenty
of that to go. Around, yeah they don't need a
bullpen arm, though but they're deep in the pen with
maguil uiba Ashbay. Co yeah they could add another, arm,
sure but they're deep a starting. Pitcher, yeah, well, yeah
they could use another. One BUT i wouldn't be afraid
to go into the playoffs with A Misderosky harrison then
Sprote as you're, one two, three it'd be nice to
have another. Starter WHAT i don't?
Speaker 1: Learn what have we learned from The dodgers? Too dodgers
are back to Back World series.
Speaker 2: Champions, right you can't have enough, Gadging you. Can't you
got up.
Speaker 1: Depth, everywhere and you just you just abuse your mind
as your TRIPLE a and put them all in there
and just you, know have them there as a taxi. Squad.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah it's it's pretty amazing what The brewers have.
Done and it's too bad they're not in THE al
because that would make an Excellent World, series wouldn't. It
milwaukee and The dodgers not going to see?
Speaker 1: It, well it was if you recalled back AT i
think it was The conference. Championship it was The brewers
against The dodgers and it was would the New guard
be able to knock off the Old? Guard and the
answer was, No but eventually it's going to.
Speaker 2: Be, yes, Yes, Yeah eventually it will be The cards
will the gypsy ball in a little bit of a different,
order and The dodgers won't win The World series my
prediction in twenty thirty. Seven, yeah but.
Speaker 1: Those, team both of those organizations doing it going about
it completely. Differently were The dodgers are doing a great
job at winning. Trades The brewers are as. Well but
The dodgers are crushing it in THE uh in the,
draft and The brewers are crushing it in the international market.
Speaker 2: International, yeah but they're both getting they're both getting the
end result exactly the different. Ways, yeah that's. RIGHT i,
mean it's it's it's.
Speaker 1: Great so, anyway that's that's WHY i spent my life
Doing timmy's looking at the stuff and thinking about, it
looking at the channels in which guys are where they're
recruiting players from a signing, players and it's it's pretty
fascinating to get into the heads of how these organizations,
work what they're looking for in terms of talent that
they bring, In like the the The rays are looking
for guys. Stuff they're looking for stuff because they can
get them to throw. Strikes and that's so they bring
in those guys that have, stuff they turn them into
pitchers and, voilah they're they're they're good to.
Speaker 2: Go The uh The brewers are pretty. Similar.
Speaker 1: Uh they feel like that they can find out the
missing pitch that's, there like they did With Kyle, harrison
and that's how they go about doing.
Speaker 2: It it's it's fun to see.
Speaker 1: That and you've got The rockies that have no strategy at, all,
none none discernible at.
Speaker 2: Least, well, YEAH i THINK i enjoy your life much
better than trying to determine if Your bodnick will ever
be a star. Closer i'll take. You i'll take your
part of the of the baseball were all over my
right About, YEAH i.
Speaker 1: WAS i was writing About carrig yesterday Or. Friday he's
off to a nice little, start AND i THINK i
THINK i wrote. Snarkily and WHEN i was writing him,
up it's like he got past the mythical two week
trial period that if you don't hit five hundred when
you're in the major leagues with the with The Colorado,
rocks you get sent back down and he was able
to na navigate that, through and he looks like he's
safe for a. While but they do have this ten
games to two week kind of d period that if you,
literally if it doesn't, click they're sending it. Down go
See Zach veen or anybody.
Speaker 2: Else yeah, yeah oh. Yeah but once you pass that,
threshold you don't have to play good baseball for the
rest of your. Career that's, true that's. True, yeah he's.
HURT i, BELIEVE i think he.
Speaker 1: Is what About?
Speaker 2: Tobar, yeah like what happened To? TOBAR i THOUGHT i Thought,
tobar you, know after that twenty home run seventy eighty.
RBI i think it was rookie. SEASON i Thought tobar
was going to be a really good. PLAYER i know
there's some, injuries but, man he's not WHAT i expected at.
Speaker 1: All he's on my list to check out BECAUSE i
don't have to do that today because somebody dropped him
in A dynasty. League twenty four years, old so there's
a lot of. Things twenty four years old has shown
the ability to. Play BUT i got to check a
look at the data to see if there's anything. THERE i,
mean just glancing it doesn't at the ball hard speed is.
Dwindling SO i, mean there's definitely some warning signs just
by briefly looking at the. Data BUT i, Mean, dinasa
things are fun because people get frustrated and Say i'm
done with. You they're done, Right.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, yeah you. Look you look At tobar and you,
know in his first in his rookie, season he had
fifteen homers as a twenty one year, old seventy three,
RBIs eleven stolen bases up the. Power in the second,
year twenty six, homers seventy eight, RBIs six stolen. Bases, okay,
Again batting average the first year is two fifty, three
two sixty, nine didn't walk, enough struck over the. Ton
but then last year in two thirds of a, season
nine homers thirty three. RBIs this year so far seven
HOMERS rba and had two to ten batting. Average, LIKE i,
know he's only still, twenty he's only just twenty four years.
Old but his career has gone from one extreme at
the age of twenty two to another at the age
of twenty, four very very. Quickly and it's sort of,
shocking isn't. It, yeah what's what's really?
Speaker 1: Weird when you dig under the hood a little, bit
twenty two years, old he was an eighty nine mile
an hour.
Speaker 2: Ex velocity that good. Season that year.
Speaker 1: Twenty five pupped a little bit eighty nine point, four
similar kind of launch. Angle with, that everything else is
pretty much didn't hit any home runs at, All and
then this year his ex velocity is off two miles an, hour,
which given the fact that he's twenty.
Speaker 2: Four is more than likely an.
Speaker 1: Injury but why did he hit any home runs last?
Season it was all sitting, there the great, launch hitting
the ball hard. ENOUGH i, mean that's what we got
to dig into to see if there's a reason for,
that and to see if there's a reason to have
optimism that he can turn this.
Speaker 2: Around, yeah you, know he went from a seven sixty
four ops as a twenty two year old to a
five eighty nine as a twenty four year. Old that's
that's big.
Speaker 1: Numbers the biggest problem THAT i see consistently is he never.
Speaker 2: Walks so and.
Speaker 1: When you got a sub three hundred one base percentage
for the three straight years this year two fifty, two.
Speaker 2: That's, yeah that's a that's a tough, one. Man, yeah it. Is,
YEAH i, agree and.
Speaker 1: He's, started he's going to start to get, expensive so
it'll be interesting to see what the what The rockies
do about.
Speaker 2: That i'll trade him to The dodgers and The dodgers
will fix whatever. Ails yeah and, yeah no way you.
Speaker 1: Go you know who's been speaking of The rockies who looks.
Fantastic It's Charlie.
Speaker 2: Condon m, hm, yes when Does? Uh i'm just looking
looking For condon's. Numbers, now, well they could use a
big power. Back there's no there's no doubt a vote.
Speaker 1: That But i'm pretty Sure conda made My Hot prospects
of the month Of. June he's my hot Prospec. Wow,
yeah but look what he sounded like the last. MONTH
i mean it's just been on a. Tear.
Speaker 2: Yeah on the, season four digits in the, ops that's
a nice, number SIX o one slug and he's walking
and he's. Walking he looks like the.
Speaker 1: Guy and again It's, albuquerque so and everything goes out In.
ALBERTA a lot of drugs In. Albuquerque he did Watch Breaking.
Speaker 2: Bad didn't? You Uh, NO i. DIDN'T i didn't watch
much much at.
Speaker 1: All so you got to stop what you're. Doing it's
almost a sen not Watching Star. Wars that's probably worse than,
this but it's it's a close. Second Breaking ben might
be the best television program ever.
Speaker 2: Made do you know do you know the the gist
of the? Show, ah, yeah, yeah teacher gone. Bad that's,
right that's, Right, yeah pretty. Much but it's.
Speaker 1: Fantastic since since Since june the first Or june the,
second content's had twelve home, runs hitting three fifty. Wow,
yeah so he's been really really.
Speaker 2: Good, yeah aitting three fifties got the batting edge up
to two ninety, four so you know where he was
at the beginning Of. June it wasn't.
Speaker 1: Good but, look i, Mean albuquerque is a really nice
place to hit the southern part of THE, pcl really
great place to play, baseball but so is Course field and,
yeah like Our patreon, members So i've been writing about
that this was the guy we were, expecting not the
guy we saw the first two. Years now, yeah, again
you can convince yourself that this is the guy we're.
Expecting you can convince yourself It's albuquerque's THE. Pcl what
we saw in the last two years is more of the,
guy so you can actually argue it both. Ways i'm
thinking this is more the player that we're going to
see a twenty to thirty home run, guy probably some
pressure on the batting, average BUT i think you're looking
at A Nick kurtz type of, guy maybe without the
bath thetball.
Speaker 2: Skills, well and you got to remember at some point in,
time you, KNOW i have to check the home roads
splits On. Kurtsy he's got a benefit a bit from that. Perk.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah So condon's a ninety point five exit velocity
one twelve point SIX maxiv launch angle of twelve point.
One so that's not that's not that's Not Nick, kurtz,
Right Nick kurtz is ninety five FOR i Mean, nick
if you hit the ball harder Than Nick, kurtsey he's
got a tremendous. Launch so that's more twenty twenty five
home run pop as opposed to to thirty to thirty
five home run. Pop so just bear that in mind
a little.
Speaker 2: Bit, yeah when we're thinking who the kill can?
Speaker 1: Become still good, Enough.
Speaker 2: Yeah still good. Enough and somebody that if the opportunity
is at, hand somebody that YOU i would think you'd
want to see those skills on your team as compared
to somebody else's if at all.
Speaker 1: Possible, PLUS i find The rockies And i'm trying to
figure stuff. OUT i Need Nick. KURTZON i need a
guy that is my. STAR i Think Nick kirks is
their star now. RIGHT i need a guy that THAT
i can point, to that you can put it on
the on the team cover of the of the you,
know the introductory to to who The Colorado rockies, are
the press book and all. That you need a guy
like that and kind of might be that guy or
as close as they're going to find in that. ORGANIZATION
i think it lifts up the whole.
Speaker 2: Group they do that. Well they do Have michael Lore engine.
Speaker 1: THEY i mean they thought so, far might be that.
Guy Brendan doryleby might be that. Guy uh and Maybe
Charlie condon will flame out right?
Speaker 2: Now, yeah, yeah right now It's Tinder. Goodman, YEAH i
GUESS i guess that's their. Star, yeah that's just that's the. Guy,
yeah he's.
Speaker 1: Actually turned out to be a pretty good baseball player
and now has done it two years in a, row
which is not typical of A.
Speaker 2: Rocky, yeah, no he's he's definitely they're carrying that and
a big bet he is big numbers coming out of for.
Speaker 1: SURE i, mean we're just we're just vamping now and
getting close to two. Hours so let's call it, today shall?
Speaker 2: We calling it? Today sounds like a very very good.
PLAN i feel a napp coming.
Speaker 1: On, yeah, SORRY i, WAS i was wound up to Day.
Timmy i'm talking a. LOT i apologize if BUT i
GUESS i do like to hear my own. Voice BUT
i talked play too much. Today but it was a fun.
Speaker 2: Podcast, YEAH i think we covered a lot of a
lot of. GROUND i rather enjoyed the waiver where this
week when there just, yeah my feelings on. It. It
the MORE i, looked the MORE i found players that
have had a history of. Success you, know guys like
you got to love when a guy Like Josh lowe
Or Garrett mitchell Or Cedric, Mullens Andy rodriguez are having
are having good streaks and you, know hot, streaks and
those players picked up at the right, time can go
a long way in shaping your eventual, destination hopefully at
the top of the. Leaderboard so don't, ever don't ever
give up on The Cedric mullens of the world because
He's cedric Or Indie, rodriguez who's finally back and playing.
Well there's opportunities at hand from some of those, veterans
and take advantage of them when you.
Speaker 1: Can good, Stuff, Tim we'll talk to you On, friday my.
Speaker 2: Friend have a good, Week, yes be. Safely will we'll
catch On. Friday