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Arm, 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.120 what's going on? Wild weekend of baseball? I'm excited to 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:50.920 recap it all. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.320 Yeah, it was a fun It was a fun weekend. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:54.920 I feel like a lot because we're getting to that 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:56.880 point of the season post deadline, Like you're gonna get 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.120 some matchups sometimes of teams that are maybe not as 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.680 invested in winning at the stages others. But for the 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.400 most part, we got a lot of games of match 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.000 or a bunch of series of matchups of teams that 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:08.560 are in it, or at least relatively in it. Like 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.840 we didn't have too many like, for lack of a 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.320 better term, like kind of loser versus loser matchups here 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:14.280 this weekend. 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.959 I'm watching a lot of these American League games, and 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.680 I just have to remind myself that teams that are 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.000 four or five games under five hundred are still a. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:22.880 Lot, very a lot. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.040 I could be watching and be like, man, this team 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.040 is just not very good, but then they eke out 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:28.920 a win, and then I check the standings and I'm like, 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:30.800 wait a minute, is this a playoff team? So I 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.240 have to continue to recalibrate my mind to decide who's 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.080 good and who's dot. And it's tough, but at least 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:38.880 I have you here, and we're here to break it 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.120 all down and try our best. Who's good, who's dot? 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:42.480 You know, we'll figure it out. 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:45.000 I think some of it is like who's the least bad, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.880 and that's what we're like. What it gets the playoff 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:48.480 time and whoever squeaks in is going to be like 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.840 some of these wild card teams, who's the least bad 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.840 and set up to be potentially do this And I 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:54.960 think we've got some of those answers this weekend. But 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.320 what we'll start on an interleague an interleague game here, 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.840 interleague series, I should say, Blue Jays versus Phillies, And 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.120 this was kind of a series and these the Phillies 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.079 are a pretty good team. I felt like neither of 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.040 these teams wanted to win some of these games here. 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.240 And you go to Game one, Jose Soriano's Blue Jay 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.240 debut opposite of Zach Wheeler. The Jays got to Wheeler 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:17.600 for four runs on seven hits and five free passes. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.639 He threw one hundred and sixteen pitches in what was 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.880 a battle for him. And it wasn't only a bat 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.200 the only battle of the day, as the Blue Jays 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.560 hitting coach David Popkins was eventually ejected for getting on 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.840 umpires about where Wheeler's foot was on the rubber. He 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.079 may have had a case, but Wheeler does this kind 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.320 of all the time, and it's got a larger interesting conversation. Anyways, 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.800 the Blue Jays would end up winning this one five 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.800 to four, but Wheeler still got his licks in post game, 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.920 and I quote, you know, they've got a lot of sorry, 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.400 excuse me. You know, they've lost a lot of games 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.920 over there, so they're probably trying to pick some things 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:53.640 up to complain about. I hear him, but he didn't 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.480 have a good start that game. Yeah, so we all 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.320 gonna say whatever he wants. He's the man to me. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:58.920 We're gonna go to game two real quick. But I 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.840 just wanted your quick thoughts on rubber thing. There's some 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.760 video out there where his foot really is kind of 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.600 off the rubber. But he's also kind of done this 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:08.120 and got away with it for a while. It's an 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.240 interesting conversation. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.000 Yeah, here's the thing. He starts on the rubber and 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.280 then he takes his foot off while he's in the 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.520 wind up, so I'm not totally sure the exact rules 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.400 of how it is. And I'm one of the biggest 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:24.159 biggest Zach Wheeler fans on the planet. I've routinely said 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.719 on this show, even in Trek Scooble at the peak, 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.839 even if Paul Skins at the peak, I would still 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.320 prefer to have Zach Wheeler pitching Game seven of the 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.800 World Series with the death being pointed at Earth. So 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:36.760 I'm as big of a Zack Wheeler fan as you're 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:41.320 gonna find outside of Philly. However, didn't love that quote 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.720 because you're making fun of the Blue Jays while you're 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.760 getting hit by the Blue Jays. And why are the 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.680 Blue Jays so bad this season? It's because they have 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.400 the worst offense in baseball, or at least bottom three 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:58.240 in runs scored per game this season. So didn't love it. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.880 But I understand Wheeler gets pissed off when he's done 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.599 the same thing over and over throughout his career. We're 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.320 gonna talk about the Braves Yankees game. Chris Sale got 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:11.520 ejected even before the game started the following day because 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.960 he was still pissed about the back call where he 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.200 was in the wind up. But he didn't declare it. 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:20.719 So it's like these older pitchers, especially the dog days 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.600 of summer, like we're a game one hundred and sixtet, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.080 they're just fed up with all that. So I was 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.960 gonna understand where Wheeler was coming from, but at the 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.600 same time not his best quote. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.720 Yeah, I love the thirty seven year olds now or 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.080 they're just like, I don't give a shit, man, I'm 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.200 gonna throw I'm gonna throw my stones even if the 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.880 if it's from a glasshouse right now, and normally it's not, 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.839 just in this specific scenario, it kind of was. Regardless, 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:45.760 the league has kind of made some comments here and 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:47.679 there about Wheeler. If I'm not mistaken in the past, 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.520 it's like, as you mentioned, like the foot goes up 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.280 and down, but the second time he kind of like 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.640 pops it up and down he brings it off the 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.320 robber towards first base, and it also creates a really 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:58.240 unique look. So I'll be interesting if there's anything more 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.000 that comes that next time out. We had more interesting 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:02.840 things going on with real quick or old guy in 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:04.680 a legend, but this was more positive. In Game two, 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.120 Max Schurzer makes his third start off the il for 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.360 the Blue Jays, and he was solid for his second 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:12.560 consecutive outing, going five in a thirds innings of two 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.719 run ball, and his four strikeouts pushed him past Walter 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.680 Johnson for tenth all time. I thought, that was really kuman. 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.159 That's an awesome, awesome mark to reach when you're top 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.240 ten all time in passing a name like Walter Johnson, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.800 who was like, obviously, he's a legend. Like also not 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.240 really a real person to me, more of like a 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:32.000 figment of my imagination. Back to the game, Vladdie Junior 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.560 solo homer in an RBI single made things two zero 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.400 until the sixth inning, when Trey Turner and Bryce Harper 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.960 went back to back to Chase Sherzer and tie things 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.360 up before pushing two more runs across against Spencer Miles 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.560 to go up four to two, and Andre Semenez two 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.240 RBI double tied things up in the eighth, and then 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.000 Nathan Lucas hit a two run shot in the eleventh 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.320 to help seal it for the Blue Jays, who take 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.400 Game two seven to five. Game three, another back and 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:01.279 forth thriller that made its way into extras als. Weberhmer twice, 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.320 but the Jays kept clawing back. We went into the 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.719 bottom of the tenth with the Jays up six to five, 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.440 but Bryson Stott tied it with an RBI single. Then 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.720 Derek Hill walked things off with a single of his own. 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.840 Shout out Jesus Lizardo. He didn't get the win, but 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:22.480 he struck out twelve and seven innings of two run ball. 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.880 Philly salvage the series and take the third game. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:30.120 Did you have met any major takeaways from this, because 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:35.320 my biggest takeaway is just that watching this Phillies team, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.880 I can totally understand the allure come October when you 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.960 have front three of Wheeler and Sanchez and Lozardo, and 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.320 you know they added a couple pieces to the bullpen 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.480 at the trade deadline, you still got Duran and the 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.960 ninth I understand that they are going to pitch, but 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.280 they're just not going to go anywhere if the offense 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:56.640 is this sluggish. And I don't mean to use this 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.720 word like it sounds a little bit to meaning, but 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.680 this is what I feel when I'm turned on Phillies 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:06.000 games lately. It's such a boring team. Yeah, they're so boring. 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.160 I mean, yes, when Schoorber hits a couple of home runs, 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.080 but he hasn't hit one of those in a while. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.440 Bryce Harper is really having a fantastic season, but in 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.120 reality has nothing to do with those two guys. It's 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:18.920 just a lot of the guys in the lineup, like 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.280 Bryce and Stott has been hitting better, which is nice, 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.120 but over the totality of the season, it's been a 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.320 lackluster performance from him. We've talked at length about Tred 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:31.480 Turner's struggles, and then it's like, why am I getting 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:35.280 excited to watch Derek Hill. He had the walk off 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:38.000 hit in that game. He at least shows a little 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.840 bit of fire. Sometimes it's just an offense that is 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.480 just kind of like they go to the ballpark, they 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:48.040 do their research, they might get a hit or not, 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.760 who cares, and then it's over and maybe they won. 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.200 I don't know. It's just a boring offense. 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:55.280 I think it's not a coincidence of the one game 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.920 they do win. It is the game that Schwarber goes 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.640 deep twice, and it just feels like they're living and 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.360 dying by him or Harper. And I love the addition 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:06.960 of a Riaz like. I think he has added a 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.360 little bit of spunk to this lineup, which has been huge. 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.720 I mean, without a rise, it's just a snooze. But 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.120 I think even Phillies fans, I just I sense it 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.240 like this feels like and of course we say this 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.120 when we say the last few years, we've said if 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:21.959 not now, then when with the Phillies, and it feels 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.079 like this year is like, this is the worst Phillies 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.480 team we've seen in several years, and this will be 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.640 the one that somehow makes the run, you know. But 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:33.079 I just it does feel like to me it's a 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.560 little bit weaker than the last you know, a couple 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:37.959 of years of Phillies teams. That said, with the pitching 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.160 they have, they get hot. Some of the bullpen reinforcements 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.640 can help. Ryan Kirkering has been struggling. Hopefully it's just 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.959 getting that out of his system now. But yeah, it 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.000 does feel like if if you're not getting that special 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.320 Schwerber performance like we got in one of the ball 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.320 games with two homers, or you know, Harper doing his thing, 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.160 it can get a little bit frustrating. I like what 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.520 Ariaz brings to the table, but yeah, this is still 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.000 a team that I think they are just kind of 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.720 what they are, which is like this wild card team, which, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:05.200 as in the past, we're looking at them as a 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.120 team that can really make a push for the division. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.080 It's one of the more feared teams in the National League. 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:12.320 To me, they're slightly above the rest of the wild 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:14.480 card teams, and like we're gonna talk about d Backs 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.760 and like, I think they have a little bit more talent, 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.760 but I don't think these teams are that different, and 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.000 it's just a little bit lesser of a Phillies team 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:22.400 than we're. 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.600 Used to speaking about the wild Card. The Blue Jays 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.400 are three and a half games out and in last 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:31.160 place and seven games utter five hundred. That's what I'm saying. 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:32.559 It's like I'm watching the Blue Jays that win a 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.600 series and all of a sudden, wait a minute, they're 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:37.920 not dead. They're not dead. Nobody's dead in the American 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.320 League outside of the Royals and the Angels and maybe 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.800 the Mariners after this past weekend. But we'll talk about 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:44.240 that later. 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.480 So let's go to the Angels, who I can confirm 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.440 I went on Saturday. This team is dead. They do 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.280 not have a pulse game one, though they had a 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.920 little bit of a pulse George Glassen made his return 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:59.880 to the big leagues for the Angels, and Mike Trout 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.800 on his thirty fifth birthday, which you know, anytime we 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.000 get to see Trout go deep, always going to be fun. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.480 And Nolan Shanwell homer in the seventh gave the Angels 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.560 a four to two lead, but the Marlins made it 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.000 interesting in the ninth with the tying run being gunned 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.200 down at the plate on a gem of a throw 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:19.680 by Jose Sirie. Angels hold on four to three. Game two, 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:24.480 all Marlins who bounce back and bounce Walbert Urania in 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.920 the third inning, Sandy al Contra was stellar, breaking the 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.160 franchise record for ningx pitched when he finished his one 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.200 and twenty sixth frame and podcast people, we've got We've 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.400 got Jack's call ready to go right. Yeah, let's hear 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.720 Jack nail this real quick to two is cut on 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.720 and missed. It was a cutter on the bottom rail. 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.720 And Sandy's got the honor he's always coveted the most. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:52.160 Sandy al Contre has gotten more outs than anyone who. 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.840 Is ever put on a Marlin's uniform. 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.000 Great, yeah, cher love shows for that. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.319 And it's not like it's like the or anything where 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.679 it's like he surpassed some legend Ricky in Alaska. Look 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.640 I love Ricky in Alaska, but you know it was 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.840 It's a really special moment there for I think Jack 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:13.520 nailed it. Sandy. All he cares about is availability, durability. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.360 Obviously wants to be dominant as well, but like that 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.240 is the core of who he is and everything he 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.360 prepares for. And just get another classic Sandy line here. 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:24.200 Seven innings, three hits, no runs, one walk, eight k's. 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.079 Marlins wins seven to zero and Jack wins with the call. 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:29.480 Game three. 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.520 Grayson Rodriguez tried to follow up his best start of 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:35.400 the year, which came across came against his former team, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.840 the Orioles, but he struggled in the first ending, allowing 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.120 three earned runs before set or three runs before settling 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:45.520 in to strike out eight and four frames. He actually weird, 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.040 weird watch, Like first enning, I'm like, oh my gosh, 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.559 this guys, it's just this is sad, this is depressing. 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.880 I'm eologizing him. And then he looks really solid after that. 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.959 Yeah, you said in the discord, he looks like he's 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.000 pitching hurt. And I had the game on one of 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.880 like the corners, and I really start focusing and I'm like, uh, yeah, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.520 what is going on? And then he started rattling off 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.160 decent innings and I thought to myself, Okay, maybe he's 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.520 not but it just doesn't look quite like the same 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.560 Grayson Rodriguez. But at the same time, did any of 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.440 us expect that in year one of the Taylor Ward, 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.360 Gras and Rodriguez trade. The reason we didn't like it 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.480 in the first place was, yes, this season for Grayson 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.280 off an injury might be a lost season, but you 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.720 still get him for extra years of control. So I 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.240 still stand by the graceon Rodriguez is going to be 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.280 able to fight back from this. But this year has 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.600 just kind of felt like a lost season, and it 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.360 still feels like he's not quite himself. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.000 Yeah, what I saw from him is just some of 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.839 these throws he's guiding it. I feel like all these 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.360 different injuries he's had, it's probably had him overthinking the 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.679 mechanics some. But then when he was thrown free and easy, 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:50.439 and some of these middle innings really sharp in eight strikeouts, 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.760 some really good change up, some good sliders, Blue ninety 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.960 seven past Kyle Stowers, but it didn't really matter because 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:00.880 once Grayson Rodriguez was bounced, the Marlins absolutely blitzed the 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.880 Angels bullpen Griffin Conine Homer twice one hundred and fifteen 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.480 mile per hour. Homer, I think, get like, I forget 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:08.960 what the degree like. I think it was like a 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.360 fifteen degree launch. It was something ridiculous, but absolute laser 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.480 beam from him. And then he hits another one off 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.240 of Tyler Hyeman that was like a tomahawk for the 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:21.240 second Homer. Marlins win twelve to three. They take the series, 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.200 and they climb back over five hundred, and they sit 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.320 three games out of the final wildcard spot. Not a 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:31.280 ton to take away from this series. The Angels are 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:34.520 a really tough watch. I can say that, but you 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.640 know you can. I'm enjoying like a little bit of 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.600 Denser Guzman. I think he's growing into a solid player 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.480 for them, you know. I it's funny the first couple 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:44.400 endings I saw of Urania, I'm like this, I get 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.240 why they trade to Jose Soriana. They kind of have 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.120 like a young Soriano blossoming here. And I still really 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.640 do believe that g Rod's the big X factor like 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.800 if he can finish the year strong, capture some of 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.280 those moments more and get into next year where he 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.680 could just be a serviceablefore I this Angel's rotation more 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:03.440 than we bad in the bats, even thought George Classen 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.560 not a great outing but has been really good in 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.640 trip Away over the last handful of outings. It was 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:09.840 better than obviously his first two outings this year at 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:11.720 the big BIGU level. Like the pitching side of things 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.320 has come together a little bit, it's just really tough 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.120 to watch them like they just kind of fall apart 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.320 big time. And for the Marlins, like the bats had 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.400 been non existent of late. Great time to try to 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.440 get the bats going. But it's gonna be a reality 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.080 check now against the Pirates this coming week to see 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:27.600 if the bats are really coming to life or not. 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.600 Yeah, that's been the disappointing part about watching the Marlins 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.640 lately is I've been so used to turning on the 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.320 Marlins game, getting Jack on the call, and as soon 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.480 as you turn it on, Jack calls and that's a 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:42.080 line drive to center for Auto Lopez. 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.320 You know, is yeah tenfhit right. 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.800 But he's been struggling. Xavier Edwards has been struggling a 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.040 little bit. Like I know, Kyle Stowers had a nice 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.080 hit this weekend, but overall it hasn't looked all that great, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:57.480 been a little bit inconsistent. Javier Soinoha has been great 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.400 though at least that's a nice hitter in the lineup. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.320 And then you're coni, Yeah, he's. 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:03.720 Been huge for them. I mean they went from like 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:05.520 platuning him and they still kind of do, but like 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.280 patuning him all the time and batting him seventh sometimes ninth, 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.280 to like he's sitting clean up now and like he 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.920 came through today. He's an fifty ops guy. Yeah, which 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.040 is awesome. The two homer day I think bumped him 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.840 up even higher, which is exciting. But again, this Pirate 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.920 series will be a big reality check. Also, Kyle Stowers 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.520 has had a lot of hamstring issues this year, like 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.240 two different flare ups, and I think had another hamstring 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.200 issue today that I wouldn't be surprised if that keeps 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.680 him out. That's gonna be interesting. What do they do 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.360 from there. They don't really have another first basement. It 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.760 might be the recently acquired Jonathan Long from the Cubs 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:42.360 who could come up. It might be Leo Jimenez. I 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.280 don't know. They might have griff place some first. I 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:46.160 don't know what they're gonna do. Very fascinating. I know 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.240 they wanted to get Augustine Romirez some reps there. He 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.680 ain't ready to just go play first right now, Martin's 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.480 gonna have to figure that out of Kyle Stowers missing 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:52.800 some time. 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.280 My body feels good. Just let me know. 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.080 Yeah, just go go, uh but be designated fielder at first. 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.560 I could hit a little bit. All I'm saying is 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.720 you put me up against Sugano. I'm getting a hit. 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.280 Just just put me in the back of your mind. 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:07.960 I don't have to be the first call. I don't 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:09.920 even have to be the second call. But third, I 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.040 think that makes sense for me. 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:13.679 This was your only shot. I think was the Angel series. 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.040 Maybe a couple of these arms they had out of 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.040 the pen. I don't know about this here, Shigano. 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.920 I got you with Jack both plugged into the Barlins 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:22.119 can't hurt to ask, right. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:23.919 Yeah, I'll throw a feeler out there. 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:24.879 Yeah, just throw a feeler. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:31.080 Guardian's White Sox Parker messk did Parker messick things again 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.520 in Game one, going seven innings of two run ball 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:38.960 with eight strikeouts. Noah Schultz on the other side. I 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.440 feel like I got a lot of fun storylines with 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.840 my five series. Here's another fun one. Noah Schultz on 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:46.840 the other side, ran into some trouble in the first inning, 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.240 but it was his manager's mistake that ended up ending 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:52.320 his day. Well, Venable didn't realize that it was his 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.679 second visit to the mound, meaning the White Sox had 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:56.719 to pull him after recording just one out. So then 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.879 David Sanwin had to just wear it for five innings, 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.480 and I mean it just didn't go great for him either. 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.040 He didn't even get to properly warm up, but it's 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:05.960 not an injury situation, so you don't really get to 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.679 warm up at all, so he had to wear it. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.600 Not a great outing for him. In five innings. Guardians 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.520 win eight to two on Hell Martinez and Stephen Kwan. 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.159 Homer Stephen Kwan starting to come back to life. I'm 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:16.680 sure we'll talk about that a little bit more at 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:20.520 the recap of the whole series. Game two White Sox 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:24.760 bounce back on a quality start from Anthony Ka opposite 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:26.840 of Gavin Williams. It was scoreless until the sixth enning, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.080 when Reyese Hoskins launched a two run shot, but then 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.919 Munataka mura kame answered back in the home half with 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.840 the homer of his own, jump starting a four run inning. 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.560 On Helanau did launch his first career homer, and he 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.760 continues to sprint out of the gate in his MLB debut, 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.160