WEBVTT - MLB hid shrinking zone? Trout IL’d 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.120 They're two and eight in their last ten. They've lost 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:07.560 six straight. The Angels have like you, you kind of 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:09.120 put your team in this situation. 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.560 Raiser Friday, Baby, let's do it. I missed some time. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:18.480 I'm back. Hey, Hey, you know what I really liked 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.239 this week? Kratz the former player interviews. Let's get that 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.200 going a little bit more again. I mean, this is 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:29.600 actually a microcosm of how Major League Baseball works with 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:33.400 most players while they're playing versus post playing career. Now, 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.040 Tori had plenty of great stories while he was playing, 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:38.199 and Jason Worth was a little on the quieter side 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.640 when I covered him. He's not quiet anymore. So you 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:44.760 get to see some extra personality come out once they're 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.160 not worried about who's watching over them. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:51.280 Yeah, and the contracts that could be coming up, and 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.680 I get it. You know, when Worth went to the Nationals, 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:57.440 he could have been more out going in the media. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.800 He was plenty out going in the clubhouse. So that's 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.319 how some guys see it. But I agree, get them 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:03.080 out there. 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:05.600 All day. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.120 Why not. We need more of that stuff. We need opportunities, 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.200 We need guys to talk more about baseball how it 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.240 used to be playing how it's playing now, and I 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.039 know we give a lot of that, but more is 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:16.800 always better. 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.440 The thing is, when guys are playing, you got to 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.720 be a little more careful. Some guys I think are 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:26.920 too careful where it's like, dude, you don't have the 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.880 owners not sitting there going let me play back every 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.240 interview he's ever done. So I actually give credit because 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.880 what we're about to talk about does include quite a 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:39.520 few players and managers on the record talking about something 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.160 that I think is super important in the game. So 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:42.840 we're going to spend some time on it because it's 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.319 sweeping through baseball news. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:52.680 Let's charge. 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:57.840 Major League Baseball essentially shrink the strike zone and didn't 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:02.920 tell anyone about it old umpires. As they have a 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:06.360 new labor agreement with them, they'll claim they're following the 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.800 same definition. That is true, but the way that they 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.520 are grading umpires has changed. They have a buffer zone 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.680 around the edges of the strike zone that has now 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:21.600 shrunk significantly. They used to give them two inches of 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.240 a buffer zone and now it's three quarters of an inch, 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:29.040 so that in turn affects the accuracy of how they're graded, 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.560 which in turn affects the way that the strike zone 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:37.359 is being evaluated by umpires on a pitch by pitch basis. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:41.960 It has led to more overall accuracy. That's great. Eighty 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.919 eight point two percent overall accuracy is the best we've 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.280 seen in the stat Cast era, which tracks pitches like that. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.000 That era started in twenty sixteen when the number was 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:55.280 eighty three point six. These are good things. Main problem here, Kratz, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:59.320 they forgot to tell everyone. So the Athletic did a 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:03.639 banger job on this. Ken Rosenthal, Jason Stark, you know 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.359 Sarrus are the three that are listed here on the article. 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.079 We're going to talk to Ken coming up, and many more. 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.040 Actually they say more on the article as well. So 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.520 I want to give credit to all of them for 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:14.960 putting that out there. They have plenty of people on 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.120 the record that gave their names, plenty of people that 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:23.360 spoke anonymously, players, coaches, teams that all said, Nope, they're lying. 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.440 They didn't tell us, even though they said they did. 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.000 I don't have all the manager's numbers like Ken and 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:32.160 Emo and all those guys do. But every one of 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.839 the guys I texted had no idea. No, I haven't 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.400 found anybody that knew about the change. I don't. I 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:42.360 don't see like the bigger the bigger issue here is 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.840 Major League Baseball trying to slide this through. Is it 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:51.360 better that they're getting the strike zone correct, yes, But 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:54.960 the bigger issue is negotiations are coming up here soon. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:56.920 The new CBA is coming up here soon. And if 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:03.360 you're going to be doing tivous, nefarious little things as 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.360 Major League Baseball, how are you supposed to go to 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.560 negotiating table as a player, as a players association and go, 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.880 I'm sure they're gonna be. They're gonna be straight across 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.200 the board here, They're gonna be, they're gonna be super 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.599 honest with us. And it's just like, why why would 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:23.320 we not tell the players who this affects, the pitchers, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:28.160 the hitters, who this effects and just keep it secret. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:29.720 I don't. I don't understand this at all. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.600 Yeah, and this is something very important. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:37.359 I mean, I think this, this going under the rug 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.039 is is something that needs to be talked about a 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.440 lot more. I mean, we're talking about a strike zone 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:46.200 where this last year they're talking about, you know, having 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.160 an automated strike zone. They're talking about getting rid of umpires, 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.680 they're talking about you know, electronics and this and that. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.679 I think this is leading into something, could be leading 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.279 something even bigger, Like did they want to startle to 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.599 come out. I I don't know, maybe they did. This 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.560 is something that maybe we'll see some more stuff come out. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:08.400 But you know, you get those three inches as a baseball. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.240 You take a baseball, I don't have one in my hand, 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.840 but as you measure, it's almost three inches, you know, 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.320 from east to west. I mean that's it's a lot 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.320 of space and opportunity to throw strikes with and now 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:22.440 to minimize that strike zone with the baseball to make 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.440 a point seventy five instead of two inches off in 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.400 the buffer zone. I always complained about that. I always 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.599 talk you know, Phil Couzy and you know Rentel Stat 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.479 and those guys, and I was like, man, you guys 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.680 are getting a lot off the play. He's like, no, no, 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.760 that's the buffer zone. And they always kept saying it. 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.040 So I knew about the buffer zone a while ago 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.960 with Joe West and all those guys. So I'm like, 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:44.919 I don't know how you're getting graded well on that 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.599 because to me, that's a ball and you know, the 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.279 human element I still love and I still factor in 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.000 and I don't want that ever to leave. But you know, 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.479 with talking to players and reading the article here, i'd 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.400 be a little frustrated. I would just knowing that, you know, 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.040 why am I not getting that call? Because I feel 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:02.839 like it might be nipping the corner. 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That is a monstrous 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.600 difference if we put up if we overlaid the new 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.640 StrEG zone and the old strike zone and you put 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:28.800 all contact around those edges, that's now eliminated the contact 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.360 every it's something ridiculous like every half an inch contact 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:36.960 out of the zone, the exit velocity, the hit probability 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:41.000 goes down exponentially, like what it means you're chasing out 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.240 of the zone. And that's why pitchers want to stay 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.280 on the corners so that they can get those so 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.520 they can get the pitches off the barrel of that 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.720 are their cases. Absolutely can show hey get on top 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.200 of a pitch above the buffer zone. Yes, but the 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:59.120 hitters that keep the ball in the strike zone and 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:03.200 only swing it. Those are normally the better hitters, and 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.320 you eliminate that buffer zone. Now it's going to be 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.520 more of an offensive game. But it's also going to 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.960 be able to transition us into the challenge system next year. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.680 And I think they're trying to lock in where that 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.440 border is because just a little bit of the ball 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:22.480 hits okay, So that means if a little bit of 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:26.840 the ball hits here, all of the ball was off 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.560 of the zone. And if you make that now two inches, 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:33.440 now that pitch is here and it still touches the 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.040 buffer zone. So I'm glad that they clean this up. 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:37.640 Just be upfront about it. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:43.319 Yeah, I think everybody agrees that they want the strike 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.480 zone to continue to be as accurate as possible. For example, 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:50.400 Christian Walker is on the record in this article saying 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.120 always we always wanted to get better. But then you 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.240 have Travis Darnau Angels Catcher on the record a couple 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.880 times in this article talking about how they basically had 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.319 to do their own homework because they started looking out 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:05.040 and being like, wait, the zone seems a little bit different. 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.760 Let's do some homework on this, And then words starts 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:13.800 spreading and starts to turn into a story. Apparently there 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.840 was an anonymous player who said he was talking to 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.559 an UMP and the UMP goes, what do you think 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.120 of the new strike zone? Ah? 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:21.440 And he's like what. 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.760 That's how word starts describing again. But think about the 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.880 competitive advantage even for the first month, right, this is 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.880 a game of inches, a game of games that can 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.920 separate you from a playoff team, and not right one game. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.800 We see it every year. So there might have been 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.800 some teams that knew about this a little bit earlier. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.400 Not every single player person everyone else found out about 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.040 it at the same exact time. You have the right 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:50.360 as a league to maintain competitive integrity To tell all teams, players, managers, etc. 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.840 About what's going on in the offseason when this is 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.880 being decided. And if you're saying you told everyone, and 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:01.240 everyone is saying you didn't, very respectable command people, You 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.120 did not communicate it, or you did not communicate it properly. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.560 So some people might have found out about this the 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.760 first week of this season, and you have some people 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:10.920 that just found out about this when the article hit 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:12.080 this morning. 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.480 Can I just why didn't they just come out with 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:19.400 it when they figured it out. I don't understand. Hey boom, hey, 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.720 just tell you know new world MLB, the buffer zone 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:23.199 has changed. 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:24.720 Why is everything such a secret? 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.440 I don't they claim it wasn't they claim they told everyone? 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.600 Oh yeah, come on, man, you. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:36.720 Think do you think it's an arrogancy of Major League 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.960 Baseball in the sense of, nah, we don't need to see, 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.120 we don't need to tell them, we don't need to 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.400 tell them everything. Or is it a strategic thing saying 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.480 you know what, you guys don't necessarily you're not necessarily 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.199 upfront with everything. We don't need to be upfront with 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.560 everything because we are the head, and the sense of like, oh, 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.600 we're the we're the boss here, like you'll be fine, 0:10:58.600 --> 0:10:59.640 you'll figure it out later. 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.760 I think he's confusing major League Baseball with the Godfather. 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:07.319 You're saying that don sometimes doesn't need to tell everybody 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.680 about the business going on. But there is. Yes, sometimes 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:12.720 there are a lot of similarities with the leader there 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.040 you go. A lot of their favorite movies are Mafia movies. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.040 But I will tell you this, he's not supposed to 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:18.640 be like that. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:24.480 Okay, today, Hey, well you know, we found a new 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:26.240 name for this new thing. We call, you know, I 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.240 like the Homer Barey and uh, those names that you 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:29.760 can use. 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.839 Uh, this is the Bruce Buffer Zone, the Bruce Buffer Zone. 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:33.880 That's good. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:34.600 I like that. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:35.040 Yeah. 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:40.120 Like, hey, it's a little chili Davison's. 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.840 That's a little a little on. We're teetering on the 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:41.720 Bruce Buffer right now. 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:43.959 I like that last thing, and then we're going to 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.679 get to Ken rosetall on it. I just wanted to 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.880 make sure that people know if you should check out 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:52.160 the article. It's it's lengthy and it's worth it. It's really 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.120 well done, but there are quotes in here from big 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.480 league managers who you know. Dave Roberts asked straight up 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.959 about this quote. No, I didn't know that. Tito Francona 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.480 asked if he remembered being told this at the winter meetings, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.080 which is what MLB claimed quote. I don't believe. So 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.280 I don't remember that. That doesn't mean they didn't because 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.680 I can barely remember yesterday. My understanding was it wasn't 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.440 a secret, but I don't remember them sharing it. Mike Schiltz, 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:17.920 who was on the ball, I mean he is a 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:21.439 pretty serious gamer. Okay, he is not missing something in 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.319 a meeting. He's going to take notes in a meeting, 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:24.920 and then he is going to think about it for 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.520 days and then strategize it. And that's why this affects 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:31.080 pitch sequencing, game calling, the whole deal, and it's why 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.040 it rattled teams when they didn't find out about it. 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.520 I'll give you Shiltz quote in the article. I don't 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:39.400 remember having any communication with anybody at any point in 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.560 time saying, hey, we're going to tighten it up. Not 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.600 at all. I tried to pay attention during the meetings. 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.880 I would have thought it would grab my attention. I 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.800 would probably share that with his coaching staff, which of 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.360 course would have shared that with players like Todfather in 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.600 spring training. Some news that broke last night from Cody Stavenhagen, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.880 Tiger Territory host and the Athletics speed reporter on the Tiger. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.480 They designated Kent Tomata for Simon, So it's not going 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.880 to be claimed. With the contract that he's got two years, 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.120 twenty four mili, he's finishing that up this season. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.360 That's a tough one. Yeah, that's a tough one. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.800 I feel like, go find yourself a little bit, get 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:17.760 get going. He's not going to be down there for 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.120 long in my opinion. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.960 Well, you can't get sent down, right Kratz. Here, here's 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.400 our specialist. Here, you go unclaimed because no one's going 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:26.240 to pick up the contract. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:27.560 Then they'll probably pick him back. 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.760 They cut him, no, and then a team can sign 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:30.400 him for league men. 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.439 Yes, yeah, he's got he's got nine ers, he's working, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.080 he's close to his tenth year, so he'll just be 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.280 he'll be released unless he's like unless he's like, yeah, 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:40.880 I'll go to Triple A because I'd rather be in 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.319 Triple A and Toledo than anywhere else. But someone else 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:49.319 will probably claim him. Somebody needs innings, not claim him. 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.240 It's not claiming. I'm sorry. We'll to a minor league 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.280 deal and then yeah, that Tigers for the twelve. 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.680 Yeah, and he was just coming out of the bullpen 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.280 for to try, you know obviously. I mean he wanted 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.240 to be more of a starter or at least a swingman, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.800 which he had done pretty well in the past in 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.880 his career. Just really didn't work out with him in 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:13.280 Detroit fastball getting torched. It's also thirty seven years old. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:14.640 He's had a really great career. 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:17.280 You forget that. Yeah, you're just seven. He's been doing 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:18.960 it for a while. Yeah, they're gonna be all over this. 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:23.760 So check out Tiger Territory Kieren Steckley, Cody Stavenhagen, and 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.760 Austin Jackson on many of the episodes as well. Go 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.040 check that out wherever you get your podcast. Just type 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.560 it in. Give them some love. It's a really good show. Hey, 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.560 Big wu coming soon, Brandon woodra Remember this used to 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.280 be a number one type starter in the game, and 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.880 he went through it with the shoulder surgery. But he 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:43.680 just finished his latest rehab start. Kurt Hog covering it said, 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.680 for Class A Wisconsin within one batter of putting up 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.400 six complete innings five and two thirds, three hits, no runs, 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.080 one walk, three strikeouts. For a team that can use 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.960 some starting pitching depth, this is gonna help at some point. 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:57.880 We have talked about the Big Woo a lot. I 0:14:57.920 --> 0:14:59.560 hope God's Crotsy's boy, right. 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:00.600 Yeah. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.760 I love the Big Will. I think we missed talking 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.880 about him. We miss seeing him and to see him 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.600 get a rehab start. Kratzy is in his He's just 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.200 in his realm right now. He's ready to go one more. 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:16.040 Maybe he's gonna be raided that thirty day limit, most 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:17.680 likely one more. I talked to him. He said he 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.480 wants to get up over the eighty pitch threshold. He 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:25.320 got to seventy four yesterday when he threw, so that 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:29.240 eighty pitch threshold, and he said he's feeling good. 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:31.160 Love it. 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:36.040 Hey, the Brewers are lurking. They're sixteen and sixteen, They're 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.240 only three games out. I mean, the Cubs have gotten 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.960 a lot of attention, rightfully, so nice start for them 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.480 against a tough schedule. They're nineteen and thirteen. They've got 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.840 a softer spot coming up in May. But the Reds 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.200 are two games back. The Brewers are three games back. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.040 And the Brewers have been through this battle many times 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.040 in the past several years and often come out on top. 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.640 And I do think they're starting. Pitching depth is gonna 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.120 continue to improve here, So I mean, you're gonna have 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:03.200 Freddy p to Bias Myers, I like Kintana, I like 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.520 Woodriff eventually when he comes back. There's other guys too. 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.880 I know they picked up Quinn Priester and Chad Patrick's 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:11.240 part of that. All right, ft, fam, We're gonna bounce 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.480 around the league a little bit. So the loss yesterday 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.560 for the Twins, which included three of four losing to Cleveland, 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.040 was the tenth walkoff loss for Minnesota in Cleveland during 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.760 the last five seasons. That's just a crazy trend. I mean, 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:27.640 I know you play each other a lot, but the 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.000 amount of walkoffs that you see between those two, it 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.320 really gives Cleveland fans something to go home happy with. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.640 Knowing that they're always in the game. Yeah, opportunity. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.760 The walkoff's the best regular season kind of game you 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.720 can have with regularity. I get it, perfect game, no 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.160 hit or whatever, but walkoffs are awesome, right, keeps it 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.760 to the end. You get to go home even happier 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.080 than just a dub. I mean, would you rather go 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.880 to a game where it's eight to one or four 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.000 to three you saw a walk off with the kiddo? 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:03.680 Yeah, lost eleven straight one one run games in Cleveland. 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:07.200 Think about that whole It's they I don't know if 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:07.879 they ever. 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.200 Want to go to Cleveland again. No, no, I wouldn't. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:12.240 And the Twins have a good bullpen, but the Cleveland 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.080 bullpen Crats is really good and class is getting back 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:15.560 on track. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.160 Cad Smiths, the g I. 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:19.760 Just I just think when you go into a place 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.680 and you use that many close games and that many walkoffs. 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.560 I remember the Astros when I played there. For the 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.480 minute that I played there, we went into Oakland and 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.359 They're like, golly, it seems like we're always getting walked 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.600 off here, and I'm like, really, I've never felt that 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.160 way that night, and I walked off. So it's kind 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.560 of it's kind of up here. 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