1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Maybe they're not getting enough attention, but they should be. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: They're playing at an extremely high level school. Bul is 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: a blast to watch every fifth or sixth day. Welcome 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. I know 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: I say this every week. You guys probably get tired 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: of hearing me say it. But we've got a lot 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: to talk about. There is a lot going on in 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: the game right now, but it hit some things off 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the top, just real quick. Trek Schooble last night Sunday 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: Night Baseball, thirteen strikeouts, just brilliant. James Wood the Nationals. 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: Four intentional walks, the first player since Barry Bonds in 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: two thousand and four to draw four intentional walks in 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: a game. And the Miami Marlins, my goodness, they've won 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: seventh straight. They've swept a road trip in San Francisco 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: and Arizona. They finished June with a winning record. Good 16 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: for the Marlins. But I've got some other things that 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: I want to dive a little bit more deeply into. 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: The last two weekends for Fox. I've seen the two 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: NL East Powers, the Mets, the Phillies. The Phillies both weekends. 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: The Mets a Saturday ago I gotta tell you, folks, 21 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: not that impressed. And I'll go with each team and 22 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why I'm not that impressed with either 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: as we go along here, Let's start with the Mets 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: swept by the Pirates this weekend. The lowly Pirates outscored 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: thirty to four. Hard to do nine straight runs, nine 26 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: and more runs in each of those three games they 27 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: allowed thirty to four. They're outscored, and they didn't face 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Paul's schemes in this series. Also, they had a team 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: meeting Saturday and then the next day lost twelve to one. 30 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: That's not what team meetings are supposed to produce. So 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: we heard from the Mets owner Steve Cohen on X 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: this morning, and he had some things to say. And 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: let's look at what Steve Cohen said. Tough stretch, no 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: sugarcoating it. I didn't see this coming. I'm as frustrated 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: as everybody else. We will get through this period, and 36 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure that they will. Our injured pitching will come 37 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: back over the next few weeks. It is unlikely teams 38 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: hitting with runners in scoring position will continue at this 39 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: week pace. Keep the faith. Well, that's a good message 40 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: from Colin. That's the right tone he should be establishing 41 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: as owner. The Mets, though, are three and thirteen in 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: their last sixteen games. Guys like me, reporters like me, 43 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: men and women were praising the Mets pitching just I 44 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: don't know, a couple of weeks ago. Since then, they've 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: lost Senga to the IL McGill, to the IL Canning 46 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: to the IL Manaiah remains on the IL. Mantas came 47 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: back could first start not so good yesterday, and he 48 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: is lined up to pitch against the Yankees in the 49 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: Subway Series in this coming weekend. So the Mets have 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: some serious problems. And it's not just the injuries to 51 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: the starting rotation. Their bullpen has sort of fallen apart too. 52 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: In the month of June they ranked twenty eighth in 53 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: bullpen Era And offensively they're too top heavy. They've had 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: some situations with different positions this year that have not 55 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: gone that well. Right now, they're going to below average 56 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: production second base, third base, catcher, and center field. So 57 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: there's not all that much that they can do right 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: now before the deadline, but there is probably a lot 59 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: that they can do at the deadline. Okay, that's the Mets. Now, 60 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: the Phillies took two or three this weekend against Atlanta, 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: and by the way, Atlanta with these two teams, the 62 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Mets and Phillies in the state that they're in, should 63 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: be all the more embarrassed for the season that they're having. 64 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: But the Phillies have again the NLA's lead. That's fine. 65 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: They won two or three from Atlanta, very good, but 66 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: there are some issues there too. Now Bryce Harper might 67 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: come back tonight and that would solve some of their 68 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: offensive issues. For sure. They've got an amazing rotation, second 69 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: in the majors in era. Their bullpen is a bit 70 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: of a mess, and Jason Stark wrote about this last 71 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: week in The Athletic after interviewing Dave Dombrowski. Dembrowski has 72 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: said we're gonna get Alvarado back in August for the 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: regular season. He was their best reliever, but he's eligible 74 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: for the postseason after testing positive for performance enhancing drug. 75 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: He also plans, Dombrowski does, to eventually move a starter 76 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: or two to the bullpen. They've already done that with 77 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: Taiwan Walker. But that's not the only issue with the Phillies. 78 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: The bullpen. The offense too. It just doesn't seem to 79 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: be at the level that it should be considering the 80 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: names in that lineup. The Phillies rank eleventh in the 81 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: league and runs per game eleventh in the majors. That's okay, 82 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: but it should be better, and they're a team that 83 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: isn't getting what they would want to get from a 84 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: number of different players. I would say that Boehm is won. 85 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: He was hot for a while, not so much lately. 86 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 1: Stott is another just up and down the lineup. Schwarber's 87 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: been great obviously, Turners had a remarkable season so far, 88 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: but they're not clicking the way they should now. Maybe 89 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: the return of Harper helps that. Maybe they bring up 90 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: Justin Crawford their top prospect at some point, to maybe 91 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: address left field. But they've got some work to do 92 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: at the deadline as well. So the NL East it's 93 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: going to be a race. It's maybe not going to 94 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: be as great a race or as dynamic erase as 95 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: we would have thought with both these teams. I wouldn't 96 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: say the Phillies are reeling right now, but both these 97 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: teams have not quite played to the capability that we 98 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: all expected. The Mets did early. They're struggling right now. 99 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: The Phillies have had their moments, and certainly they face 100 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: good pitching this week in Houston and Atlanta, but I 101 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: do want to see more from their offense. All right now, 102 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: as we move on, speaking of Houston, the Houston Astros. 103 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: We don't talk about this team enough. The Houston Astros 104 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: just won two or three from the Chicago Cubs in 105 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: the Kyle Tucker Ryan Presley Homecoming Series. It's an amazing 106 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: series in a lot of ways. Cam Smith, the Astros 107 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: big acquisition in the Tucker trade, had a big series 108 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: as well. But what's amazing about Houston is they're playing 109 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: and have played since May fifth without your Don Alvarez. 110 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: It's almost two months now without ours. They've got a 111 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: number of starting pitchers on the IL right now, Blanco Arraghetti, 112 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: Christian Javier Hayden, was Nesky, Luis Garcia is an entire rotation. 113 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: And yet here they are the month of June nineteen 114 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: and seven, best record in the majors. It's a testament 115 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: to what they do, a testament to their culture, a 116 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: testament to the manager Joe Aespotta, the general manager Dana Brown. 117 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: They're going to be looking for a left handed hitter 118 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: at the deadline. They'll get Alvarez back, hopefully soon, maybe 119 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,239 Speaker 1: even this week, but they'll still need more left handed punch, 120 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: and I imagine maybe they'll look for some other things, 121 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: different pieces here and there as well. They're bullpen the 122 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: back of the one of the strongest of the league 123 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: with a brew and hater. They have been just one 124 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: of the best stories of the season. And again, I 125 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: don't know that they're getting quite enough credit for what 126 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: they've done, because heck, we just expected every year from them, 127 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: but this was the year, and we actually say this 128 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,239 Speaker 1: every year, this was the year they should have taken 129 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: a step back the team. I want to discuss a 130 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: team with a huge series coming up this week, the 131 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays have played really well, 132 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: just took two or three from the Guardians in Cleveland, 133 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: two or three from the Red Sox at Fenway, and 134 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: the big series I was talking about is a four 135 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: game set against the Yankees at home when they are 136 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: trailing the Yankees by only three games in the Al East. 137 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about Tampa Bay and how well 138 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: they've played, lost two of three this weekend to the Orioles. 139 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: But they've been really good. The Jays are right behind them, 140 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,119 Speaker 1: and the Jays have had a very interesting season because 141 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: their offseason acquisitions Santan Darren Hoffman, they're big acquisitions, have 142 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: not done all that much Andres Himenez another one. But 143 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: they've gotten contributions from some unexpected places. Addison Barger certainly 144 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: one of them, Ernie Clement, Nathan Lucas. These guys have 145 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: done things that no one really expected. Now. I know 146 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: a lot of Blue Jays fans out there saying, can 147 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: you hate the Bluelue Jays. You haven't said a nice 148 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: thing about the Blue Jays in a year plus, blah 149 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: blah blah, blah blah. I don't hate the Blue Jays. 150 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: I certainly don't hate Toronto, and I certainly don't hate Canada. 151 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,679 Speaker 1: I have had questions with the way the Blue Jays 152 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: have been run by their front office, questions that a 153 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: lot of Blue Jays fans have, But I guess don't 154 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: they don't like it when maybe this little guy with 155 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: the bow tie asked those questions. That's fine, but the 156 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: Blue Jays give them credit. Springer resurgent ear at age 157 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: thirty five. They've got their rotation pretty much in place 158 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: now much better, with Schurzer back, Eric Lower making a 159 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: great contribution, and of course the three guys at the top, Bassett, Barrios, Gossman, 160 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: They're terrific. So I kind of like where the Blue 161 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: Jays are now. I'd like them even better if Santan 162 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: Dare got back and if Hoffman kind of stabilized a 163 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: little bit and maybe him and Theez started hitting more. 164 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: But this is a team that has been much more 165 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: of a force than I expected. And remember, I don't 166 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: know in the winter, we were talking about them as 167 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: kind of a team that might be sellers at the deadline, 168 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: right they had Flat unsigned, they had Bobochet who still 169 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: was unsigned and is going to hit the free agent 170 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: market most likely. But the Jays have kind of exceeded 171 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: what a lot of people, including myself, thought they would be. 172 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: And they've got this huge series against the Yankees coming 173 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: up in the middle of Canada Day celebrations. It should 174 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: be a fun week in Toronto. Now. Finally, before we 175 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: move on, the Cleveland Guardians, and this is the other 176 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: side of the coin in the American League. Cleveland Guardians 177 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: have been a huge disappointment. Now. They exceeded expectations last year, 178 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: did things beyond what anyone thought they could when they 179 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: made it to the American League Championship Series and of 180 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: course lost to the New York Yankees. The Guardians did 181 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: that kind of, in the words of one executive, spinning 182 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: a bullpen fairy tale. That's how they did it. They 183 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: spun a bullpen fairytale, and obviously it helped them get 184 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: to where they needed to go. They have offensive issues 185 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: for a while now. Offensive issues have persisted this year. 186 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: Just got swept at home by the Cardinals. They're forty 187 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: and forty two. They're eleven and a half games back 188 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: in the AL Central. The Tigers obviously are running away. 189 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: They've had a remarkable first half of the season. But 190 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: you just wonder what's going to happen with Cleveland. They've 191 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: got Chicago, Detroit, Houston, and the White Sox going into 192 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: the break. Their schedule is really tough. They just have not, 193 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, found offensively deadline sellers. Yeah, they could 194 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: be sellers, but they don't have much to sell. Carlos 195 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: Santana maybe, but it's just disappointing to see what has 196 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: happened with the Guardians. Maybe they bring up Chase the 197 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: latter their number one prospect and get some good things 198 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: out of him, but it just seems that this is 199 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: not the Guardians year. All Right, we've gone through as 200 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: much as we can go through, at least in the 201 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: first segment. Stay tuned. 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I don't know about a week ago, 236 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: but I'll go into more detail here. So three saturdays ago, 237 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: I'm at Yankee Stadium and we've got the Yankees Red 238 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: Sox broadcast on Fox, and of course Aaron Judges red 239 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: hot at the time, and I'm asking people questions, what 240 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: is standing out to you about him, what do you think? 241 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: And someone told me, this person shall remain name was 242 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: check out how much he is swinging. That's the difference. 243 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: He's swinging a lot more than he ever has. And 244 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: I found this curious because great hitters get pitched so 245 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: carefully that sometimes, like Juan Soto, they ended up not 246 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: swinging a lot right. Intentional walks happen. Walks that aren't 247 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 1: intentional but semi intentional happen. They don't get a lot 248 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: of good pitches to hit, and the great ones are 249 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: exceedingly patient. So I started looking into this. I made 250 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: some calls that week, knowing that we had the Yankees 251 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,599 Speaker 1: Red Sox again the next weekend from Fenway, and I 252 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: could talk to Judge at Fenway hopefully, and in the 253 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: coming days or the days that led up to that game, 254 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: I spoke to the Yankees hitting coach James Rawson and 255 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: some others just about what was to me an interesting 256 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: sort of phenomenon that he was swinging at this high 257 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: rate in virtually every possible situation. So then I talked 258 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: to Judge on Saturday, and this was the day after 259 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: he hit that monumental home run off Garrett Crochet at 260 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: Fenway to tie the game after striking out three times. 261 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: So I'm like, wow, all right, he had the three strikeouts, 262 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: but that home run was kind of a legendary sort 263 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,599 Speaker 1: of home run, or at least at that moment, it 264 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: seemed like it. I taught the Judge and then on 265 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: Sunday prepared to write the story and did write the story. 266 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: Problem was, Judge struck out not only three times Friday night, 267 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: but three times Saturday and three times Sunday, and the 268 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: Yankees were swept, swept by the Red Sox at Fenway, 269 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: the Raphael Dever's Red Sox at Fenway. And we decided 270 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: at the Athletic, well, the story is written. It's where 271 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: we want it to be. But if we published it 272 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: on Monday, after we just struck out nine times in 273 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: this series, after the Yankees just got swept, it might 274 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: not be a good idea. And I remember Chris Kershner, 275 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: our Yankees right telling me, you run this on Monday. 276 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: The comments are going to destroy you. And yes, people 277 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: would say this is weird timing. The guy's not hitting, 278 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: what are you writing this for? So I figured, okay, 279 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: no problem, it's Aaron Judge. I'll wait a couple of days, Wait, 280 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,239 Speaker 1: a couple of days, we'll get hot again, I'll publish. 281 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: Problem was he didn't get hot again. He didn't get 282 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: hot again at all. For a couple of weeks from 283 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: June fourteenth to twenty eighth, he hit something like one 284 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: seventy six with a six forty five ops and only 285 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: two homers. And I kept waiting and waiting, and it 286 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: was kind of driving me nuts. And the reason it 287 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: was driving me nuts is because most writers, when they 288 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: write something, they want it published. They wanted to get 289 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: out to the world. They don't want to think this 290 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: is the biggest thing that they've wasted their time. And 291 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: it happens. Sometimes you lose a story for whatever reason 292 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: that you can't go with. You don't have it good enough, 293 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: or maybe the timing isn't right. Who knows. There are 294 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: one hundred reasons why you might not publish a story. 295 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: But in this case, I knew I had something that 296 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: I thought was interesting, something that really had not been 297 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: written about as far as I know, and I wanted 298 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: it to get out. So I'm waiting and I'm waiting 299 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: and I'm waiting, and finally, yesterday Sunday, there it is 300 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: to home run from Aaron Judge. One of them was 301 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: early in the count, and that was one of the 302 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: points of emphasis in the story, that he's swinging early 303 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: in the count. And today we published the story. Finally, 304 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: I didn't even have to tweak it that much. It 305 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: was pretty much all set. So Judge in the story 306 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: explains that he is being more aggressive this year. He 307 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: was surprised that I told him about the swing rates. 308 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: He didn't know, at least at that point, that he 309 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: had been swinging at a higher rate. Now he's just 310 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: going out and playing. He's not studying the numbers necessarily 311 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: as deeply as maybe we are. But he did say, hey, 312 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm trying to be more aggressive. I'm trying to be 313 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: more aggressive because I know then I might only get 314 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: one or two pitches to hitting it at bat, and 315 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: I want to be sure that when that pitch comes, 316 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: the one that looks good to me, then I'm going 317 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: to be swinging. And again, it is almost like the 318 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: anti Juan Soto approach. Right Soto, it seems like every 319 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: at bat is this masterpiece in which he runs the 320 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: count to three and two and it's just working in 321 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: his favor, and he's a Maestro just kind of dictating 322 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: the whole at that. Now Judge is dictating at bats too, 323 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: but only in a different way. And I also found 324 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: it curious, and I asked Judge about this because he 325 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: grew up not far from San Francisco in Linden, California. 326 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: Barry Bonds when he was hot, like crazy hot, like 327 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: Judge has been at various points, what happened, Intentional walks happened, 328 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: And yet it was James Wood drawing the four intentional 329 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: walks on Sunday and Aaron Judge has drawn I believe, 330 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: only eighteen all year. It might be off on that number. 331 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: So that was curious to me. And Judge basically said, 332 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: in his humble way, I'm not Bonds. I'm not getting 333 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: pitched like that. It's different. Bonds was getting one pitch 334 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: maybe per game. I'm not in that area, So that 335 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: was interesting. It was also interesting to hear the Red 336 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey say we attack aggression with aggression. 337 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: We're not dancing around even great hitters like Aaron Judge, 338 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: because Aaron Judge, like all great hitters, fails more often 339 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: than he succeeds. So the whole thing to me was 340 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: just interesting and I'm sitting on it week after week 341 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: after week. Okay, it was only three weeks, but it 342 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: seemed like forever. And yesterday, after he hit the two 343 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: home runs, I was kind of very excited that finally 344 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: I could get this story out there. It's out there today. 345 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: I've seen some people already in the comments talking more 346 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: about Barry Bonds than talking about Aaron Judge because Bonds 347 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: is mentioned in the story. And yes, I mentioned that 348 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: he used performance enhancing drugs or was alleged to have 349 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: used them, and people just can't still accept that he 350 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: was a guy that has all these records, or is 351 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: a guy that has all these records when too many 352 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: he was tainted. I get it. That's a fair discussion. 353 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: It's not what this article is about. So anyway, the 354 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge story is finally out there. I am thrilled 355 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: it's finally out there. Is it my best story ever? Know? 356 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: But when it was sitting there and sitting there and 357 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: sitting there, I was just stewing and I could not 358 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: get over it. 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All right, let's start it off here 385 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: with the questions. Oh, here's a good one from Jeremy Meyer. 386 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: Would the Age trade Luis Severino because he's unhappy with 387 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: the whole mound? Now everyone knows Severino's home road splits 388 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: have been kind of crazy this year. Unfortunately for him, 389 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: the road splits did not or the record took a 390 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: hit yesterday against the Yankees. He did not pitch very well. 391 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: And the question now is okay, he's so miserable in Oakland, 392 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: then he's pretty much said that would the Age trade him? 393 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: The problem here and MLB Trade Rumors dot Com that 394 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: a really good analysis of this last week is that he's, 395 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: even with the great road numbers, not pitching all that 396 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: well this season. His performance has not been that good, 397 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: poor strikeout rate, lowest ground ball rate of his career, 398 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: and his overall numbers really aren't that good. And here's 399 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: the big problem. He's owed more than fifty five million 400 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: from right now through the end of his contract, which 401 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: would be in twenty twenty seven. He has a player 402 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: option for twenty seven, but at this point you would 403 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: have to think he'd be exercising it. So I don't 404 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: know if the A's can trade Severino, whether they want 405 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: to trade sever Reno, that's another question, and it'll be 406 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: answered in the next few weeks. All right, next question, 407 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: This one comes from Delightful, who asks are we making 408 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: a big enough deal out of the Tigers this year? 409 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: To this point, they were kind of an afterthought this 410 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: year despite their magical twenty twenty four campaign, and it 411 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: feels like it's getting written off because of a weak 412 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: American League. Delightful fair point, and the Tigers as an 413 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: ALE Central team, maybe you don't get as much attention 414 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: as the ALSE teams or even the Astros in the West, 415 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: but my goodness, they have an eleven and a half 416 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: game lead in the Central. They're tied with the Dodgers 417 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: for the best record in Baseball fifty three and thirty two, 418 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: the third in the majors, in ERA, fifth in runs 419 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: per game. Maybe they're not getting enough attention, but they 420 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: should be. They're playing at an extremely high level. Scooble 421 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: is a blast to watch every fifth or sixth day, 422 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: and their offense has been better than expected, so I 423 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: would tend to agree they're not getting enough credit. This 424 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: isn't the thirty five and five run in nineteen eighty four, 425 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: but it's been pretty darn good, all right. Next question, 426 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: This one comes from Robbie Hyde, who asked, oh, is 427 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: it time for the Red Sox to move on from 428 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: Walker Buhller. I was struck after that game yesterday in 429 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: which Walker Buller struggled again, his ERA rising to six 430 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: point four or five when he said, I think I'm 431 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: fighting for my spot in the game. Honestly, that was 432 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: as straightforward and as honest or remarked as you'll ever 433 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: hear from a player. Here's a guy with four quality 434 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: starts out of fourteen, a guy the Red Sox paid 435 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 1: more than twenty one million for one year. And yes, 436 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: he is struggling. He is struggling like crazy. Korra was 437 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: asked yesterday Alex Korra if his spot in the rotation 438 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: was in jeopardy, and Korra basically said, not right now. 439 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: Our managers never talk about a pitcher losing his spot 440 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: in the rotation right after a game. That never happens. 441 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: But at some point, yes, the Red Sox might need 442 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: to do something, So we're gonna see with Walker Brewery 443 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: right now. The Red Sox, they've had a number of 444 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: issues surfaced in recent weeks. One of them is they're 445 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: starting rotation. They've had injuries too. Hunter Dobbins got hurt 446 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: he was pitching well, Cutter Crawford still out, and Tanner 447 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: Hawk on his rehab assignment has not been good. So 448 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: a myriad of issues facing the Boston Red Sox right now. 449 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: And finally a question from Mounts who asked, is Oneil 450 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: Cruz really available? Well? I wrote last week that the 451 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: only untouchables with the Pirates were Paul Stein's and Andrew McCutcheon, 452 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: So immediately a lot of people drew the rifle conclusion. Woo, 453 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: O'Neil Cruz is in play. He would be difficult to get, 454 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: I would imagine. But his ops before his two home 455 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: runs yesterday was seven fourteen. Now it's up to seven forty, 456 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: but it's still down from his seven to seventy three 457 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: ops last year. He's entering arbitration this winter, so he 458 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: has three years of club control remaining. He's going to 459 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: get more expensive. I get it. But at the same time, 460 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: O'Neil Cruz is still part of the Pirates' future, I 461 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: would think, and for that reason I don't expect him 462 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: to be training before the deadline. All right, before I go, 463 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: I want to send all my best wishes to Ron Washington. 464 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: Of course, he is not going to be the Angels 465 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: manager for the rest of the season, and he is 466 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: one of my favorite people in the game. He is 467 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: one of everyone's favorite people in the game. Wash get 468 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: well soon. And also he's Dave Parker going into the 469 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame this year. One of the most entertaining, 470 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: fun players and a great player. Dave. We will miss 471 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: you so badly. All right, we'll moving back Thursday with 472 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: our normal show. 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