1 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Humor Territory Podcast, 2 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: Episode two one seventh inr host Spread rowand coming to 3 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: you on a Wednesday evening here in mid June, and 4 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: I'm joining as I always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott, 5 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to jinx it, but a good vibes 6 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: episode hosted by you and I after a win is 7 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: that allowed. 8 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 2: It is allowed, although it has been a little rare 9 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: and few and far between, but man, just talk about 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: what a difference twenty four hours can be for the 11 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: Atlanta Braves, a team that it looked like it was 12 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: going to be more of the same on Tuesday, down 13 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: four to one in the eighth inning off, couldn't do anything. 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: We've seen and talked about that game a million times, 15 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: but they have the big comeback on Tuesday night. I 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: thought it was clearly the best win of the season. 17 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: And then Chris Sale goes out there tonight and delivers 18 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: just an all time dominant performance. Offense was plenty good enough, 19 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: and after all the frustrations of that Sunday loss against 20 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 2: the Rockies, two really nice wins against against the Mets, 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 2: and now they have a chance to sweep which would 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: be a dream scenario considering where we were at on 23 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: Sunday night. 24 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and if you missed anything from the honestly awesome 25 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: win on Tuesday evening, we had a fresh podcast on 26 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: this feed from our guys Sean and Steven deepening the 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: night on Tuesday, so listen to that one and please 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: subscribe to Ammora Territory anywhere you find your podcast. We 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: are here all year round, including all throughout this series 30 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: and the next series and the laugh of that we'll 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: be talking about it all on this show, so please 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: spread the word for us and support the podcast however 33 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: you possibly can. But yeah, obviously today we're talking about 34 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: a five nothing win for the Braves, clinch a series 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: win over the Mets. Still work to do on Thursday 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: to potentially get a sweep, obviously you're looking for that. 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: You've got to get greedy now, as we talked about 38 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: a lot recently. They dug this hole, they got a 39 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: dig out of it. But it's been good vibes here. 40 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: They've now won five in the last six, six of 41 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: the last eight, three series in a row. All those 42 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: things that we could kind of name, I feel like 43 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: we have to do like almost a segment on its 44 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: own about Chris Sale. So let's let's begin there. Chris 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Sale is absolutely out of his mind and has been 46 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: for a while. It feels like it wasn't that long 47 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: ago that we were having, like not a debate because 48 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: you and I were on the same side of this 49 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: about whether he was like in some trouble early of 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: the season, but it was a topic in April, like 51 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: has Chris Sale done? Is Chris Sale cooked? All these things? 52 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: And you look up on June eighteenth, and I just 53 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: refreshed fan grafts. Chris Sale, I believe, is now third 54 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: or fourth among nationally pitchers and Fangrafts war this season. 55 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: For the season, even when a pretty bad to get 56 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: started the season, he has been utterly dominant in recent 57 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: days and that was definitely personified by and I skip. 58 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: So dominant and since May first, Chris Sales era is 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 2: one one point zero zero. Pretty good, folks, He is 60 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 2: so good. It was awesome that Sale's family was right 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: behind the plate tonight too. I don't know if you 62 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: caught that, Brad, but his son was there, his wife 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: was there. I mean, just awesome. And Sale the first 64 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 2: couple of weeks, even if the results were not the greatest. 65 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: I think most people realized that he was just getting 66 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: unbelievably unlucky and it was only a matter of time. 67 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: And even if there were some things Sale needed to 68 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 2: work on with better locating a slider and using his 69 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: fastball a little more effectively, this stuff was still great 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: and for basically two calendar months now, really, since that 71 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: start out west in Arizona, it feels like Sale maybe 72 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: figured something out, whether it was mechanics or just kind 73 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 2: of the ball starting to bounce his way a little more. 74 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: And I mean Sale has a legitimate chance at another 75 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: Cy Young Award if he can stay healthy and pitching 76 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: like this, because he's throwing the ball as well as 77 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: anybody in baseball. 78 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he got thirteen swings and misses in 79 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: this game. He was getting. Guys are diving out of 80 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: the way like he's just utterly locked in. And you know, 81 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: eight to two thirds innings, five hits, no runs, one walk, 82 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: six seven strikeouts. You know, he's just been great. He's 83 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: thirty six years old, ranks Sam Winner. We all know 84 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: the deal there, but like he's pitching at Honestly, these 85 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: last six starts are better than he was last year, 86 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: which is ludicrous, but it's true. He's not had six 87 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: consecutive starts allowing one runner viewer. That doesn't happen. You 88 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: don't have six that doesn't happen to anyone. His era 89 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: is zero point eighty six and that's it. But you 90 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: gave the already this stud of up the May first. 91 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: It's even lower than that last six starts, and he 92 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: went deep in this one. 93 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: You know. 94 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: That's the thing about Sale. They've they gave him more time. 95 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean, there was a whole I guess we didn't 96 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: we engage in the argument, but there was an argument 97 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: whether they should have whether backfired in them when they 98 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: lost to the Rockies and all those things, and great 99 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: Holds was great that night, but they they he gave 100 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: Sale two extra day's rest for this outing light up 101 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: against the Mets, high profile game, and this is exact 102 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: exactly what you wanted to see happen. You throw your 103 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: race out there, your guy, your dog, and he just 104 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: mows down your art rival to secure a series win. 105 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, we know it's June, it's not September, it's 106 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: not October. We get that, but every game is huge 107 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: right now for the Bridge that's just three holity that 108 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: we're in and him going out and doing that and 109 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: again going deep eight and two thirds. I guess we 110 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: could talk about him coming out of the game of 111 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: the ninth. Did you have an opinion of him not 112 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: closing the game out? People were mad about this. I 113 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: was not, but I wonder what you thought. 114 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: I was honestly surprised that they sent Sale back out 115 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 2: there for the ninth inning, because what was he had 116 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: one hundred and two pitches I think after eight, and 117 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 2: in my mind, I was like, Okay, Sales done, five 118 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: run lead. Give it to somebody good in the bullpen. 119 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: You don't want to give it away. But and then 120 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 2: he went back out there, and that diving grab he 121 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: made against Juan Soda was just awesome. I mean, oh good, 122 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: full extension. He's six foot six, reached out for the 123 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 2: ball and then was able to get it out of 124 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 2: his glove and fire it over to Olson. And then 125 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 2: that damn Brandon Nemo just had to spoil the vibe 126 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 2: and poke one over Riley's head at third base. I mean, 127 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: I think the whole park was, I mean, the stadium 128 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: was awesome tonight, fully behind Sale and then Nemo just 129 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: had to be a punk and dropped that ball for 130 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: a hit. But hey, Iglesias came in got the the 131 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: out I think, on three pitches, and everybody got to celebrate. 132 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: But I mean it was I didn't blame Brian Snicker 133 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: for going out there and getting Sale at one hundred 134 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: and sixteen pitches, even with extra rest. That is a 135 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 2: lot of torque to put on that arm and that shoulder. 136 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: I didn't get a chance to listen to Sales comments 137 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: because I was otherwise engaged at the end of the game, 138 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: but I saw he was wearing a piece up to 139 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: a pound down T shirt on the podium, which I 140 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: find to be incredibly endearing. I love Chris Sale already 141 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: and that only makes it even even more so. But yeah, 142 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm pretty sure whether they would say so, 143 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: were't not they did say this, I don't know. I'm 144 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: pretty sure the deal was probably, hey, hey, Chris, if 145 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: you can get three straight outs here, go ahead and 146 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: do it if someone reaches base or coming out of 147 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: the game. And that's that's my guess anyway. 148 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and hey, he got one Soto out and 149 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: he got Pete Alonzo out. Yeah, I mean, those are 150 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: two of the fifteen best hitters on the planet right now, 151 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 2: probably so to get them a fourth time through the order. 152 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: He had Soto uncomfortable and off balance all night, which 153 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: is very difficult to do. Alonzo struck out three times, 154 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: and again he was one pitch away from getting the 155 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: complete game shutout, which would have been really great. I think, 156 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: first time since twenty nineteen for sale that he was 157 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: trying to do that, but just a big old tip 158 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: of the cap. And because of that, it feels like, 159 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: for the first time in a long time, Brad, maybe 160 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 2: since since the Braves hit five hundred, that there is 161 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: some real optimism, not only just among the fans and 162 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: among us doing a podcast, but like with the players too. 163 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: It feels like they the energy and the swagger is 164 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 2: back a little bit. 165 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you don't want to overstate it. Obviously they're 166 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: thirty three and thirty nine still like there's a lot 167 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: of work to do. But you're right, I mean, you 168 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: win three straight series, the vibes are gonna improve. You 169 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: win five out of six games, especially two wins against 170 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: the Mets, like you're not playing the Rockies, I mean 171 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: the Rockies. You're supposed to win. There's an expectation that 172 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: you're going to beat the Rockies. And they lost that game, 173 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: of course, but they won the series. The Mets are 174 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: really good. I mean, even with tonight's game, they're forty 175 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: five and twenty nine. The Mets are very good, and 176 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: to beat them, and yeah, it's you. It's in your 177 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: park and with your guys in the mound. But look, 178 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: we said it, you and I said it on Sunday. 179 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: If they load up for this series against the Mets 180 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: and they lose it, that's a vibe killer. Now you 181 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: know you've won the series, you can still lose it 182 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: on third, you can still lose a game on Thursday. 183 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: You don't want to lose again on Thursday. But at 184 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: the very least, I think you and I even said 185 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: on Sunday, if you beat the Mets two out of 186 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: three games, there's no complaining about not sweeping the Mets. 187 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: This is not the Rockies. So you've done that. Get 188 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: greedy now. Sale doing that is obviously an exclamation point 189 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: on this whole thing. But like not having to rely 190 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: on the Bats to do it, Tom, it was fine. 191 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: They scored five runs. We'll get to that in a second. 192 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: A lot of that damage done right out of the gate. 193 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: Maybe that freed up Sale to be even more aggressive 194 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: along the way. But hard for me to talk about 195 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: anything other than Chris Sale leading this podcast because he's 196 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: just been this. I mean, look, he's been the best 197 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: player on the Roster's just the movid he arrived. If 198 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: we're being one hundred percent honest. Yeah, like run running 199 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: wasn't available for most most of last season. That is 200 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: what it is. Chris Dale has been the guy for 201 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: the last year and a half and that was appropriate 202 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: for today. 203 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, shout out Von Grissom, thank you for your trade 204 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 2: trade service. 205 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 1: Uh. 206 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 2: A couple of people actually ask when I tweeted about it. 207 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 2: Vaughn is in Triple A with the Red Sox and 208 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: not doing very well, and he's had some injuries, So 209 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: I mean that trade looks like it might be an 210 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 2: all timer. There was talk tonight too of the Chris 211 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 2: Sale Hall of Fame discussion, which I mean, in my book, 212 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 2: he's he is awfully close as long as he doesn't 213 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: get another bad injury. And I promise you I am 214 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 2: knocking on wood as I say that. I mean, he 215 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: has a real case and just a special player. And 216 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 2: you know, Brad We said on the Sunday show that 217 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: it was now or never for this baseball team. Yep, 218 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 2: they had a four and two week last week, which 219 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 2: was fine, even if Sunday was maddening, but it was 220 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 2: it's now or never and there's still eleven games to 221 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 2: go in this two week stretch against the Mets twice, 222 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: the Phillies and the Morlands. But two and zero vibes 223 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: are good. Let's keep it rolling and try. I mean 224 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 2: a sweep against the Mets would be awesome. I mean 225 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 2: that would be obviously keptain obvious. But if the Braves 226 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 2: can close out this series with a sweep and then 227 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: go to Miami and then four games against the Mets 228 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 2: next week, you know, this is what this team needs 229 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: to do if they want to get back into this thing. 230 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we'll talk about a little bit more about 231 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: tonight's game and also some comments from Alexntopolos that made 232 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: the rounds today and a local radio interview, plus a 233 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: little bit of a brief preview of Thursday's game and 234 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: more almost coming up after a word from our partners. 235 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 3: By now, you know that Hello Frash's America's number one 236 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 3: meal kit and that you can choose from sixty recipes 237 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 3: every week. 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After that, I 264 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: think the Mets were very careful with him, which I 265 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: want to see you up to talk about a little bit, 266 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: because there's been a lot of discussions about the number 267 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: two hole in the lineup recently, including on the Last 268 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: Night Show from Sean Steven. But Ronnie just like setting 269 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: the tone right out of the gate. But hey, we're 270 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to home run the first pitch I see. 271 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: And he has a ops over twelve hundred in the 272 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: month of June. He's been the best player in baseball 273 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: since Gone Be arrived so far, which is crazy. In 274 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: a world with Judge existing and Otani existing, Ronnie's still 275 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: probably been the best player in baseball since it came up. 276 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: It's been crazy how good he's been. 277 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, Akunya is unbelievable. And I know that Paul Blackburn 278 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: has largely been in the American League West and hasn't 279 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 2: really pitched a town this year. But what do you 280 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 2: think in there? I mean a a yeah, yeah, ninety 281 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 2: mile an hour fastball right down the pipe. I actually 282 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: think blackburnt throw is like a cutter kind of thing, 283 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 2: and it didn't cut and it was in the middle 284 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 2: of the plate. And Acuna is just so special and 285 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: you know, good on the Braves. Like, like you said, 286 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 2: they scored three runs early. Have you ever seen the 287 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 2: catcher balk called. I know people were looking into this 288 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 2: tonight and there are some instances of this, but I 289 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 2: mean even the Mets booth was like, what just happened 290 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 2: when the Mets catcher And by the way, the Mets 291 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 2: catchers have had an awful series so far. Yeah, but 292 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 2: you know, he tried to corral the ball with his 293 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 2: mask and then a run scored on that, and then 294 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 2: Ozuna drove in another run on a sack fly, which 295 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 2: is a site for sore eyes. I mean, the Braves 296 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 2: have done a better job for the most part of 297 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 2: taking advantage of some Mets miscues that have really I mean, 298 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: they've maybe cost the Mets at least one game so far. 299 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: The Mets are not playing well in the series, we 300 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: could acknowledge that while like praising the Braves, the Mets 301 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: are not playing well in these two games. That Catcher's block, 302 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: I guess it wasn't technically called Catcher's block. That CJ 303 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: called it that way, and it was that was I 304 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: think he came on. I think it was on Twitter 305 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: after it was like, actually it was ruled an error, 306 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: but still bizarre play, that's your question. No, I don't 307 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: recall ever seeing that happen. The rule makes sense. People 308 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: were on it on social media. People were saying, hey, 309 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: this is what happened. Okay, I wouldn't have known. Honestly, 310 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: I'll raise my hand when I don't know things. I 311 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: didn't know that, So that was like a weird play. 312 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: And you know, nice to have two more runs in 313 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: the first inning, to be a three to nothing and 314 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: with Sale on the mountain. I got to be honest 315 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: with you, Scott, I felt pretty darn good at that 316 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: moment in time up three. Like some nights this year, 317 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: take a three nothing lead, it's like, all right, gerder lloins, 318 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, but not with Sale. 319 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 2: There was a stat I think on the broadcast that 320 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 2: when Sale has been given a three run or more 321 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: lead with the Braves. He's sixteen and oh or something 322 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: like that, or the Braves or sixteen and oh. I mean, 323 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 2: that's that is as dominant as it gets. And obviously 324 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 2: in the first we did not know that Sale was 325 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: going to turn in I mean, frankly one of his 326 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 2: best performances in a decade, but I mean it was. 327 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 2: It was a nice kind of breather for everybody. After 328 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 2: all the fun last night, the last thing you wanted 329 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 2: to do is give the Mets an early lead. The 330 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 2: Braves scored early in Sale obviously made it stand out. 331 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: Of course, the Braves did go full brave in the second, 332 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: ending with a leadoff triple from Ozzie without scoring a 333 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: run because Michael Harris pops out bat at bat, Nick 334 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: Allen lines out in Nick Allen fashion and then they 335 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: pitch around Acunya. It's good way to see this up now. 336 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: Very obviously that was the right decision. Look, if I'm 337 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: the Mets, I'm not throwing a Ronnie either, And part 338 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: of that is that he's rong Acunya, who, by the 339 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: way I looked up a second ago, is actually leading 340 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: the Majors in fagugouts war. That's the day he came up, 341 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: So he actually has to play the best player in 342 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: baseball by the numbers. But if they pitch around him 343 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: very obviously throws nothing to hit Alex Radugo then grounds out. 344 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: I will say Verdugo has been like a tiny bit 345 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: better since he started hitting second in the lineup. It 346 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: was the wrong decision. We don't like it, but it 347 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: has been. But it's very obvious and one of the 348 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: reasons why we don't like that, among others, is that 349 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: why in the world would you throw anything to roll 350 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: in Acuna? So what did you find looking at the 351 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: last two games? 352 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: So I think we've well documented how much we dislike 353 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: the left fielder that night patting behind Acunya, and I 354 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: mean it's kind of catching on both not only locally 355 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 2: but nationally. It's like, why would you pitch to Acunya 356 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 2: right now? You just said he's he's been the best player, Yeah, exactly, 357 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: He's been the best player in the league for almost 358 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: four weeks now. So I was tracking this. On Tuesday night, 359 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 2: Acunya saw twenty pitches, six of them were in the 360 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: strike zone, and Acunya walked three times. The intentional walk 361 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 2: in the tenth inning was kind of obvious. I think 362 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 2: they would have done probably the same thing to Matt 363 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 2: Olsen or Ozuna or Riley to set up the double play. 364 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: But six pitches in the zone to Acunya out of twenty, 365 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: and then tonight we saw them pitch around Acunya in 366 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 2: a scoring opportunity, and while it wasn't quite as drastic, 367 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 2: I didn't go back and track it just yet. I 368 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 2: do wonder, as you know, Acunya keeps mashing the baseball 369 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 2: at least until Profar comes back, and who knows what 370 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: Jerkson's going to be able to do. If I'm an 371 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 2: opposing manager or the opposing pitching coach, I'm I mean, 372 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm not throwing Ronald anything near the zone. And then 373 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 2: just taking your chances with not only Verdugo, but I mean, 374 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: Olson's been better, but Ozuna has been hot and cold, 375 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 2: Riley's continues to be in a funk. Why would you 376 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 2: take the chance the risk? It's basically the Aaron Judge 377 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 2: approach with the Yankees. I'm walking the guy four times 378 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 2: that night. Why would I risk him hitting a foreigner 379 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 2: foot homer when I can just put him on first. 380 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: Base and see what happens. Yeah, and he's not running 381 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: the way he was two years ago. So like it's 382 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: like it's an automatic double the way it was kind of 383 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: when you walked Ronnie in twenty twenty three, it was 384 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: a double. He was running every time, and it is. 385 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: But no, it's not happening now, So yeah, why you 386 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: pitch it to him? Maybe the Mets will hear us 387 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: and stop, which I hope they don't, but to actually, 388 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: I pulled this for something else. I'll share it now. 389 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: I pulled the It's an arbitrary endpoint, which I'm not 390 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: big on. But for the month of June, it's easy 391 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: to pull the numbers because every stat query has a 392 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: month by month. It's updated for today. For the month 393 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: of June, that's now eighteen days. I think it's fifteen 394 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: games this month, the Braves have exactly two players in 395 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: their entire roster offensively with an OPS over six fifty three. 396 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: Ronnie is at twelve thirty five, which is ludicrous. Obviously, 397 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: Matt Olsen has been great nine to ninety ops. He 398 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: homewerked today. Olson's been very very good now for a while. 399 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: Everyone else and this is not At some points this season. Obviously, 400 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: you've had Azuna been really good, Balwin had a great stretch, 401 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: Murphy had a great stretch. You know, there's been guys 402 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: who have done their job for the season. I'm not 403 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: saying that, but since June one, everyone, and I'm not 404 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: exaggerating when I say that, everyone other than Ronnie and 405 00:18:55,119 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: Matt Olsen has been bad. Riley, Baldwin, Ozuna, Murphy, Ozzie Harris, everyone, 406 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 1: And to their credit, I guess the Braves have been 407 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: able to win some games despite that was of the 408 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: last week and a half. I've been with Woods some games, 409 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: but man, some pretty dire numbers for the month June. Granted, 410 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: that's kind of started the slide. You know, it's it 411 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: hurts when or maybe helps this or argument. They lost 412 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: the first seven games with June, so like, obviously that's 413 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: part of the arbitrary endpoint here. But man, it's been 414 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: a two man show offensively for a little while. Now. 415 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 2: We really need one of those patented Austin Riley summer heaters. 416 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 2: Where was it a couple of years ago in July 417 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 2: it was like the greatest month in the history of 418 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 2: the Atlanta Braves. Ozuna hot and cold, I still think 419 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 2: the hip is probably bothering him more than he's let on. 420 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 2: He's a veteran. He's not going to make excuses. But 421 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 2: you know, Zuna has cooled kind of quietly. Drake Baldwin 422 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 2: is in a bad funk for almost a month now. 423 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 2: I think Baldwin has like a four fifty ops and 424 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 2: the strikeouts have gone. He's not walking, and I think 425 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 2: it's probably one Nobody can expect Drake Baldwin to be 426 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge, which is basically with the way he was 427 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 2: hitting the first month and a half of the year. 428 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,719 Speaker 2: But the league has probably made an adjustment to Baldwin. 429 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: And it's important to remember he is a rookie, and 430 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 2: I think we're both confident that Balden will figure it out. 431 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: But he was a real cog in the middle of 432 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 2: this lineup the first two and a half months of 433 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 2: the year. Sean Murphy was hitting a ton of homers 434 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: when he came up. But Murphy is cool. I mean, 435 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: like you said, nobody is hitting. Michael Harris, Dear God, 436 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 2: when Jeff fran Core, who would swing at my curve ball? 437 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 2: Jeff frank Core is in the booth telling Michael Harris, 438 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 2: hey Bud, maybe you should stop swinging at everything. It's 439 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 2: probably time to make some adjustments. Ozzy Alby's did have 440 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: a nice night tonight, had a double and triple, which. 441 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: Was good to see. 442 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: Also took a ball off his kneecap or just above it, 443 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 2: so that was a little scary. Hopefully he's okay when 444 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 2: he wakes up on Thursday. But yeah, I mean, the 445 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 2: Braves need more. Akunya is an alien and Olsen has 446 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: been really good, but they just need more. And that's 447 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 2: that's probably gonna ultimately decide how far this team can go. 448 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: It is and look, it wasn't a dominant performance today 449 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: offensively seven hits, five runs to have four walks, so 450 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: it was like a perfectly reasonable average maybe above based 451 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: only above average offense performance. That's fine. I'll take five 452 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: runs all day every day. If they average five runs 453 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: a game, they're gonna win a lot of games. Hopefully 454 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: they can ratchet it up a little bit here. But 455 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: if you look at the you know, to be fair, 456 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: after we just kind of crapped on the offense. They've 457 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: been scoring in this retch, you know, in these games, 458 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: in these six games they've won five of them. Six 459 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: runs twelve runs, four runs than the bad one. It's 460 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: Colorado then five and five. So like they're putting up enough, 461 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: they're doing enough. It's not twenty twenty three braves all 462 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: of a sudden, but they're scoring enough. 463 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: I never will be that is a that was a 464 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 2: generational offensive season in twenty twenty three, and who knows, 465 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 2: maybe in a decade we'll see something like that again. 466 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: But I think for our analysis purposes, we just kind 467 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 2: of have to say, hey, twenty twenty three was like 468 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 2: the greatest possible outcome offensively, and now we just have 469 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 2: to hope that this is kind of more of the same. 470 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely, all right, we have one more segment to get to, 471 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: including Alexentopolos's comments about Chris Sale ironically headlined there, and 472 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: then a little bit of a preview Thursday. 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Alex is a master not 501 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: saying a lot a lot of times, like he's polished. 502 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: You won't get a ton out of it if you 503 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: listen to the whole thing. But I'll always listen to the 504 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: whole thing for context purposes. But the headliner I think 505 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: for me was that he was asked about about selling 506 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: trade stuff, Chris Sale in particular, and he was pretty 507 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: defiant about the cousemt of trading Chris Sale. He said 508 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: he heard his speculation, he called it and I quote 509 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: completely ridiculous end quote about trading Sale. And then here's 510 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: the money quote that I will see you up with 511 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: from Alex quote, we are not selling, especially anyone with 512 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: club control beyond this year will not happen. End quote. 513 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: What do you make of that? There's not a lot 514 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: of wiggle room. I mean, Alex is creative sometimes in 515 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: his wiggle room, but that was pretty definitive by his standards. 516 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: And not only are the words definitive, but if you 517 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: listen to the clip, Alex said it like like on 518 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 2: his children's lives, like he's like, we are not trading. 519 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: I thought it was interesting he did leave the door 520 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 2: open just a smidge on multiple years of. 521 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: Control, which I was gonna say anyone with club control 522 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: beyond this year was the interesting phrase there. 523 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: So if things go sideways, maybe the tradeo Zona, maybe 524 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 2: they trade Pierce John or Iglesias. But I think the 525 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 2: big takeaway was that hard and fast, they're not trading 526 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 2: Chris Sale. And I think it was good to hear 527 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 2: that from Enthopolis directly, because I mean, that's been a 528 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 2: lot of talk. You look on Twitter, I think half 529 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 2: of the Cubs fans in the world have already convinced 530 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 2: themselves they're trading for sale. Red Sox fans have convinced 531 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 2: themselves they're going to trade back for sale. You want 532 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: to give, Yeah, you want to give Roman Anthony or something, sure, 533 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 2: but yeah, I mean I think it was good to 534 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: hear directly from Alex they're not trading Sale. They're not 535 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 2: trade I mean, they're not trading Sean Murphy. They're not 536 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 2: going to trade Olsen or Ozoon or Riley or a Kunya. 537 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 2: Well that's and that's been the thing with Alex. Like 538 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 2: I do think at some point the unofficial official policy 539 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 2: and we're not trading anyone on an extension is probably 540 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 2: going to have to change. Like, yeah, I think at 541 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: some point in Alex's tenure he's gonna have to trade 542 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 2: someone who has signed long term. Maybe I'll be wrong 543 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 2: about that, but that doesn't seem like it's a sustainable 544 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 2: policy at the moment. And like, yeah, and it's different 545 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 2: if you're if it's an eight year deal and you're 546 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 2: trading a guy in year five, that that's a little 547 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 2: different than you're not trading someone in year one or 548 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 2: two of their deal. 549 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: I agree, And look, none of this is surprising. Look 550 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: at our colleague Steven, just to put it out there. 551 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: Steven said this, and I thought the same thing. What 552 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: else is he gonna say? Like, that's the counter of this. 553 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: If you don't believe Alex, which I I get why 554 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: you wouldn't in some respects this winner. We covered at 555 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: nauseum a couple of things that Alex is pretty clear on, 556 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: and then he did not do that, Like the Travis 557 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: Darnaut option was one. The firing UH coaches thing where 558 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: we bring everybody back, those were you could least there's 559 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of whigger room those people. If you 560 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: listen back to it, I think it's pretty clear this 561 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: was This was more defiant, I will say, and Stevens 562 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 1: wants a good one though, like what is a competitive 563 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: He's not the GM of the Rockies, Like Alex clearly 564 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: believes they're gonna win some games between now the deadline, 565 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: and look, if the Braves suddenly lose fifteen games in 566 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: a row, maybe he changes his mind. But on June eighteenth, 567 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: he's not gonna be like, you know what, Yeah, we're over, 568 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: We're over for business, We're gonna sell. Like he's not 569 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: gonna do that either. So like, I don't want to 570 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: make too much of this, but I did think that 571 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: your point is right, the tone and particularly on sale, 572 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: which I think, Look, Scott, you and I talked about offline. 573 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: I would have been shocked if they traded sale anyway, 574 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: but this makes it seem like it's even less of 575 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: a possibility, only because look, they have to be so 576 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: far out of it for me, like this is my 577 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: posture of the entire time. They have to be so 578 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 1: far out of it to want to sell for multiple reasons. 579 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: But I guess Alex is saging it into a microphone. 580 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: A pretty loud broad microphone got attention today, which madsense 581 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: and if. 582 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 2: You trade Sale you are pretty much punting, not just 583 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 2: this year actually twenty twenty six. Yep, so I can trade, 584 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 2: you trade. I mean Sales probably the second best picture 585 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 2: maybe third best picture at worst on the Earth right now, 586 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 2: behind Trek Scooble in Paul Skins. Like, if I had 587 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 2: to rank them personally, I would go Scooble skiing Sale 588 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 2: would be my one, two three. If you trade number 589 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 2: three on that list, you're probably not winning in twenty 590 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 2: twenty six either. And there's just no way, I mean, 591 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 2: just from every imaginable perspective, I just can't fathom the 592 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 2: Braves doing it. And again, nothing is law binding by 593 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 2: a radio interview in the middle of June, but on Earth, Yeah, yeah, 594 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: I'm glad I said that. 595 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: Maybe that a quiet speculation a little bit. He did 596 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: give it a little cat out we've mentioned again, especially 597 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: with anyone with club control beyond this year. That's what 598 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: he really said will not happen, which I think we 599 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: already assumed. Anyway, We'll leave it there. 600 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: And frankly, if he trades Aaron Bummer or well, I 601 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 2: guess Bummer now is multiple years, yes, Pierce Johnson or 602 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 2: Iglesias like Okay, cool, you're not getting a top fifty, 603 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 2: you're not even getting a top one hundred prospect for that, 604 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: You're gonna get an eighteen year old who has some 605 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 2: tools and maybe in five years he's you know, he's 606 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: a usable piece. 607 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: And we're not going to do the buy sell trade 608 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: thing every episode between now me and in July. Like, 609 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm not doing that every episode, but every once in 610 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: a while, every maybe once a week or something, we'll 611 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: touch on it, see where they are. This is just 612 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: obviously a tea up. Alex talked to the media, well 613 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: a media outlet today about this exact topic. So here 614 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: we are and there we have it. Oh one more 615 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: thing from that. He did get asked about the Rafael 616 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: Devers links. Obviously he's not even trade. It doesn't matter 617 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: now Devers got traded, the Braves were reportedly linked to him. 618 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: He said he was aware that Devers was available over 619 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: the last month, but the quote was in terms of 620 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: reports or offers or anything like that never happened. Did 621 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: they call on Nevers? I would probably say they did. 622 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: That's my guy, I think he. 623 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 2: I think Alex even admitted that he knew for the 624 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 2: last month he was but he also said that is 625 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: my job, right, and it's it's like in the off 626 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 2: season you get through reports of oh, the Braves and 627 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 2: the Mariners talked at the winter meetings. Yes, that is 628 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 2: what general managers do. That's what presidents of baseball operations do. 629 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,719 Speaker 2: They talk because you never know when a deal might 630 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 2: come together. You don't want to just be you know, 631 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 2: what else are they doing? Obviously, gms have a massive 632 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 2: job and they run the business side of things, and 633 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 2: they're doing a whole lot more than just managing a 634 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 2: forty man roster. But yeah, so again, if folks did 635 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 2: not hear the inn Topless interview, it's worth checking out. 636 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 2: I think six't eighty the Fans podcast on Apple. 637 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: They actually posted the whole thing on Twitter. I mean 638 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,479 Speaker 1: they posted a twenty two minute video on which I 639 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: was like, wow, that was aggressive, but hey, cool, cool. 640 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: It's available. You can find it, listen to it, watch it, 641 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: whatever you want to do. It is out there. Last 642 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: thing on our relatively brief by our standards mid week podcast, 643 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: the Braves play again on Thursday. It's a series finale 644 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: against the Mets. It's Strider for the Braves against Clay 645 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: Holmes for the Mets stryder. Of course, coming off that 646 00:30:55,440 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: awesome performance over the weekend, thirteen shrekouts look awesome. We'll 647 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: see how he looks in the follow up to that. 648 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: The velocity was up in that outing, hopefully looks that 649 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: same thing again. And Clay Holmes was a reliever and 650 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: a high profile one. In fact, we talked about him 651 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: this winter as a potential Braves target and free agency. 652 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: He ended up going to the Mets, had been coming 653 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: a starter. He's actually been quite good for the Mets 654 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: as a starter eer and the high twos like has 655 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: done a good job and the Brain's not seen him 656 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: at all in about a year and a half two years, 657 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: so we'll see how they look there. I looked at 658 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: the betting odds, which you know they're not gospel, but 659 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: the brains are actually slightly favored. They're at home with 660 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: Strider in the mountain, so not a huge surprise, but 661 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: notable to me anything you're looking for. For the finale 662 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: on Thursday. 663 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 2: All eyes on Spencer Strider and what does the fastball 664 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 2: look like, what is the velocity like, and not only 665 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 2: the fastball but also the slider. His slider was so 666 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 2: much better against the Rockies than it had been earlier. 667 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 2: This will be Strider's sixth start since coming off the il, 668 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 2: so you would think that he's kind of distanced himself 669 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 2: from both the hamstring and now he's about fourteen months 670 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 2: removed from the elbow surgery. So yes, very interested to 671 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 2: see how Strider looks. If he looks like he did 672 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 2: against the Rockies or even anywhere close to it, then 673 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 2: I think you can legitimately say Spencer Strider might be back. 674 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 2: Maybe he may never be throwing like one O two 675 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 2: again like she was as a rookie, but if he's 676 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 2: humming ninety eight and looks good against a really good 677 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 2: New York lineup and the slider is sharp, and then 678 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 2: he works in that change up or a curve, it'd 679 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 2: be really really good news for this team. And hopefully 680 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 2: they can get to Clay Holmes, who's been good this 681 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 2: year in his first year with the Mets, and it's 682 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 2: going to be a challenge. I think if you had 683 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 2: to ask me, I would guess that runs will probably 684 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 2: be at a premium going in and hopefully the Braves 685 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 2: can sweep because that would just be such a good 686 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 2: way to then kick off the road trip against Miami 687 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 2: and then the Mets again. 688 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: It would be huge for sure. As a PSA. Often 689 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,239 Speaker 1: these series finales on Thursdays will be afternoon games. This 690 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: is not one. This is a prime time affair on 691 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: a getaway. Better for Scott out there in Arizona. It's 692 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: an afternoon game for you, but not for me. It's 693 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: an evening game for us in the Atlanta area. But 694 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure the Braves fault for that one to be 695 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: a night game for ticket purposes, yeh play so I'm 696 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: sure be packed on Thursday night with the Mets in town. 697 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: But just as a PSA there, that's a big one obviously. 698 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: Like I said before, it's not gonna be sky as 699 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: following up. They lose because you won the first two games, 700 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: you won the series. Boy, get greedy in a game 701 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: where again you're a slight your a slight favorite, like 702 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: a fifty five to forty five kind of favorite in 703 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: the betty market, all that stuff. If Strata was looking 704 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: to at his last start, you feel good, Get greedy, 705 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: go to Miami on a three game winning streak and 706 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: back to five games within five hundred. Not where you 707 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: want to be, but better than it was a week ago. 708 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: For sure. 709 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 4: Yeah. 710 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 2: Oh, I mean compare this the feeling right now to 711 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 2: Sunday afternoon after that rock He's gone lost. It's night 712 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 2: and day, and let's keep building. It's momentum is as 713 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 2: big as the next day starting Pitcher, Look at that. 714 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: You like that old You'll start, You'll start pulling out 715 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 1: a jerksy profile. Is gonna be like making a trail. 716 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: I'm making a trade here to come. 717 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, hey, I think Profar has been off to 718 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 2: a pretty good start with Gwinnett actually, which is encouraging 719 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 2: the Braves. Dear God, the Braves could use some help 720 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 2: in left field with Profar, and we'll see how he does. 721 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:24,280 Speaker 2: But yes, overall, two great wins. Let's get a sweep, 722 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 2: close it out, and then hopefully go down to Miami, 723 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,720 Speaker 2: where the Braves have played really really well for years now, 724 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 2: and take advantage of a Marlins team that isn't completely terrible. 725 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 2: They're not liking the Rockies or White Sox sphere, but 726 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 2: they're they're not much very far away. 727 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Marlins are currently twenty one and forty three, 728 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: so they're a decent chunk behind the struggling Braves. So 729 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: it tells you where the Marlins are at this point. 730 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: All right, Scott, we're gonna sign off before this gets 731 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: off the rails, as we sometimes do our podcast. Anything 732 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: to plug on this Wednesday evening. 733 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: Nothing to plug, thank you. Everybody is always for tuning in. 734 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:05,359 Speaker 1: Please subscribe to this podcast anywhere you find podcasts that 735 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: includes YouTube. So if you're an audio subscriber, nothing has 736 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: to change for you. If you want to just a 737 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,279 Speaker 1: favorite smash, subscribe on YouTube to help us get the 738 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: numbers up. Go ahead and do that. 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