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Speaker 1: What's up everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crush City TERRITORYM channeler Roam

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Speaker 2: joined with Tyler Stafford and national champion and second round

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Speaker 2: Astro's draft pick Ethan fry Ethan appreciate you joining us

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Speaker 2: the morning after a night game in Fayetteville. You made

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Speaker 2: a diving catch in center field. I hope the body's okay.

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Speaker 2: But how how are you? Has pro ball treating you?

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Speaker 2: And welcome to the show.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. I'm good, just living a life,

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Speaker 3: you know, getting to play baseball every day, and couldn't complain.

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Speaker 1: What you know.

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Speaker 2: We were talking a little bit before we hit record

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Speaker 2: just about the kind of the drastic differences between playing

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Speaker 2: college ball and playing pro ball. I don't think I

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Speaker 2: have to tell many people listening to this where you

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Speaker 2: went to college. You went to LSU for three years.

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Speaker 2: One we're a member of two national championship teams. But

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Speaker 2: as you've now settled into Fayetteville with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers

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Speaker 2: in an A ball and the Astros org twenty two

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Speaker 2: games in what's been maybe the biggest difference you've noticed

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Speaker 2: from going to college, from playing college ball to going

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean probably just the amount of games. Like

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Speaker 3: you said, twenty two games in, I've played twenty one

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Speaker 3: of them and I don't think I'm played on stop

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Speaker 3: playing some soon. So just amount of games, the workload,

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Speaker 3: the tax flad on the body, and then honestly just

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Speaker 3: kind of like the level of stress. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 3: I don't have thirteen or fourteen thousand crawling down my

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Speaker 3: I mean I'm getting to wake up and play baseball

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Speaker 4: So so we hear that all the time, right of, Like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: when somebody's coming in from high school or college or whatever,

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Speaker 4: So I have no context for what this means. Can

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Speaker 4: you can you give like an actual example of like

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Speaker 4: Like what starts to feel tighter than it normally? He does?

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Speaker 4: Like how does it mess with your body mentally? You

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Speaker 4: know those types of things, But what does that feel like?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? So the first week we were here, you know,

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Speaker 3: I feel like my entire body was tight and I

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Speaker 3: So regardless of how you feel, you know kind of

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Speaker 2: Is that something that you know when they drafted you?

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Speaker 2: Obviously you guys all went to Houston to sign as

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Speaker 2: maybe get debriefed, to get your kind of onboarding into

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Speaker 2: about that that this is going to be You know,

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Speaker 2: you played sixty something games at LSU and it's a

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Speaker 2: long season, don't get me wrong, but you have off

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Speaker 2: most at LSU. Would they tell you about, you know,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they kind of just total, so prioritize sleep and hydration,

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Speaker 3: but you just said to give it what you have

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Speaker 2: I think one thing that's interesting hearing you talk about

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Speaker 2: that is when you were at LSU, you you went

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Speaker 1: Things like that.

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Speaker 2: You come into the Ashers organization and when they drafted you,

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Speaker 2: I'll just come out and say it. I had a

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Speaker 2: give him reps in center field, which is not something

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Speaker 2: I would have thought when they drafted you, just given

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Speaker 2: bit of run in center field in Fayetteville, I guess.

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Speaker 2: First off, talk to me about how difficult it was

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so my sophomore year, go back into a bag

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Speaker 3: mean at the day, we had a loaded outfield. You know,

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Speaker 3: we had Chris Stanfield, who was, i mean probably one

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Speaker 3: But I mean, I've just you know, it's fun, Like

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Speaker 4: So you come from, as much as I hate to

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Speaker 3: I mean, obviously I haven't been in Orger too, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's how we ran it at college. So

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Speaker 3: it just feels like it's detailed and you don't have

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Speaker 2: So there is one connection between the Astros and LSU,

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Speaker 2: and it's Chris Martin, who was the strength coach. I

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Speaker 2: He was formerly the Astros Minor League strength and conditioning coordinator,

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Speaker 2: oversaw all of the ashers. I wonder how much did

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So I had a pre draft workout in Houston

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Speaker 3: I feel like everything is the same. A lot of

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Speaker 3: a lot of the same lifting programs. But I mean

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Speaker 3: I couldn't think see enough. You know, you really set

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Speaker 3: he is in such knowledge of like what the Astros

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Speaker 3: And I mean, obviously he helped me out a lot

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about draft night.

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Speaker 2: You obviously knew you were going to be a pretty

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Speaker 1: What was draft night like for you?

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Speaker 2: And I guess maybe more specifically in this world of

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Speaker 2: Well, it's working out pretty well for you, Ethan. Then

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna work my butt off, do everything I

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Speaker 3: and I'm ready to see what the future holds for us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, good luck the rest of the way.

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Speaker 2: Enjoy Fayetteville, North Carolina, and maybe pretty soon you'll get

441
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Speaker 2: to come to Dike and Park again as a as.

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Speaker 1: A big, bigger I hope. So yeah, all right, thanks Ethan.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate it, and Tyler and I will be back

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Speaker 2: right after this message from our friends at ALTA.

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Speaker 1: Okay, KP.

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Speaker 5: This is your first arena club experience. We're gonna open

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Speaker 5: a slab pack together. So first off, we're gonna buy

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Speaker 5: one of those twenty five dollars slab packs and we

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Speaker 3: There.

451
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Speaker 5: It is the Grail, which is the best card in

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Speaker 5: the pack and worth the most. There are some other

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Speaker 5: cards that we're chasing, and you can see the entire

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Speaker 5: There's the Yamamoto signed card. Now let's open up our

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Speaker 3: Slash foul.

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Speaker 1: Tyler. That was fun.

473
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we only got a little bit of talking about

474
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Speaker 2: Lshue and A and M thought there would be more, but.

475
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Speaker 4: I almost did. I didn't ask, but I had a

476
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Speaker 4: queued up in my head of Hey, you can admit

477
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,520
Speaker 4: the ball five chant is cool, right, but we'll have

478
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Speaker 4: to get them on record next time.

479
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Speaker 1: Did they do the bubble? Is that the place that

480
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Speaker 1: does the bubbles too?

481
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Speaker 4: Of course we got bubbles. You think that wasn't my

482
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Speaker 4: That was the Lilya's favorite thing. That's all she talked

483
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,159
Speaker 4: about is the bubbles. Yeah.

484
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Speaker 2: And then there's a train that's running behind right fields.

485
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you got to hold up how many engines are

486
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Speaker 4: on it? Don't don't act like you don't have weird

487
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Speaker 4: college tradition things that you do. I've seen you people

488
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Speaker 4: over there.

489
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Speaker 2: I mean, for like fifty years they drove a live

490
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Speaker 2: tiger around the field for and like go toed them

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Speaker 2: into into roaring.

492
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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's weird. It's some weird stuff.

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Speaker 2: We can talk about this for a while because I

494
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Speaker 2: really don't want to talk about them. The Astras and

495
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Speaker 2: the Rockies playing three just that was we said it before.

496
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Speaker 2: I think we've said it on here before. They don't

497
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Speaker 2: ask how, they just ask how many. That's probably apt

498
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Speaker 2: for this. The Astras won two of three games against

499
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Speaker 2: the Rockies. It was not at all aesthetically pleasing. It

500
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Speaker 2: was not at all fun to watch. The Rockies are disaster.

501
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Speaker 2: The Astros did not. I mean, they played okay, but

502
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Speaker 2: you know, they won two out of three. They got

503
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Speaker 2: outscored in the series. But at the end of the day,

504
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Speaker 2: they won two of three, and that's really all that matters.

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Speaker 2: They are in a stretch right now of thirteen games

506
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Speaker 2: in a row. They will take the wins anyway they

507
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Speaker 2: can get them, and they got them this weekend. But Tyler,

508
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Speaker 2: that was not a was not That was not an

509
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Speaker 2: inspiring three days of baseball.

510
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Speaker 4: Did you see Cam Smith hit a home run?

511
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Speaker 1: I did.

512
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Speaker 4: I saw it too, And.

513
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Speaker 1: He threw a guy out at home plate.

514
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Speaker 4: He did that was a good throw in a one

515
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Speaker 4: run game.

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Speaker 1: It was great. Saved the game.

517
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Speaker 4: Uh huh Yeah, Christian Walker hit two home runs. I mean, yeah,

518
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Speaker 4: you're right. I mean it was very frustrating to lose.

519
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Speaker 4: I mean that that first game we already talked about,

520
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Speaker 4: but just the defense following apart losing a home Hunter

521
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Speaker 4: Brown start. But you know what, you took two out

522
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Speaker 4: of three. You got a two game lead in the division.

523
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Speaker 4: You gotta keep winning series the rest of the year.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: That's that's the name of the game is. You know,

526
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,119
Speaker 2: the Angels are coming in for four. The name of

527
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 2: the game is to Yeah, the Angels are throwing what

528
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Speaker 2: they consider they're some of their better pitchers. Tyler Anderson

529
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Speaker 2: is a guy that's been around for a while. Kyle

530
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Speaker 2: Hendricks is a veteran. You say Kakucie on Monday, Ashers

531
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Speaker 2: fans know him very well. The Ashers do not know

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Speaker 2: who will pitch for them on Monday.

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Speaker 1: That is t b A.

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Speaker 2: Luis Garcia is certainly a candidate to pitch on Monday.

535
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Speaker 2: Another candidate that Joe A. Spotta said could pitch on

536
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Speaker 2: Monday is Lance mccullor's junior. However, before then, Lance mccullors

537
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Speaker 2: will be available out of the Astros bullpen uh for

538
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Speaker 2: at least the next three games.

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Speaker 1: Tyler, the floor is yours.

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Speaker 4: Look I am not happy, Just so that is clear.

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Speaker 4: I do think that Lance mccolors will be good out

542
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Speaker 4: of the bullpen. I think that his stuff, you know,

543
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Speaker 4: later in the games. I think people, for whatever reason,

544
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Speaker 4: mentally know how to work counts against starters a little

545
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Speaker 4: bit better than you know, the guy coming in in

546
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Speaker 4: the sixth and seventh inning. I think once the game

547
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Speaker 4: gets going, you've got more pressure on you. People are

548
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Speaker 4: pressing more. And what Lance mccolor's needs is for people

549
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Speaker 4: to swing, because when people swing, his stuff moves so

550
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Speaker 4: much that it is difficult to consistently barrel and you know,

551
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Speaker 4: do damage. On Where mccullors gets in trouble is in

552
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Speaker 4: those first and second innings where he throws forty pitches

553
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Speaker 4: and there's two walks and you know, some weak contact

554
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Speaker 4: and things just kind of spiral from there. I think

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Speaker 4: he has the ability obviously to come in and shut

556
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Speaker 4: people down when you know they're they're swinging, or when

557
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Speaker 4: he's a to locate and I think coming out of

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Speaker 4: the bullpen gives him a better shot of being able

559
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Speaker 4: to do that. I think we'll see, you know, some

560
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Speaker 4: VLO increase too, because you can just go all out

561
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Speaker 4: for fifteen to twenty pitches, and so I'm interested to

562
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Speaker 4: see that. I don't think that this means that his

563
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Speaker 4: days of starting, by any stretch of the imagination, are over.

564
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Speaker 4: But again, he hasn't pitched in three years, you know,

565
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Speaker 4: Like it is difficult to come back and be a

566
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Speaker 4: starter and try to throw a hundred pitches every time

567
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Speaker 4: you're out there when your entire body has been reconstructed.

568
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Speaker 4: So I don't it's not surprising that he hasn't you know,

569
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Speaker 4: had the same success that you would hope. But we'll see,

570
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Speaker 4: you know, and again, as you're setting up for the playoffs,

571
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Speaker 4: the honest truth is, Lancer Tullis was not starting a game,

572
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Speaker 4: you know, for the Astros in the in the playoffs anyway,

573
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Speaker 4: he was going to have to come out of the bullpen.

574
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Speaker 4: So I'd rather him get you know, a month of

575
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Speaker 4: practice out of there and be a real weapon out

576
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Speaker 4: of the bullpen in October.

577
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Speaker 2: I don't disagree with anything you just said, like I

578
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 2: do think he can be effective out of the bullpen,

579
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Speaker 2: like I think there is it's still in there, like

580
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Speaker 2: ninety seven is probably not still in there, but like

581
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 2: his spin is still in there. You saw the curveball

582
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Speaker 2: against the Orioles, like it looked as good as it's

583
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 2: looked in a while. When he's landing the slider, it

584
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Speaker 2: it looks good. My problem is, like this is like

585
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Speaker 2: now a practicality standpoint of how he's going to be used.

586
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 2: Like Tyler, They're not going to use him on back

587
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Speaker 2: to back days. They're not going to use him in

588
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Speaker 2: the middle of an inning like this. He is going

589
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Speaker 2: there and they have to They're gonna have to plan

590
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Speaker 2: out when he.

591
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Speaker 1: Comes out of the bullpen.

592
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Speaker 2: It's going to be they're going to pair him with

593
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Speaker 2: a it's either going to be before the game they say,

594
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Speaker 2: all right, we're pairing you with whoever starting the game,

595
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Speaker 2: and you're going to come in in the sixth inning

596
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Speaker 2: no matter what. This is not a situation where he's

597
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Speaker 2: a additional reliever like this is not going to be

598
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 2: one of these where they're gonna call on him in

599
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 2: the eighth inning and.

600
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Speaker 1: To come throw one inning.

601
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Speaker 2: He's they've got, They're gonna have to be very prudent

602
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: with how they tell him, Hey, we're gonna we're gonna

603
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 2: use you today, We're gonna use you here. This is

604
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 2: not going to be a situation where they're going to

605
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 2: get him up and not use him. There's a word

606
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 2: for that that I think we've talked about on him.

607
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 2: But they are not going to dry hump him because

608
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,639
Speaker 2: they can't. They can't afford to do that with his health,

609
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 2: with everything else. So while I don't disagree that Lance

610
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 2: can carve out a role in the bullpen, I'm just

611
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 2: not sure what it is because they he will not

612
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 2: function like a traditional one inning reliever because the way

613
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 2: this bullpen is constructed, if they use Lance for one

614
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 2: inning and then can't use him the next day, like

615
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 2: he can't go back to back days, he can't, They're

616
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 2: not going to pitch him three out of every four

617
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Speaker 2: day like this is. He is not going to be

618
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Speaker 2: used as Brian Abray who is used, or like Brian

619
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Speaker 2: King or Steven Okert or Caleb Ort those guys are

620
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: and this is I think there was a lot of

621
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Speaker 2: confusion over what Lance said in spring training about going

622
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Speaker 2: to the bullpen, about you know how he it is

623
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Speaker 2: a different job.

624
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Speaker 1: Yes, like this is a it is it?

625
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 2: You can't just ask a starting pitcher, a guy that

626
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 2: has done the same thing the same way for his

627
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: entire career, that is, you know, doesn't throw on back

628
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,160
Speaker 2: to back days. That if he does, you know, throw

629
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Speaker 2: after he makes a start, it's he's playing catch the

630
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 2: next day. It's this is not he's not going to

631
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Speaker 2: be used as a traditional reliever. And when you've got

632
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 2: a bullpen, well, first of all, they have to win games.

633
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Speaker 2: They have to throw out their best pitchers to win games.

634
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 2: And if they get laden games, like, they're not going

635
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 2: to use him. So my confusion is just how he's

636
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Speaker 2: going to harve like a meaningful role when with all

637
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 2: these stipulations, Because I think, if I'm reading between the

638
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 2: tea leaves, I think the most straightforward way to use

639
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 2: Lance out of the bullpen is either, like I said

640
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 2: to say to either Luis Garcia, Christian Hobby or Spencerrighetti whomever, like, hey,

641
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 2: you're going five innings today and mccullor's is going the

642
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 2: last three because we've got because we've got the bullpens

643
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 2: upside down, we've got thirteen in a row and we're

644
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 2: not using any relievers stay. The problem with that is

645
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 2: aj Blueball has been a better pitcher than Lance mccullor's

646
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Speaker 2: the last you know, month or so, and if they're

647
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 2: going to do that, I think they prefer blue Ball,

648
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 2: who has shown, you know, the ability to come in

649
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 2: and throw well and take down some length and is

650
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 2: more used to more accustomed to doing it than mccolors.

651
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 2: So absent that you really, I think Lance only factors

652
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Speaker 2: in in a situation where they get into like the

653
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Speaker 2: fifth or sixth inning, maybe the score is spread out

654
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Speaker 2: one way or the other and they need someone to

655
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 2: come in and finish the game, to come in and say,

656
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Speaker 2: you know, we can't we don't need to use any

657
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 2: relievers today. We need to keep these guys fresh, need

658
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 2: to shield them. So, on one hand, I do think

659
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: Lance can succeed out of the bullpen. On the other hand,

660
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 2: I'm just not sure how high the stakes are going

661
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 2: to be when he comes into the game.

662
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 4: You gotta get out in the sixth and seventh inning,

663
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 4: and you gotta have pitchers that can do that, and

664
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Speaker 4: I think Lance mccullors can do that. If I could

665
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 4: allow me to rattle off some numbers here of Christian

666
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 4: Javier's innings pitched in the playoffs in twenty twenty one,

667
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 4: two and two thirds, two innings, three innings, one and

668
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 4: a third, one out, one in a third. I think

669
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 4: that is a more than reasonable frame device to expect

670
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 4: mccullors to be able to do. I don't think it

671
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 4: has to be a piggyback situation where someone goes five

672
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 4: and Lance, you got to close it out. You you know,

673
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 4: you got to do the Charlie Morton right, finish the

674
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 4: game right.

675
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: And they didn't do that. You didn't do that with

676
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: Blueball either.

677
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 2: Blueball, like Cavier got shelled in two innings, blue Ball

678
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 2: came in and threw four and then they went to

679
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 2: the leverage guys.

680
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 4: Yep, you need long relief pitching. I think it can

681
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 4: even be an inning by anything. It's okay, Lance, you're

682
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 4: coming in a clean sixth inning. If you can get

683
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 4: out of the sixth then fourteen pitches and it looks good,

684
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 4: then great, go back out for the seventh. But if

685
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 4: you know, if you just go the one inning and

686
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 4: it was shaky or you know, you need to be

687
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 4: saved for two days down the road, whatever, that's fine,

688
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 4: but the you're right, he's not going to go back

689
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 4: to back days, but he wasn't doing that as a start.

690
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 4: You were getting four innings out of him every five

691
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 4: days anyway. So now you're just spreading it out over

692
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,719
Speaker 4: those five days and get two on one day, and

693
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,239
Speaker 4: wait two or three days and get two from him

694
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 4: again on that day. It's the same amount of innings.

695
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 4: You know, maybe this is this is where he fits

696
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 4: right now. And again for the team, having as many

697
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 4: guys that can get out, you know, on your team

698
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 4: consistently is how you win. And I think this is

699
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 4: where mccolor fits best right now.

700
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, again, it.

701
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 2: Had gotten untenable in the rotation, Like it was pretty

702
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 2: clear that with Luis Garcia's rehab assignment coming to a

703
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 2: close and Luis Garcia showing them a little bit more

704
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 2: of what they needed to see with Jason Alexander pitching, well,

705
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 2: like they're in a six man rotation, but they were

706
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,959
Speaker 2: at a crossroads with mccolors and they were going to

707
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 2: have to make some sort of decision.

708
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: And it was.

709
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 2: Again, you can the four inning thing, like if he

710
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 2: can give you innings.

711
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: Like it's great.

712
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 2: You can't do that at the start of the game, though,

713
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 2: like when you tear up your entire bullpit. So my

714
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 2: only worry is a strong word, But my only just

715
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 2: fascination with this is how they use him because they've

716
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: already got a long reliever in the bullpen and aj

717
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: blue ball too long relievers and a bullpen that is

718
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 2: already shorthanded because they're in a six man rotation, so

719
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 2: they're playing a reliever short every night. It doesn't really

720
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 2: make a ton of sense. But again, I don't really

721
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 2: think they had another choice here. They didn't like they

722
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 2: had to. They had to do it, So it'll be interesting.

723
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 2: Lance has not spoken since they made the decision, so

724
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 2: I can't really tell you how he feels about it.

725
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 2: I can't tell you, you know, how open he is to

726
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 2: maybe varying his usage in terms of when he's available

727
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 2: and things like that. But again, I would temper expectations

728
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: for the fact that he's gonna you know, I would

729
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 2: be stunned if he touches a leverage in ing at

730
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 2: least early, you know a lot of mid, middle of the.

731
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: Game kind of things. And again, they're gonna have to

732
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: be very They're gonna have to be very.

733
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 2: Judicious with how they use him because as I just said,

734
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 2: like he's on the roster, like they have to pitch

735
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 2: him as long as he's on the roster. But because

736
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 2: they have a seven man bullpen, like if they go

737
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 2: to mcclors and he can't, you know, can't get it done,

738
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 2: can't get them much length, he's out of the he's

739
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 2: out of the picture for the next three or four days.

740
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: So you basically have a six man bullpen and there's

741
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 2: a slippery slope here that can happen. But it would

742
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 2: really help if Lance could you know, find some effectiveness,

743
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 2: you know, trust the sinker a little more.

744
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: He talked about that in Baltimore.

745
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 2: I know there's this thought or Tyler you mentioned it too,

746
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 2: about maybe the Velo coming back out.

747
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: Of the bullpen. I haven't.

748
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 2: I don't know, Like ninety seven I don't think is

749
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 2: in there. Could if in short spurts, could he come

750
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 2: out and be ninety three ninety five? Maybe he's he's

751
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 2: touched ninety four a couple of times this season. Maybe

752
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 2: knowing that he doesn't have to conserve some energy, maybe

753
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 2: that helps. But you hit it on the head, he's

754
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 2: got to be around the strike zone. He's got to

755
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 2: throw strikes, and that's the biggest thing a long reliever

756
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 2: needs to do, especially if you're gonna come in as

757
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 2: part of a tandem or if you're going to come

758
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 2: in in a situation where the team's up by a

759
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 2: bunch of runs. It's throw strikes like free bass, free

760
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 2: passes that'll kill you in situations like this, So.

761
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 1: Be interesting to see how it plays out.

762
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 2: It was a move that, again, as Tyler will remind me,

763
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: I did not think coming out of spring training made

764
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 2: a ton of sense. I still don't think practically it

765
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 2: makes much sense. But as I said, they really had

766
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 2: no choice, Like they had to do something they had

767
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 2: to they would reached an untenable point and this was

768
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: really the only solution aside other than like another injury

769
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 2: cropping up and seeing where he could do with that.

770
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 2: But be interesting to see how Lance adjusts and how

771
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 2: his mentality kind of adjusts to a new bullpen roll.

772
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 2: Speaking of new, there was an new uh, there was

773
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 2: a new hitter in the Astros lineup for these three

774
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 2: games against the Rockies. He only played in two of them,

775
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 2: much to social media's consternation. Jord And Alvarez got was

776
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 2: off on Thursday. Part of the pre plan build up

777
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 2: did take and at bat late in the game he

778
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 2: hit an absolute missile to dead center field off of

779
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,439
Speaker 2: a Rockies reliever on Tuesday off the batter's eye. Very

780
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 2: very apropos of Jordan Alvarez for his first hit in

781
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 2: months to be hit to a part of the ballpark

782
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: that not a lot of people get to off the

783
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 2: off the batter's eye at dyk In Park. But took

784
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 2: nine played appearances against the Rockies, walked five times. They

785
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 2: did not seem interested in pitching to him. He did

786
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 2: not seem interested in chasing anything. So the home run

787
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: was cool. But other than that, a lot of a

788
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 2: lot of waste pitches, a lot of But again, Tyler

789
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 2: had to be cool seeing jord On Alvarez back and

790
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 2: just his presence, what he can do in that lineup.

791
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 4: Oh he's so good. I mean, he's just he's different

792
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 4: in the box, Like he's one of those guys that

793
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 4: just you step in and you can just feel the

794
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 4: air in the stadium of like, oh, here comes this

795
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 4: big You know that everybody is aware, like this guy

796
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 4: is up and like you said, the Rockies had no

797
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 4: intention of pitching to him. I appreciated his contribution in

798
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 4: yesterday's game of standing there for a minute, walking to

799
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 4: first and then walking back to the dugout for a

800
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 4: pinch runner. But look, that's that's what he does because,

801
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 4: like you said, he can hit it off the batter's

802
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 4: iron centered field and there's not a lot of guys

803
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 4: that can do that. Did you see Julia's video of

804
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 4: Dubond making the face over and Cam Smith was just like,

805
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 4: I didn't know that someone could do you know, Yeah,

806
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 4: he had that face of like I haven't seen that

807
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 4: one yet. Yeah. Good to have Jordan back. I mean,

808
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 4: he makes the team different. He just does like the

809
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:03,240
Speaker 4: whole game can revolve around when is this guy coming up?

810
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 4: You know how many more batters?

811
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: You know?

812
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 4: Okay, well now he's up, are they going to pitch

813
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 4: around him?

814
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 3: Well?

815
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 4: If they do, you know, now the guys behind him

816
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 4: have to step up. It changes the entire game just

817
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 4: by having him in the lineup, and it is nice

818
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 4: to have.

819
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 2: It does and unsurprisingly, Jordon Alvarez will be the focus

820
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 2: of our Draft Kings player spotlight.

821
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: Tyler.

822
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 2: As we talked about, no one seems to want to

823
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 2: pitch to Jordon Alvarez at the moment, which the Astros

824
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 2: are fine with as long as the guys behind him

825
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,240
Speaker 2: keep producing, as long as Christian Walker keeps his second

826
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 2: half going. Obviously, two home runs on Thursday hitting in

827
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 2: a lineup where Alvarez wasn't, But in a normal situation,

828
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 2: Christian Walker would probably be hitting behind Jordan Alvarez, So

829
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: to have a hot hitter behind him is crucial. But

830
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 2: Jordan changes the entire complexion of this lineup. He sees

831
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: more pitches than you would think a slugger sees, sees

832
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 2: a ton of pitches. He's not going to swing outside

833
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 2: the strike zone. He's platoon neutral. He's got the highest

834
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: OPS against left handed pitching by any left handed hitters

835
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 2: since twenty twenty one, since he debuted. It's a game

836
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 2: changing it's a game changing bat, and it's somebody that

837
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 2: can help the Astros and carry them throughout the end

838
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:21,800
Speaker 2: of this season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. So on DraftKings right now, there's a you know,

840
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 4: a couple of ways we could go here. You could

841
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 4: take the home runs, but look, I'm gonna go simple here.

842
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Speaker 4: I like just just easy choices. Here. They give me

843
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 4: an opportunity to say, will he have a walk in

844
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 4: this game, and I'm gonna say yes, I think that

845
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 4: that happens in a game against the Los Angeles Anaheims

846
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 4: of Angels. I think that he works a walk today.

847
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 4: I know that's a hot take, but that's what I'm

848
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 4: going with. Jordan will have a walk at some point today.

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Speaker 2: You're telling people to spend their hard earned money on

850
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Speaker 2: Ord and Alvarez drawing a walk against a second to

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Speaker 4: I know that that's tough to hear, but I'm standing

854
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Speaker 4: on it. I think he draws a walk.

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Speaker 2: Los Angeles Angels are here for four games. Mike Trout

877
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 2: is really going through it. But they can hit. Uh,

878
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 2: they can't pitch very much, but they can hit. Taylor

879
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 2: Ward's got thirty homers. Joe Adell is like finally turned

880
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 2: into the prospect or the player everyone thought he was

881
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:36,240
Speaker 2: going to be as a prospect. Mike Trout remains Mike Trout.

882
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: They they they.

883
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 2: Present some problems. This is not a this is not

884
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 2: a good team, don't don't get me wrong. But they

885
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: they're better than the Rockies. That's a that's a low

886
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 2: bar to clear. But this is still a series where

887
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 2: you know the Astros they haven't seen the Angels much. Yeah,

888
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 2: you've only seen them six times this whole season, so

889
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 2: it'll be it'll be a it'll be a meat size test.

890
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 2: But I mean, look, they have good players. Zach Netto

891
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 2: is one of the better young shortstops in baseball. Mike

892
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 2: Trout remains Mike Trout. Kelly Jansen is their closer, and

893
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 2: he has more saves than any active reliever out there.

894
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 2: But Tyler, this is a series that if they want

895
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: to purport themselves as contenders, if they want to find

896
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 2: a way to you know, distance themselves in the division,

897
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 2: they've got to find a way to.

898
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,240
Speaker 1: Get three or four here.

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00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean they they have to. They're they're better

900
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 4: than the Angels. They have to win these games. I'm

901
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 4: excited to see Christian Moore. I know when he right,

902
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 4: when he came up, you know, I know he hasn't

903
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 4: looked too good recently, but eighth overall pick. He's fun

904
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 4: to watch in college, so I'm excited to see that.

905
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 4: It's always fun to see Mike Trout. I mean, there's

906
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 4: just not a lot of guys that when you go

907
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 4: to the ballpark, you know, is like a lock Hall

908
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 4: of Famer it's fun to see those guys when when

909
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 4: they're here, I like, uh doing that. But yeah, the

910
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 4: Astros have to have to win three or four here.

911
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike Trout is uh, he's feeling it. He's one

912
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,400
Speaker 2: for his last He's one for his last eighteen with

913
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 2: eleven strikeouts. This is, you know, the Astros in their history.

914
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 2: I don't have the numbers in front of me. I

915
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 2: should they do a remarkable job on Mike Trout.

916
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: They do.

917
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 2: They pitch him very well. Trout has talked about and

918
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 2: he's not the only one. He has talked about not

919
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 2: loving hitting at dik In Park, just giving the backdrop,

920
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 2: given the batters, I even though the batter's eye has

921
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 2: changed a bunch, he is he does not like hitting there.

922
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,240
Speaker 2: But I mean, obviously, like he's he's a first ballot

923
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 2: Hall of Famer, and if there's anyone that you think

924
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 2: is going to get out of it, it's probably Mike Trout.

925
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 2: But you know, it's it's kind of stunning to see him.

926
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 2: I don't want to say this is a decline, but

927
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 2: it's stunning to see him look mortal. Yes, we should say,

928
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,280
Speaker 2: after what he has been for his entire career.

929
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, George Springer's two years older, and he's having a

930
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 4: great year this year. There's still something in my trout

931
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 4: every time he comes up, you know, there's there's something

932
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 4: that he can do that not a lot of other

933
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:19,280
Speaker 4: guys can do. But yeah, he's he's certainly looked mortal recently,

934
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 4: and you're right, the Astros have just owned him in

935
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:27,879
Speaker 4: his career, which is wild. For his career, I mean,

936
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 4: it's still very impressive. He has an eight sixty three

937
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 4: ops over his career against the Astros, which is, I mean,

938
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 4: a very good player, but that is well below his

939
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 4: career totals of a nine seven. Did you know that

940
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 4: he has a nine to seventy nine career ops. This

941
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 4: guy is insane. But yeah, he has been significantly worse

942
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 4: against the Astros than essentially any other team in his career.

943
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 4: So hopefully we see that continue here this weekend.

944
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 2: If I like, if I liked, if I liked my job,

945
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 2: I'd probably like look up like what he's done since

946
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 2: like twenty sixteen or twenty seventeen against the Astros when

947
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,840
Speaker 2: the Astros like, actually we're trying and we're good, but

948
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 2: I don't have the time to do that and that's

949
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna bore everyone trying to do it in

950
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,799
Speaker 2: the background of this, but I would I would be

951
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 2: interested to know how much of that eight hundred ops

952
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 2: came in twenty eleven through twenty fourteen when he was

953
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 2: facing like Jared Cozart and whatever other whatever other pictures

954
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 2: you watched the twenty thirteen Astros run out there.

955
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, Eric Badard, uh huh m hmm, you can do that.

956
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 2: Scottdeldman, Dallas Kykeel before he became Dallas Kykeel.

957
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, there were some some not great years there, but

958
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 4: you know what, now he gets to face the legend

959
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 4: of Jason Alexander. See if you can handle that. Dude's

960
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 4: change up rules, he's he's good man.

961
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think yesterday put everything Jason Alexander is on

962
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 2: full display. Like one time through the order they could

963
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,879
Speaker 2: not touch him. Ye, and then the second time through

964
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 2: they found they got they made an adjustment and it

965
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 2: was you know, there is a reason that Joe spot

966
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 2: has been pretty adamant only letting Jason Alexander go two

967
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 2: times through the order. The splits are pretty drastic once

968
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 2: a lineup sees him for a third time. I know,

969
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 2: that's the case with most starting pitchers, most average starting pitchers.

970
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: That is the case.

971
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 2: Jason Alexander's numbers the third time through the order are

972
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 2: drastically higher than the first time.

973
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: Yesterday.

974
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 2: I think kind of accelerated it a little bit. You

975
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 2: even saw like the second time through the Rockies order,

976
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 2: they kind of they made an adjustment and they knew

977
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 2: kind of how to approach him, how to hunt, what

978
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 2: to hunt, what to sit on, things like that. So

979
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 2: when a guy doesn't have and Joe A. Spotta has

980
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 2: said this endearingly, he said this in a positive way,

981
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 2: and I'm going to try to express this in a

982
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 2: positive way.

983
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: You know.

984
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 2: I don't think anyone would confuse Jason Alexander's stuff for

985
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 2: stuff that is like elite. But he knows what he's

986
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: good at. He knows how to pitch. But those guys

987
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:11,280
Speaker 2: generally struggle to get through an order more than twice,

988
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 2: which is what you kind of saw yesterday. And it's

989
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 2: what while Jason Alexander has been a revelation for this team,

990
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 2: it's what I think would give me a little bit

991
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 2: of pause going forward, and it's why they need guys

992
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 2: like Javier and Arragetty guys with just better stuff, guys

993
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 2: with just higher upside. They need those guys to again,

994
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 2: you know, round in the form after coming back from

995
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,879
Speaker 2: the injuries, because those are the guys that more efficiently

996
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,279
Speaker 2: and easily can get you through.

997
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: A lineup two or three times.

998
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,879
Speaker 4: He has a better ERA plus this year than from

999
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 4: ber Valdez. So there you go.

1000
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 1: Sample size matters.

1001
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, well this is the sample I've seen, and he's

1002
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 4: been very good. Yeah. I mean, you're right, like he's

1003
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 4: not going eight innings. You don't need him to. He's

1004
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:58,799
Speaker 4: your third or fourth starter. You need that guy. Like

1005
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,800
Speaker 4: we've said all year, you've got your horses up top,

1006
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,919
Speaker 4: and then you need your three and four starters in

1007
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 4: a seven game series to get you five innings and

1008
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 4: I have a chance to win the game. And Jason

1009
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 4: Alexander has done that almost every time he's gone out.

1010
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I looked it up.

1011
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 2: First time through the order hitters have a five to

1012
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 2: forty five OPS against Jason Alexander. Second time through, they

1013
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 2: have a six twenty three OPS, which is still very good.

1014
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 2: The third time through they have a nine to ninety

1015
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,879
Speaker 2: six OPS and a three eighty five batting average against

1016
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 2: Jason Alexander.

1017
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 4: So so so career Mike Trout is every batter that

1018
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 4: comes up third time through the order.

1019
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 2: Yes, so that just because Jason is so efficient and

1020
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 2: because he kind of knows how to pitch, he gets

1021
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,879
Speaker 2: quick outs. He can get you through two times through

1022
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 2: the order, probably into the sixth inning, and depending on

1023
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 2: where the game is, if they've got a nice lead,

1024
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 2: like Joe, can roll the dice and keep him in

1025
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 2: for that third time through because even if there is damage,

1026
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 2: they've separated this score a little bit. But there's some case,

1027
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 2: there's some games, but it's not the case. Yesterday against

1028
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 2: the Rockies was not the case. So that's something to

1029
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 2: keep in mind as well. But Jason Alexander's next start,

1030
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 2: I believe will come against the Yankees. I don't think

1031
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 2: he's gonna pitch in this. Yeah, he's not listed among.

1032
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: The probables against the Angels, so it'll come against the Yankees.

1033
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: That'll be fun.

1034
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 2: But before the Yankees come to town, the Astros have

1035
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 2: to deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the next

1036
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 2: four games, and we will be back at some point

1037
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 2: during that series. We may not do anything on Labor

1038
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 2: Day because why would I make Tyler work on a holiday.

1039
00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:35,440
Speaker 2: When I have to work on a holiday, that'd be

1040
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 2: cruel of me. So we'll probably we'll probably come back

1041
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 2: after Labor Day preview the Yankee series at dyk In Park,

1042
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 2: which I'm sure won't cause any overreactions one way or

1043
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 2: the other. What happens is in three games against the

1044
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 2: Yankees in September, but teach their own. As always, if

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Speaker 2: Once again, thank you to Ethan Frye for joining us

1056
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 2: at the beginning of the show. That was good insight,

1057
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 2: good talk with the Asher's second round pick. We will

1058
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 2: be back, as I said, at some point this weekend

1059
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 2: before Labor Day, to talk about what happens in this

1060
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,520
Speaker 2: Ashras Angel series before the Yankees come to town.

1061
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Speaker 1: But until then, we will talk to you guys soon.

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Speaker 4: Byett