1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: in LA. 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: I love this game. Let's go. Welcome into the podcast. 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: have for you today. Dsha Thosar from Fox Sports. She's 12 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: an MLB columnist. She'll join us give us some insight 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: on what's going on baseball wise in New York. Will 14 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: do that, plus a little foul affair and much more. 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: Let's go better up to lead off, it's getting runned 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: and keep them mind. Rob's hot take on the three 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: biggest stories in Major League Baseball Number one coming into Thursday. 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: I get it. I saw it. 19 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: The Yankees had back to back ten run losses in 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: the Bronx for the first time in Yankee history. So 21 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: of course the sky has fallen, but I'm not buying it. 22 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: After this three game set coming up this weekend against 23 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: the Red Sox. The Yankees will finish the season with 24 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: thirteen straight games against bad teams teams under five hundred, 25 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: the Twins, the Orioles, a couple series, and also the 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 2: White Sox. The schedule is in the yankees favor. I 27 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: still believe the Yankees are gonna win the AL East. 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: The schedule lends to it cupcakes to finish out the 29 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: string of the twenty twenty five season, and I think 30 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: they get it together just in. 31 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: Time for the postseason. 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna look at these two losses on Tuesday 33 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: and Wednesday to the Tigers and say the season's over. 34 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: They're right where they want to be in the wildcard race, 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: and they're only coming into Thursday three games out of 36 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 2: the division lead in the AL East. 37 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 3: I think they get there. Number two Cal Rawley coming. 38 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: Into Thursday has fifty three home runs. That's right, the 39 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 2: Seattle catcher doing all kinds of damage from behind the 40 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: plate with the bat. And the question being tossed around 41 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: is if he gets to the magical number sixty shitty 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: automatically win the American League Most Valuable Player. And the 43 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: answer simply is no way, no how. Everything has to 44 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: be factored in. And I know a lot of people 45 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: don't want to put stock in a batting average, but 46 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: two forty one coming into Thursday is not MVP, Like 47 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 2: get the fifty three home runs and where he might 48 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 2: wind up and does he get to sixty? I think 49 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: you have to look at everything, and it's still hard 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 2: to bypass and look at Aaron Judge, who missed three weeks, 51 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: two weeks, two or three weeks of this season with 52 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: an injury, still batting over three twenty. The league average 53 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 2: is two forty. He's very close in home runs and RBI. 54 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: It's not like cal Riley is running away with everything, 55 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: and it's not even close. 56 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: It's close. 57 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: It's close despite missing time and the almost one hundred 58 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 2: point batting average better, and Judge still leads an ops 59 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: and all kinds of stuff. So it's gonna be interesting. 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: I don't think that that should be automatic. People are 61 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: going to vote the way they want, and maybe they're 62 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: tired of voting for Aaron Judge. I don't think that 63 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: should be the way it's handled. So this will be interesting. 64 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: It'll be an interesting call. Will let's be a repeat 65 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 2: of the Lamar Jackson kind of Josh Allen kind of 66 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: MVP race. This will be interesting to see. I'm voting 67 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: right here, right now for Aaron. 68 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 3: Judge number three. Always seeing the death of the no hitter. 69 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: Right now, with about eighteen games sixteen games of going 70 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: to major league season, there hasn't been a no hitter 71 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: this season, and if that has accomplished, it'll be the 72 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: first time since two thousand and five that there wasn't 73 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 2: a no hitter in the big League. 74 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 3: That's a long time of talking, twenty years. But let's 75 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: not bury the lead. 76 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 2: The Dodgers lost two no hitters in the ninth inning 77 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: in the past week, so they were right there. Yamamoto 78 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: had one in Baltimore, two outs bottom of the ninth, 79 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: holiday hit a home run, and then the Dodgers wound 80 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: up losing that game. Going from a potential no hitter 81 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: to a loss. I'm not buying it. I still think 82 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: there's a possibility. We just almost saw two with the 83 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 2: Dodgers in the span of a week. 84 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 3: It will be interesting. 85 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: But even if there aren't any this year, I don't 86 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 2: believe it's the death of the no hitter. Even in 87 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: the Yamamoto one Dave Roberts allowed him to have a 88 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,679 Speaker 2: career high in pitches. They saw how well he was pitching. 89 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: They gave him an opportunity to get it. They didn't 90 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 2: just automatically go all right, we're cutting you off. You 91 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: pitched through seven innings, they're gonna start hitting you the 92 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: third time around. They didn't do that. He had a 93 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: no no and they allowed him to try to get it. 94 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: And I think managers and teams will do that when 95 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 2: someone's having a special night. So the no hitter is 96 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: not going to be dead, no way, no how. 97 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: It was a big week in the big leagues, believe 98 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: Is it foul or is it fair? And now from 99 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: mlbbro dot com, here's Jrgambo. 100 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,799 Speaker 3: Mookie Betts has had a tough season. 101 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: In fact, he has career lows in almost every category, 102 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 2: but he's playing better here in the month of September Jr. 103 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: Is it foul or fair to say that Mookie Betts 104 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: will be his. 105 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 3: Old self when it comes postseason in time? Fair? 106 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: It's a fair ball. 107 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 4: He's already turning the corner as the season shifts. He's 108 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 4: got eleven hits in his last twenty three at bats. 109 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 4: You see the leagues starting to turn a ten of 110 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 4: brown outside. The days are still hot, but the night 111 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 4: chills formar us of the fall season that is upon us. 112 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 4: Mookie Betts is about to turn it up even more. 113 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 4: Future Hall of Famous like Mookie Betts, whose greatness isn't 114 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 4: measured in numbers but in World Series rings and performances 115 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 4: heat up when the weather gets cool. 116 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: Let's give Moki his props. 117 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 4: He has the average up to two sixty after slow start, 118 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 4: and it looks like he's headed towards his eighth twenty 119 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 4: homer season in twelve years. 120 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 3: He went four or. 121 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: Five with five RBI when a nine to nothing went 122 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: over the Rockies on Wednesday, And that was Mokie's breakout 123 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 4: game this season. And let me tell you, and Mookie 124 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: Betts is just now breaking out. The rest of the 125 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 4: league is in trouble with the postseason right up the block. 126 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 4: People forget Mookie for the nasty undiagnosed stomach illness this 127 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 4: past spring when he said he felt like his body 128 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 4: was eating itself. It ravaged him and dropped his weight significantly, 129 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 4: but he decided that he was healthy enough to get 130 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 4: out on that field and play shortstop at one hundred 131 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 4: and fifty pounds. We don't know how much he was 132 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 4: fighting through. He's a proud dude and a dog on 133 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: the with the team first mentality, so Raphaeld Devers won't 134 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 4: switch positions to improve the Red Sox chances of winning. 135 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: In contrast, Mookie is ready to hit the bench for 136 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: the Dodgers, the world champs at one point if it's 137 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: hitting didn't improve. He said it a notion that they 138 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 4: that Dave Roberts, the Dodger's manager, definitely laughed off. 139 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 3: Is what makes Mookie special. 140 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 4: In addition to his prowess with the back, his ability 141 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 4: to play multiple positions. Any rumors of Mookie Bets's demise 142 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 4: is highly exaggerated and everyone will see in this postseason 143 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: it has Mookie Betts World Series MVP written all over it. 144 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket Protector Centro. The analytic numbers 145 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: you need to know? 146 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is 147 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: his game. 148 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 3: What do you got for me, Anthony? 149 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 5: After sign up a record setting seven hundred and sixty 150 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 5: five million dollar contract in the offseason, to say much 151 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 5: was expected of Wan Soto would be an understatement, especially 152 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 5: in New York the knives were out after the first 153 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 5: two months, where he hit just two twenty four with 154 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 5: eight homers and a seven to forty five OPS. But 155 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 5: since then, we've seen a different one Sodo, meaning well, 156 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 5: we've seen the same old Won Soto. New York media, 157 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 5: of course, notoriously tough, and the overwhelming sentiment was wan 158 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: Sota was not pulling his weight. But since June first, 159 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: Soda was hitting two eighty one and leading all of 160 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 5: baseball in OBP at four to twenty eight ops at 161 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 5: ten twenty four and is tied with Jose Ramirez and 162 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 5: stolen bases in that time with twenty three. You heard 163 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 5: that right. Soto is a base Steeler, now becoming just 164 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 5: the fifth met ever with a thirty to thirty season, 165 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 5: and considering he had only fifty seven total steals in 166 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 5: his first seven seasons combined, that is not an insignificant accomplishment, 167 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 5: but as one of the most accomplished young players to 168 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 5: ever hit free agency, all it took was a couple 169 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 5: months for the real Soto to appear. His two eighty one, one, four, 170 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 5: twenty eight, five ninety six slash line is pretty much 171 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 5: in line with his career numbers of two eighty two 172 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 5: for eighteen and five point thirty one. And yes, it's 173 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 5: likely Shoho Tani will walk away with this third straight 174 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: MVP Award unless Kyle Schwarberz steals it. But Soda has 175 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 5: been one of the most valuable players in the league 176 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 5: for a Mets team hanging out to the final wildcard spot. 177 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: His offensive WINSBO replacement of six point three is the 178 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 5: best in the National League, the first time he's ever 179 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 5: led his respective league in that category. Seems like nobody's 180 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 5: talking about the seven hundred and sixty five million dollar man. 181 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: But maybe they should be. 182 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto, 183 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: if I'm writing, I'm ripping, Let's bring in a writer 184 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: of broadcaster old or new. 185 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,119 Speaker 3: Now let's welcome into the podcast. 186 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: Dsha Thosar, who of course is a columnist baseball columnist 187 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: for Fox Sports. 188 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 3: Dsha, how are you. 189 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 6: I'm great, good to be here. 190 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 3: Absolutely, let's talk. 191 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: I can't believe we're winding down the baseball season bout 192 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 2: eighteen games depending on the team left before it's all over, 193 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 2: and you got two teams in New York. 194 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 3: I'm going to start there. Mets are really scuffling. 195 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: I think everybody had it at the Mets is a 196 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: foegone conclusion of making the postseason coming into Thursday, had 197 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 2: a brutal two games in Philadelphia. Just they look dead 198 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 2: and they're struggling. Where are you on the Mets? Are 199 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 2: they going to make it? Do they have enough pitching? 200 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: I know they got the kids. Give me the state 201 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: of the New York Metropolitans. 202 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's definitely rough. I think it has always started 203 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 6: with their starting pitching. For me, even going back to 204 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 6: spring training, I'm not convinced that the front office did 205 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 6: enough to bolster that pitching staff, and we've seen that 206 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 6: over the course of this season with injuries. Now those 207 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 6: injured guys are back and they're really struggling. Looking at 208 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 6: Sean Mania to the point where the Mets had to 209 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 6: call up rookies, and that's great. They've had solid starts, 210 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 6: they look promising, but going into the postseason with three 211 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 6: starting pitchers where a rookie is just a bit of 212 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 6: a stretch. Of course, they can surprise us, but it's 213 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 6: kind of not been done in history for a reason, 214 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 6: and if they're counting on these rookies, it is just 215 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 6: a lot of pressure, a lot of mental pressure on 216 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 6: top of having to perform well and save that pitching staff. 217 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 6: So the offense is disappointing too. But for me, it 218 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 6: really it goes back to the starting pitching not being 219 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 6: strong enough from the beginning since February, and when you. 220 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 2: Talk about the offense, I know, Wan Soto's put together 221 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: some numbers, but it just doesn't feel the same. 222 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: I don't care what anybody says to me. 223 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 2: Despite him coming on in the second half, the Mets 224 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 2: are actually worse since he started hitting. 225 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 6: Does that make sense, Yeah, it's definitely strange. When you 226 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 6: think about the beginning of the season. In April, Pete 227 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 6: Alonzo was on and carrying the offense when Franstisce Goo 228 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 6: Lindor and Wan so Frizislador has had a pretty good 229 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 6: have two, Wan Soto was struggling, so there was this 230 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 6: belief that, oh, when all three of them start clicking, 231 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 6: this is going to be a dangerous offense. Now we're 232 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 6: seeing Juan Soto clicking and he's unable to carry the 233 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 6: offense in the same way that someone like Peter Alonzo 234 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 6: and Francisco Lindor were able to. 235 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 7: Why. 236 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 6: I think that goes back to clutch hitting, and he 237 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 6: is starting to pick it up in the second half. 238 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 6: He's had a better batting average with runners in scoring position. 239 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 6: But I think that is the missing piece that, of course, 240 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 6: we saw last year with Sodo and the Yankees. He 241 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 6: was always coming through in those clutch moments where his 242 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 6: overall stats are going to look great at the end 243 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 6: of the season. But if he started to come through 244 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 6: in those moments, those high leverage moments, this would be 245 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 6: a different looking offense for the Meds. 246 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: Speaking, you brought up Peter Alonzo. I thought the Mets 247 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 2: did him with disservice. I know he wound up coming 248 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: back signing a contract. I think he can opt out 249 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: of it right. 250 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 3: Which he will. 251 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 2: He's had a really good year, first time, first really 252 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 2: good year in a couple of years for the Mets. 253 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 3: They didn't want to pay him. They had all the 254 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 3: money for Soto. 255 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 2: Do you see Alonso getting interest from other people, maybe 256 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 2: even the Yankees or somewhere somewhere else. 257 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 6: There's definitely a need for first basement around the league. 258 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 6: I'm curious what his market is going to look like, 259 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 6: especially after what he went through last offseason and was 260 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 6: kind of disappointing league wide. I think even he was 261 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 6: expecting more. Ultimately, still wanting to go back to the Mets. 262 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 6: But now that he broke that franchise record, he's their 263 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 6: home run leader. It's a little different, right. The tone 264 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 6: with the Mets is different. He is producing in big moments. 265 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 6: They still are in line right now to make the playoffs. 266 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 6: He could have another big performance there. I think he's 267 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 6: really pushing the Mets to give him that big contract, 268 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 6: whether they will or not, whether they're willing to go 269 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 6: beyond three years, even since he is already thirty one, 270 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 6: it's a little tough. I think he's not going to 271 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 6: get that six to seven year deal that he wanted 272 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 6: from anyone. So he might have to kind of see 273 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 6: his choices and go with what makes sense for him. 274 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: Ultimately, Yeah, I think he gets the short end of 275 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 2: the stick. He has since he came into the big league. 276 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 2: Him and Aaron Judge are closer. Home runs. You know, 277 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: he's gotten big hits for the Mets, big home runs. 278 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 2: That home run against Devin Williams saved the Mets in 279 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 2: that series. 280 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: I just I think people shure change. 281 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: It's hard to hit home runs and big home runs 282 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 2: sometimes you need those. I do want to ask you 283 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: about one more before we get to the Yankees real quick. 284 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: Clay Holmes came over from the Yankees. It was a reliever. 285 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 3: They made him a starter with the Mets, got off 286 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: to a good start. 287 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 2: Everybody thought, oh, the Mets hit paid her and now 288 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: looks like he's hit a wall and not able to 289 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: continue or pitch as well, you know, as a starter 290 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 2: as he did as a reliever. 291 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 6: Yeah, this again goes back to their plan in February. 292 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 6: I mean think we all expected Clay Holmes to hit 293 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 6: a wall, turning into his starter his first year, pushing 294 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 6: past his career high end limits. This was sort of 295 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 6: expected to happen. Now if the Mets always thought, hey, 296 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 6: we have some high end triple A pitchers we can 297 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 6: call up to make up for that loss. That's the 298 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 6: game plan they're now enacting. But Clay Holmes fell off 299 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 6: that cliff even sooner I think than anyone expected. He 300 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 6: had a super strong first half, really really good numbers 301 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 6: leading that rotation, and now it's really not even a 302 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 6: Clay Hoolmes problem. It's everyone is struggling to even get 303 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 6: through the fifth inning. We're looking at a rotation that 304 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 6: really only makes it four plus. It is really going 305 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 6: to be tricky. I think David Stearns is going to 306 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 6: have to be creative, whether he wants to piggyback starters 307 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 6: do something that way. But I think in the end 308 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 6: this is just it's unsustainable. And it does go back 309 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 6: to Clay Hoolmes, but it also goes back to guys 310 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 6: like Sean Manaiyah who were really good for the Mets 311 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 6: last year and I've struggled this year. 312 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 2: D Shitosa is our guest here on Inside the Park 313 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 2: of course Baseball columns for Fox Sports. 314 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: Let's go to the Bronx. 315 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: And the Yankees, and again you don't want to be 316 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 2: a president of the moment. They have a tough stretch 317 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 2: they were going through, got blown out two games in 318 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 2: a row to the Tigers and coming into Thursday, but 319 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 2: they're in the driver's seat as far as the wild Card. 320 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 3: They have a good lead. 321 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 2: You know, not many games left, but they also have 322 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 2: a chance at the division, and the Blue Jays and 323 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: the Red Sox and the Yankees are three games separating 324 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 2: the three teams coming into Thursday. 325 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 3: Who wins the division? 326 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 2: Do you still have Toronto or could one of these 327 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 2: other two teams jump over. 328 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's tough. I've been going back and forth myself. 329 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 6: Of course, when the Yankees look good, they're beating up 330 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 6: on basement dwelling teams, and then they look fully capable 331 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 6: of winning the division. They did have a good record 332 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 6: against the Astros. They actually won that series. But now 333 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 6: they're falling into this stretch again which we've seen too 334 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 6: often from them, is falling apart, like really collapsing against 335 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 6: good teams. We saw it with the Tigers getting fully outscored. 336 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 6: Now they have a tough opponent in the Red Sox 337 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 6: at Fenway. Right now, I think it is the Blue Jays. 338 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 6: They really have not convinced me otherwise that they won't 339 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 6: win the division. They've been in the driver's seat at 340 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 6: the top of the division all year, and even just 341 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 6: watching them play, they're spunky. I think the other teams 342 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 6: can a little underestimate them and that gives them confidence. 343 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 6: And they have a huge weapon in George Springer, who's 344 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 6: having a renaissance season over there. So it's not like 345 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 6: there are a bunch of no names. There's a big 346 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 6: starver there who has that postseason mentality in him, who 347 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 6: can really get into a run down the stretch. So 348 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 6: for now I'm going with the Blue Jays. They haven't 349 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 6: convinced me otherwise. 350 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 2: Otherwise, as Anthony Volpi basically played itself out of shortstop. 351 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: I mean, this year was a disaster, not just the hitting, 352 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 2: but the unreliable fielding on routine grounders and plays that 353 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: you have to make in the big leagues. I noticed 354 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: Guy want to gold Glove already in his career. This 355 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 2: year was really, really weird, and I don't know if 356 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: the Yankees could feel like they can trust him go forward. 357 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a really a bizarre situation. I mean, I 358 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 6: feel bad for him because the Yankees are putting him 359 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 6: in a tough spot. I think he should not be 360 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 6: out there every single day kind of repeating the same 361 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 6: results and hoping for something different. Yankee should have sent 362 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 6: him down to the minors earlier in the season, similar 363 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 6: to what the Mets did with Francisco Alvarez, who was 364 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 6: really struggling. He was sent down for a month. He 365 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 6: came back on fire. I just don't understand why, especially 366 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 6: after the trade deadline. Before that there were limited choices. 367 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 6: It was really only Oswald Parazza who could play short 368 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 6: After the trade deadline, they had Ahmed Rosario Jose Caballero. 369 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 6: Both of these guys can play a decent shortstop that 370 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 6: is not going ranked in the bottom of the entire 371 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 6: MLB entire majors. So that's when it should have turned. 372 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 6: They still had an opportunity to get Bulty right in 373 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 6: late July early August. They blew past it, and the 374 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 6: Yankees still continue to say he's this elite stop. They 375 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 6: have so much confidence and belief in him. At this point, 376 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 6: I think they're just relying on what he did last 377 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 6: October for the Yankees and kind of hoping that he 378 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 6: can repeat the same performance that we're now a year 379 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 6: out pass this is not the same player. I think 380 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 6: it is just a little weird the situation that they're 381 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 6: not just giving Caballero at least or Rosario more starts 382 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 6: on the daily basis. 383 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: All right, last thing, Cody Bell and your boy. He 384 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: fits in at Yankee Stadium. He's had a really good year. 385 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 2: Do you see him resigning with the Yankees? 386 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean he's like the epitome of a Yankee player. 387 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 6: To me, he really brinds too and he doesn't really 388 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 6: call too much attention to himself. 389 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 3: He just. 390 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 6: Rip. Yeah, I don't I don't think I've heard that comparison. 391 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 6: But he that's a really good example. I think he 392 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 6: just is happy to be here, he wants to win, 393 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 6: and he's kind of, without even knowing it, the glue 394 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 6: guy right in that offense. Everyone looks at Judge in 395 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 6: Stanton to be the big power hitters, but since Glaber 396 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 6: into the Tigers Labor torre As, they kind of needed 397 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 6: to fill that role of a guy that just gets 398 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,880 Speaker 6: on basis homers, and he's been that guy. I think 399 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 6: the Yankees have to have to go out resign him. 400 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 6: Will they do the same with Tran Krisholm. I don't know. 401 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 6: He might have played himself out of a contract there, 402 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 6: I mean, really exceeding expectations. 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No, I'm gonna call it straight. 446 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 2: No matter where I worked and no matter what what 447 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 2: city I've worked in, they always say. 448 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 3: I'm a hater. 449 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 7: I that's shocking. I don't know why. They have a 450 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 7: little bit of that tendency. All right, So are the 451 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 7: Mets done? 452 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: The Mets are absolutely done. They're not making the playoffs. 453 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 2: I mean, you guys, I just heard the segment before, 454 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 2: and you know you're talking around it and hoping, wishing 455 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 2: and all that kind of stuff. 456 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 7: They're there, they're up to They have a very baseball 457 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 7: the team, by the way, you know they do have 458 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 7: they have Soto is a great at bat. We'll talk 459 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 7: about him. They've got power. Uh A Kunya is a 460 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 7: terrific fielder and runner. They're kind of baseballly, they're they're 461 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 7: hitting a bad spot. Everybody has hit a bad spot. 462 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 7: But I tell you what, they have the tie break 463 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 7: on the Giants. Giants e with a good rotation. Abbott 464 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 7: was excellent last night. They don't have the tie break 465 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 7: on the Reds. But the Reds are flawed too. I've 466 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 7: been waiting all year on the Reds. 467 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, but the Mets are flawed as well. 468 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 2: I mean, here's my issue is that this team, if 469 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 2: they're down in the eighth inning, forget. 470 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 3: It, like zero and a million, you know, they don't win. 471 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 3: That is odd? 472 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 7: Is that happenstance or is that like I hate to 473 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 7: you know, clutch or not clutch, But that is odd. 474 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 7: I'm surprised by that. 475 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 3: They they haven't won a game all year. 476 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 2: About trailing after the eighth inning, I mean that that's 477 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 2: scary to me. 478 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 3: It really. 479 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 7: It's the same team though that facing elimination. 480 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 4: Lindora's hitting home runs a lot. 481 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 7: You know, Pete Alonzo famously staved off elimination by hitting 482 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 7: it off the Devin Williams. You know, I have trouble 483 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 7: saying that. 484 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: Well, they won't come through in big moments. 485 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 7: I have trouble with that. 486 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: Well, but but that was last year and this team, guys, 487 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: but the team was much better last year than this year. 488 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: I mean, I look at this team. Where's Grimace? Where's 489 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 2: Oh my god? Where where There's none of that? God, 490 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 2: there's no juice. 491 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 3: God. 492 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 7: I'd rather have Iglesias than Grimace. So you're right, Iglacias 493 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 7: is gone. He's you know, OMG, why don't you keep 494 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 7: that guy around? 495 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 3: For some reason? They didnt. 496 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 7: They didn't want to keep him around? 497 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 3: All right? I want yeah, God, here's another thing too 498 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 3: real quick. Yeah, you're relying on three rookie pitchers to 499 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 3: get you through. 500 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 2: Good luck, good lucky, because when they will fall off 501 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 2: and they have the bad outing, when you really need 502 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: that win, you'll say, oh my god, we had to 503 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 2: pitch a rookie. 504 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 7: They're blue chip kids. I'll give you that, but yeah, no, 505 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 7: they're brand spanking new. But they're blue chip kids. And 506 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 7: McClain's terrific. How about Wan Sodo? Take a look at 507 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 7: this wance and you know I'm with you on Soto right. 508 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 3: He leaves me. 509 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 7: Cold and awful lot, But like the facts are facts. 510 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 7: He is now second in ops plus, he's second in 511 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 7: war by the way, he is second in win probability 512 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 7: ded on the far right. That's WPA. That's how much 513 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 7: you're helping your team win. It's mathematical, it's clutch. It's 514 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 7: just Otania's first, Soto second, Freddy Freeman third. 515 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 3: I don't know. 516 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 7: It's our eyes are telling us one thing. But this 517 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 7: guy seems to be an MVP candidate. 518 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 2: They're empty numbers and their meaningless. 519 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 3: And let me tell you it is bka. 520 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 2: The Mets were twenty one games over five hundred in 521 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 2: mid June when he wasn't hitting, when he wasn't making 522 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 2: the All Star team, when they get when they were 523 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 2: really rolling, and guess when he started hitting. Now the 524 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: team is no good and he's putting up all these numbers. 525 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: He stole a meaningless third base the other night. 526 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 3: That's five shown. 527 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 7: And that home run last night even there's an impressive 528 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 7: home run, but it's like you down eight, one, nine 529 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 7: to one. 530 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 3: What are we doing? Right? 531 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 7: No, and you got to keep playing. But I know 532 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 7: what you're saying. There's some meaningless sort of stuff happening 533 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 7: with him. True, but but the numbers aren't. 534 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 3: The numbers like, the numbers don't do it for me. 535 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 2: I get it when you put them all together, but 536 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 2: they just weren't impactful. This year the Mets won the 537 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 2: one Soto sweep stakes and got worse from a year ago. 538 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 3: That makes no sense. 539 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 7: I could argue that I have to go back and 540 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 7: look at that. 541 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 3: A lot of things. 542 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 7: I would say this we do generally, and this is 543 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 7: part of the sabermetric revolution go bout twenty five years. 544 00:27:55,040 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 7: We generally underrate the value of drawing the base on balls, right. 545 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 3: We wanted to have more impact. 546 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 7: He's getting on base at a four hundred clip again. 547 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 7: You know he's He's done it every single year. There's 548 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 7: real value to that. That's why last time, God Good'll 549 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 7: give you a last word on that. 550 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, only problem is they're not winning. 551 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 2: So you can drain the walks all you want and 552 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 2: do all that and get blown out every night by 553 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 2: the Phillies. 554 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 3: It's still about winning. 555 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 2: Kwards has a short menu wins and losses. 556 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 3: Nothing else matters. 557 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 4: It's hard. 558 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 7: They're getting hammered right now. Like I've watched every game. 559 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 7: I was like, Phillies is blowing the doors off them. 560 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 7: All right, all right, So now what I O get then? 561 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 7: If that's what you're thinking, have you been watching the 562 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 7: Tigers and Yankees last couple of day? At least drop 563 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 7: I drop in early and then I can leave early 564 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 7: because you know they're getting crushed. 565 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's an aborration. 566 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 2: Yes, the Tigers won two big games in the Bronx 567 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 2: by ten runs. 568 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 3: Hasn't happened in Yankee history. 569 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 2: I get all that, and I'm not gonna discount it 570 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 2: or pooh pooh it. 571 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 3: But coming into this series, did you see the Tigers? 572 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 2: They scut They got swept, buddy, as they've They've lost 573 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 2: to some bad teams in the last three series, and other. 574 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 3: Than Google, I'm not there's nobody who scares you. Does 575 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 3: Riley Green really scare you? Like, oh my god, how 576 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 3: you not this guy. 577 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 4: The whole team, by the way, like they lost interest. 578 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 7: This is they had a fourteen game lead on July seventh, 579 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 7: Rob and ansiin they lost interest, But you lose institutional 580 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 7: you know, you know, drive, because they're like, we've got 581 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 7: this division. So they did. They lost twelve out of thirteen. Yeah, 582 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 7: they lost two or three of the White Sox. But 583 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 7: they are righting the ship, as we say, right now, 584 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 7: Parker Meadows is back, carry Carpenter is hitting, and they're 585 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 7: not even the guys who have carried the load all year. 586 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 7: Take a look at their offense they have besides the Brewers, 587 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 7: they have more guys above league average offensively. This is 588 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 7: ops plus one hundred is league average. They have more 589 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 7: above average offense than anyone but the Brewers. 590 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 4: So and they're just. 591 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,239 Speaker 7: Getting Carpenter back and Parker Meadows, who could be their 592 00:29:59,280 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 7: best players. 593 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, but just if you just take away to two 594 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 2: the last two games with the Yankees before this, in 595 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 2: their previous four series, they lost three of them and 596 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 2: won one and one, and. 597 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 7: The division was a rap tya. The division was a 598 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 7: rapped months ago. So now yeah, they're kicking it back in. 599 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 3: Everybody I can't. 600 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: I can't buy BK. There are a lot of great teams. 601 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 2: The Mariners won one hundred and sixteen games. They didn't 602 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 2: wave the white flag and stopped playing the Yankees of 603 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: ninety nine. 604 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: They kept winning. 605 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 2: I can't buy into the idea that you've got a 606 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 2: big thing. 607 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 7: They're the greatest team of all time. I'm not saying 608 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 7: they're the ninety eight Yankees. I'm not saying they have 609 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 7: each zero and Edgar Martinez. 610 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:37,719 Speaker 2: Right. 611 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 3: No, No, I'm not to. 612 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 2: Remember that stretch, that stretch when they lost twelve out 613 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 2: of thirteen. 614 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 3: That's gonna be their postseason stretch. WHOA. 615 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 6: No. 616 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 7: By the way, they're a good tournament team. They have 617 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 7: an opener going tonight and Holton they're gonna they're They're 618 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 7: a tough out in the playoffs. They're a difficult team 619 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 7: to play. I know you hate De Troy or you 620 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 7: love De Truit, but you hate the team. 621 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 3: I don't hate the TV. I'm only kay. 622 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 2: I got a barbershop one seven Mile Road. I love Detroit. 623 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: What are you saying? 624 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 7: So your murals are everywhere in your high school and 625 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 7: your college. You have a press box, You're in Detroit, 626 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 7: You're you're coast to coast. 627 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: Rob will talk to you next week. 628 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 7: Thank you, rb K, thank thank God for Rob Parker. 629 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 630 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until 631 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 2: next time. 632 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 3: Rob Parker out. He can't Davin. This could be an 633 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 3: inside of Parker. 634 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: See you next week, same bad time, same man's station.