WEBVTT - Episode 403 - Mets Recap, Marlins Preview 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.640 Episode four oh three of Bucco Banter, presented by Brave 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:08.879 Bean Coffee Company. The Pirates are on a skid, let's 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:11.920 talk about it. You're listening to the Bucco Banter podcast, 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.160 brought to you by the j Just Baseball Media Network. 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.760 They music fak, you're one o one. 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:18.439 You see a couple of me in My Taste with 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.320 me and my lemonade, because I let the way taste 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.840 best seats as the pirates can he let me run 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.079 the base. Yeah, my time is like my money because 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:27.280 I can't afford to waste. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:28.800 Oh hyde is a Lloyan. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.320 Take my date to my dates or the stick by 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:33.720 the plates in the case. Have the case from my 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.240 race at my paste clinted brass, That is snake. 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:41.800 Welcome back to another episode of Bucco Banter, and things 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:46.880 are not well over here in the burg voice Wah 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.000 wah is that your mixer? 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.559 No? That was me? Believe it or not? Pretty good? 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:54.920 Right, it's pretty good. 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:59.400 I've been practicing because baseball hasn't been good, So what. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:00:59.920 Else can I do? 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:01.880 Slee poop? 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:03.400 Right, I complete ploop? 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:08.280 Who knows, man, it's been seventeen days of less than 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:13.400 ideal baseball. Seventeen days in a row where it was 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:16.920 the most important stretch of the season. This team, I 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.360 can't emphasize enough how much they haven't had a break 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:28.560 literally and figuratively right the weather between Canadian wildfires to 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:33.639 rain delays to extra innings to then just not getting 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.400 a break after the All Star break. Seventeen games in 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.000 a row, and during that stretch you go five and twelve, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.080 three and seven in the last ten. You haven't won 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:48.200 a series since Cleveland, if my memory serves me correctly, 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:53.240 sounds all right, And what an encouraging start that was 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.240 in Cleveland because the one game that you lost you 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.680 should have won, and then you go and fix the bullpen. 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:06.640 Obvious that's more recently than not, but Scott, it has 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.799 been an absolutely brutal watch even for US guys to 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.399 try and look at the glass half full and how 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:18.640 anything can happen in baseball and talking about stacking wins 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.040 and not having to start over series after series. This 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.280 is not a good Mets team that came to town. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.440 But then you have to look at the Pirates and say, like, 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:30.400 is this what it is right now? 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.080 Because yeah, it's not good. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:35.919 It does seem to be what it is right now, 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.000 they're on a skid man, and that was why it 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.160 was nice to see Jack Manghan try to fire up 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.720 the team on Saturday. And he's been a guy that 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.400 If we don't have a guy like him right now, 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.600 I don't know where this team would be, to be 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:50.519 honest with you, Yeah, it's it's they're going on a 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.760 skid on at the very wrong time. They seem lifeless 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.200 and they're not beating teams they should beat. Right we 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.240 lose the series to the last place Reds. We just 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:03.000 lost a serious the last place Mets. We can't buy 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:07.440 a series, like you said, since Cleveland. And it all 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:12.240 comes back to their struggle offensively after the All Star break, 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.920 which is surprising. I know they're without Connor Griffin and 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.639 the Odell Cruz at this point, but you still got 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.679 some other guys. Ryan o Hearn is also out that 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.320 those are key pieces. I don't want to diminish that, 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:27.120 but their inability to hit left handed pitching is really concerning, guys, 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:32.360 really concerning. It's like almost a guarantee that a lefty, 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:37.040 no matter if it's Sean Mania or Clayton Kershaw, they're 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:41.360 gonna look like prime Randy Johnson against us like it's 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.440 it's a tough watch, guys, it really is. And we 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.440 talked about this before started recording. They had the traject 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.840 machine and Jay brought up Michael Bush from the Cubs 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.800 increasing his production against same handed pitching this year by 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.400 using the traject machine. I think his WRC plus went 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.480 from the eighties like one to eleven. That's nothing to 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.200 sneeze at. And this is a guy that has been 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:08.360 known to be bad in terms against left handed pitching, 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:10.400 especially the beginning of season. He had a really rough 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.680 start the season. But it's not like this roster is 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.719 built to notwithstand left handed pitching. That's the part that 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:19.120 puzzles me the most. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:24.080 The Pirates WRC plus first lefties ranks twenty fifth in Baseball. 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:27.120 Scott, I'm shocked it's not thirtieth, So. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.040 Am I because it's become a joke around the ballpark. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.680 It really has. It's upsetting and we joke about it. 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:41.120 Oh no, another soft tossing lefty Candelaria could have started today, right. 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.880 I told Jason Mackie in the press box, I was like, 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.800 I think you can grab a kid from West Mini 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.680 throwing high seventies, low eighties throwing left handed that could 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:49.880 get this team out right now. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:54.400 And people believe it. It's shocking. And you mentioned the 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:58.279 technology that we have. You literally have technology that can 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:05.240 mimic everything about any pitcher on the planet, and these 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.520 guys just can't get it together. I don't know if 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.719 it's just a mental block at this point, but Brian 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.680 Reynolds at one point thirty two is the only qualified 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.200 pirate with the mark above eighty two for WRC plus 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.080 first lefties, and you mentioned it's something like they're totally 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:26.160 built in the opposite direction. You got switch hitters, right, 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:30.560 nickensalz has good splits or well, i'd say no, Nickensaws 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:34.320 is bad splits. You know that's the problem, right, is 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.559 the right e's that you have on the team aren't 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:42.000 necessarily taking advantage of the lefties that you're facing. And 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:46.000 as good as Nickingzalez has been this year, it doesn't 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:50.400 benefit you in those types of situations, right, And the same. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.560 Goes for a lot of the other guys in the team. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.720 So you talk about how important this trade deadline was, 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.120 and I love what they did with the bullpen, but 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.120 you needed someone else And I don't even know if 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.640 won bat at this point really fixes it. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:04.840 Like we could talk about. 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.960 Bringing in a Taylor Ward or someone of that caliber, 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.159 but does that really make a difference right now? 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:13.360 No? Probably not. And I finally understand Ben Sharington's infatuation 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.880 with stoft tossing lefties, because boy, could we use the 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.560 one right now, not even just for our rotation, for 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.400 a different look. I think we've got like the same 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.039 type of look coming out of from the right side 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:29.119 in our rotation all every every day. But that being said, 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:32.320 having opposing them has been really tough for us. There's 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.120 there's a name that was floated out today. Austin Hayes 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.000 was DFAD I believe by the White Sox. Was just 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.640 signed by the Padres. And I love how aggressive the 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.359 Padres have been given that they don't have the best roster. 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:48.560 They're starting to move up the standings. And you know 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:52.279 that's just aj Preller to a t. But Austin Hayes 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:55.400 against left handed pitching two eighty two career, three point 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.800 thirty nine four seventy seven WRC plus, we could use that. 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.200 We could use that. And that being said too, like 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:02.880 I know, we've got a lot of outfielders that are 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.440 you know, buying for time right now, that would probably 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.039 not just did some back down the triple A probably necessary. 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.880 But as Merlin going on a cold streak right now, 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:13.960 that doesn't help matters either, because that's the guy we're 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:17.880 relying on against left handed pitching. He's just on a 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.160 cold streak right now. And am I concerned. No, But 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:25.080 it hasn't helped matters. It's it's been magnified in this time, 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.840 in this losing it streak or the skid that this 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:29.240 team has been has been on. 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:33.200 In August, just in August, he's hitting fifty nine, he's 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:37.960 got one hits, got twelve walks, twelve k's. It's we 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:39.880 knew it was going to happen at some point, right 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.280 like guys are going to be able to figure you out. 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.680 It's the major leagues. They're not letting him get his 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.480 hands extended anymore. There's more data out there in order 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.800 to execute pitches on his Maryland. But how reliant were 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:56.480 they on him providing a long ball right after the 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:57.760 All Star break. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.960 Right right now? Too reliant? 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.600 And then going back to the point I was trying 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:06.240 to make before, guys like Marcello's Una weren't helping you 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.960 out right, like you weren't getting that slug from anywhere 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.680 else in the lineup. And it just doesn't help that 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.120 Orwitz is coming back off of injury, O'Neil Cruz is 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.080 still on a rehab assignment. He hasn't looked good on 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:25.640 his rehab assignment again very early. But at this point 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:33.480 you have to start questioning is it more likely over 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.600 than not? And I hate to be that guy, I 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.680 really do, because I think anything can happen in baseball. 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.200 Again, I really do believe that. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:47.440 I truly believe that as a former player witnessing it 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.240 myself in other situations. Now, you know, you look at 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.920 the Red Sox and teams like that. Obviously there's different 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:58.560 talent levels in different situations, but anything can happen in baseball. 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.040 This is a really fun game, really hard game. 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:01.680 For a reason. 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.000 I think that you could still take advantage of the 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.240 ebbs and flows of baseball. But it's hard not to 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.880 look at it just objectively and say this doesn't look 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:13.520 good right now. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:14.880 For the Buckos. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.880 As I mentioned earlier in our live show, A Brave Bean, 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.240 this team is you'd think overdue for a run, right 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:25.640 they haven't strung together more than four to five wins 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.920 at a time this season, So you'd think maybe not 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.600 a twenty nine to five record like the Red Sox 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.679 had over the past month and a half, but something 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:38.240 like a ten game winning streaker or winning twelve to 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.720 fifteen would be something plausible for this team, Like anything 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.839 can happen. They're not ten games below five hundred yet, 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.480 but they're getting there very quickly. Boys, And this is 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.840 why we talked about in May and beginning of June, like, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:54.960 don't wait to improve this team, and we're starting to 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:59.160 see the effects of being too conservative middle of the summer. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.520 Now they're like, it's it's do or die now, and 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.280 it didn't have to get to this situation. 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.520 In regards to it being over, Guys, I think I'm 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.400 gonna give them till the end of the Marlins series 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.920 because the only reason I still have optimism in that 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.880 sense is that they're objectively a better team than Miami. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.960 Miami sold of the deadline and got worse, and they're 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.280 also going to face three Right's in that series, and 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:22.560 I think we're gonna talk about that in a second. 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:24.079 The Piers are still one of the best offenses in 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.000 baseball against right handed pitching, even with these struggles. So 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.600 if they go into Miami and they just can't hit 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.360 these rights and just can't do anything against this weak 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.400 Marlins team, then I think it might be a little 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.320 bit safer to say that it's over boys, because at 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:38.800 that point, I mean, we're five and a half back 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.199 right now. If you can't make up some ground against 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.160 a team that you should be beating that's throwing you 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.000 your bread and butter with right handed pitching, then you're 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.120 you're almost You're so far back at that point that 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.440 even if you get hot and going a streak, there's 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.120 just no there's not enough time to play catch up 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:53.480 at that point. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.640 If it makes sense, yeah, I mean every game becomes 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.240 must win at that point, right Jay, and I totally agree. 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.200 I think it starts in game one because we got 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.400 big on big with schemes versus Yuri Perez and Euripez 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.320 is a guy that has dominated us in the past. 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:11.240 But again, like you said, these are arms that we've 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:16.200 typically done well against against the righty arms, especially this 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:20.240 season this team, but Miami, even though they're one game 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.400 above five hundred, I would agree this we are a 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.800 better team than the Miami Marlins is just hopefully this 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:29.760 day off does us some good because survives just seem 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:30.960 at an all time low right now. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:38.160 They just strike out too much. They do. It's been 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:39.200 a problem all year. 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.079 If you look at the box scores, if you look 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.679 at the stats, if you look at the league ratings 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.800 or rankings, I should say this team just strikes out 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.120 a lot, even when they're winning ball games. They have 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.079 a high k rate, third highest strike out rate in 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:55.400 baseball first lefties alone, twenty five point four percent. Jake, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.840 pull up for me when you can where they're at 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.240 just overall, because I believe they're top five. If not, 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.079 I think they've struck out the most times in all 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.320 of baseball. It's hard to win ball games or stay 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:12.520 competitive when you're not having competitive at bats. Right there's 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:17.720 a difference between working counts and having meaningful at bats 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:22.200 to just an absolute zero. And they're the fifth in 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:26.520 baseball right now in strikeouts. Good job, Jay, fifth in baseball. 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.960 So striking out's bat. We talked to Ryan O'Hearn at 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.679 the beginning of the year. It's it's the worst thing 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:33.160 you can do. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.000 People. Hey, guys hate it. It's not a fun part 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:36.400 of the game. 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.320 I understand it is a part of the game, but 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.319 when it becomes such a big part of the game, 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:42.800 it's pretty bad. 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.280 This seems to striking out twenty four point one percent of. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.319 The time as a team. That's crazy the time this 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.480 seems striking out. Who's above them? Jay, I'm just wondering 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.920 in terms of like krate to win percentage correlation. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:59.720 Here, I can't imagine it being anyone significant. 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:05.199 Yeah, it is the Angels, Reds, Yankees, and Orioles that. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.920 Are The Yankees are an outlier, right, Yeah. 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.400 The only team that also has a twenty four percent 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.120 that's under them is the White Sox. And then, by 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.079 the way, it drops off out like a full percentage 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.800 point after that, it goes from twenty four percent to 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.360 twenty three percent then at seven. So like, there's literally 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:23.000 only twenty six teams in baseball or that. Sorry, there's 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.320 twenty six teams in baseball that strike out less than 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.679 twenty four percent of time, and the Pirates unfortunately find 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:28.760 themselves on the other side of that. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:33.640 So good, Let's stay positive real quick. Since the Ulstar break, 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:37.679 Bubba Chandler has been really good. Scott twenty two innings, 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:42.800 eighteen K's two O five era only seven walks four 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.640 starts stretch after the All Star break is the only 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.600 the second time in his career where he's walked seven 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.960 or less while allowing five or less runs in the 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:50.760 four start period. 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:52.560 Kind of similar to what Bubba was doing at the 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:53.360 end of last year. 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.280 Yeah, I mean this was my Like I said, I 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.680 picked a click for the second half. I think, you know, 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.120 him stepping up would be he for this rotation. And 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.720 guess what, boys, the two wins we got this week 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.320 were when Bubba was on the mound. So you know, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.520 it's unfortunate the last few outings that Paul has had 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.320 because I really do believe ultimately this team goes as 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:17.160 Paul goes. Even though this is a very talented young rotation, 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.120 they need Paul to be a better version of himself. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.000 But Bubba stepping up is definitely a plus. 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.840 Yeah, no one else has, No one else has. I 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.320 think Braxton's been fine. There's the innings limit concern, but. 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.400 We all expected to see like some fatigue with Braxton. 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.800 He's never pitched this much before, right, I think it's 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.200 it's not surprising at all that he's maybe had some 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:45.960 outings where he's not been himself. If anything, I'm sure 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.680 they want to expread some starts out in the second half. 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:50.880 But right now you're getting to a point where, like, 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.000 do you if you get if it gets as bad 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:57.000 as it can get, do you start maybe ending some seasons? 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.640 Now I know that's early to say. 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:03.320 That, but yeah, who do you spread those starts out with? 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:12.200 Barco You September? Call up Connor Whitgriff maybe. And it's 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:15.320 also that's like you're lefty, that's your other look. That's 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.320 a different look from what you have. I know Hunter 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.320 bark is left you too, but Connor Whitcriiff is more 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.560 of your like pitchability guy. Right, So I think you 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.880 have options that Thomas Harrington hasn't been good this year 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:32.000 in Triple A. You you maybe can piggyback Antoine Kelly 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.600 with somebody Wilburt Hotel. Like I know they've pitched out 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.120 of the bullpen when they've been in the big leagues, 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:38.320 but like you have options. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.400 For sure, Wickgriff two point six and forty eight and 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.680 the third innings pitched in Triple A. So he's been 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:50.440 really good in indian Indianapolis, Scott, I know it's really 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.800 easy to get pessimistic right now. And when you get pessimistic, 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:58.360 you might not have a clear mind commit a crime. 0:15:58.680 --> 0:15:59.480 You might commit a crime. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.200 You saw her going with that, You know how, my 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.000 bro is it's really easy to see where I'm going 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.440 a lot of the times, Okay, I'm not here to 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:17.040 fool anybody, and you shouldn't be fooling anybody. Theft, deception, robbery, battery, assault, 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.280 all that's bad. But if you find yourself in a 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.400 buy and you should call the fine folks at Farrell 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:30.040 Weaver an Oaken criminal representation of representation, whatever you need, 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:35.080 they have you covered because when it matters, most experience matters. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:40.640 Call Farrell Weaver in Oakin today for a free legal consultation. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:43.000 Boy will I need it? 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.120 Scott? Boy? Will I need it? And you know what, 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.720 I know you've used them in the past. 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:54.640 Countless times, like a like a concerning amount of times 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.240 have you called the hotline at Farrell Weaver in Oaken, 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.320 And I think I might start have to give the 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.160 I'm gonna have to give them a call here pretty soon, 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:06.199 I really am, because it's it's a difficult life. We 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.359 live of crime and we want to be good guys, 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.560 we really do. But thankfully the folks at Farah, Weaver 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.920 and O can have us covered. I'll give it another 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:21.080 shout out this weekend, just because the Mets had a 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.440 lot of guys with forty four pros and we talked 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:27.080 to all of them. Dude, these gloves are incredible and 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:30.400 we gave one away at the game today as well, 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:35.000 or I should say on Saturday. And the look on 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:36.840 that kid's face when we gave him a forty four 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:40.159 pro custom glove was unbelievable. And you can go to 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:43.600 forty four pro dot com and use code Buco twenty 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.600 and you get twenty percent off a fully customizable glove. 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.200 You could throw a baseball card in one of these gloves, 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.359 the Pokemon card, whatever your heart desires. Go check them 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:55.240 out forty four pro. 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.040 Dare I say it? Dare I say it? 0:17:58.280 --> 0:17:58.639 Say it? 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.600 You could not have just one, but two Italian flags 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:02.240 on the club too. 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.000 Again, talk about Colin Farrell, Weaver and Oakan. That should 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.639 be illegal. You shouldn't be able to do that. 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:09.800 Shit. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.040 They allowed Scott to do it, and this is America, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:16.360 so why not throw eight hundred Italian flags on your 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:20.800 baseball glove that's totally fine where we live, Scott. I 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:25.280 think this is a good transition to talk about the Marlins. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:26.760 What do you got for us, Buddy. 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.480 Well, the Marlins entered the Series sixty and fifty nine, 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:34.800 third in the NL East, just above the Nationals and Mets. Tuesday, 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.800 luckily we get a day off, but Tuesday we've got 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.040 Paul Skins versus Yiy Perez. As I mentioned before, Big 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.480 on Big this year year he has a five and 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:48.600 nine record, three sixty one ERA twenty games started, a 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.040 one hundred and nine point two innings pitch, one hundred 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:52.800 and twenty one ks and one thirteen whip comes at 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.359 you with a four same sink or slider sweeper change curve. 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.639 The fastball sits in the upper nineties, creates creates tremendous 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.800 extension at his six foot eight frame, making the pitch 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:05.399 up here to jump on hitters. The slider generates substantial 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.560 swing and miss when he can bury it below the zone. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.560 Avoid chasing that pitch when behind in the count, because 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.520 that's what he's gonna go to. The change gives him 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.080 a legitimate weapon against left handed hitters. The command can 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.560 waiver when extending at bats. This is a power arm. Boys, 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:21.160 this is a guy that we struggled with in the past. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:25.560 Wednesday TBD for the buckos, you're gonna face right hinded 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:29.159 pitcher Jansen Junk this year five and seven of the 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.280 four to six three era in sixteen games, eighty one 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.280 and two thirds innings, pitch sixty two k's with a 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:40.880 one to three six whip. The arsenal is a for seing, sweeper, sinker, cutter, change. 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:43.400 You're getting a little bit of everything here. Doesn't overwhelm 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.000 hitters with velocity, but he gives hitters a lot of 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:50.040 different looks and relies on pitch mix, sequencing and deception. 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:52.720 The slider sweeper combo. 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.080 Is the primary put away option here, goes to the 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.120 pitch early and often. The changeup is used against left 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.560 handed hitters to generate week contact below the zone does 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:06.320 not walk a lot of guys here all right, runs extremely. 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:06.880 Low walk rate. 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:11.640 So couple that with hopefully not striking out a ton 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.160 and could be interesting for Jans and Junk. 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:18.000 I'll tell you what. Jansen Junk is an eighty grade 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.760 picture name. Junk. I mean, that's that's incredible. Let's go. 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:23.760 It would be your by the way. 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:25.600 You can get all these at bucko banter dot com. 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:27.240 If you put in your email and then opt in, 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:29.400 this will get sent and rent to your inbox real quick, 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:31.480 and j feel free to jump in. You have an 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:35.040 ultimate picture name like Jansen Junk really good. 0:20:36.920 --> 0:20:39.120 I can't think of anything better than that. Honestly, that's 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:39.760 pretty perfect. 0:20:40.359 --> 0:20:43.320 Yeah, there was a Royals picture name Scott blew It. 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:46.040 That's pretty good. Ball four is a good one too, 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:47.000 just ball four. 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:49.640 Yeah, that's a good one. Terrible one. 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:50.960 It's a bad one for a picture. 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:51.919 That's that's the point. 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:56.159 I know. It's we're talking about good picture names. 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:57.800 Junk is by far the best. 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:00.119 I can't think ee, I'll go with that. What's here? 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:00.879