WEBVTT - Padres trade rumors & targets 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:05.640 Kyle Blazer is dialed in on the San Diego Padres. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:08.680 He is the lead host of Friar Territory. Joining us 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.440 right now on foul Territory. One thing while we talk 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:14.400 to Kyle, please go to the Friar Territory YouTube channel 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:16.400 and just press subscribe. That's all we want you to do. 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:19.160 It is absolutely free to do that while this conversation 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.680 goes on. It would mean a lot. And now, Kyle, 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:23.680 give us your best stuff on what the Padres are 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:25.320 going to do over the next twenty four hours. 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:27.440 How you doing doing all right? 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:28.080 Guys? Look? 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.200 AJ Preller is always aggressive at the deadline. The Potters 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:35.280 are having conversations with multiple teams about multiple different combinations. 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.440 When you talk about AJ Preller and this Potters front office, 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.599 nothing is off the table. Big aggressive moves are their 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:43.800 mo that's what they like to do. There are some 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.199 limiting factors this year, just in terms of they're right 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:48.680 around the second luxury text threshold. They don't have a 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:51.200 lot of room to add payroll and their form system 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.040 it's not terrible, but it's not great. They have limited 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:55.840 players they can deal from there too, So there are 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.520 some limiting factors. But the Potters are always going to 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.520 be exploring big aggress moves, and they're at least having 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:02.920 those conversations again this year. 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.440 Okay, so let's dive into details. What do they need 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.720 and are there any particular names that you think that 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:10.640 they're looking for. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.080 Yeah, so the Podterys really have multiple areas they need 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:17.399 to upgrade in the lineup. They are bottom two in 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.280 the Majors by ops at catcher, left field, and d 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.080 H three different lineup spots. They're bottom two in the Majors, 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:27.360 so acquiring bats is priority number one. Look, we've seen 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:29.560 some of the names out there. Jared Duran, who realistically 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.200 likely isn't getting traded and the Potterys don't have what 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.880 it would take to acquire him. We've seen Stephen Kwan's name. Realistically, 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:37.959 in order for the Padres to get any sort of 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.679 player with multiple years of control and somewhat of a 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.440 salary commitment, they're going to have to move salary off 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.200 their books. And that's where you're starting to see discussions 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.320 about maybe trading Dylan c somewhere and then using that 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.200 payroll savings to go get two or three bats, because again, 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.440 they're not one bad way. They need multiple bats, and 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:56.920 that's tricky to do with the limited payroll room they 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:57.920 currently have right now. 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.840 Is there a move? Is there a move that gets 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:06.680 you that baseball trade for Cease or Robert Suarez? I 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.480 get it, you know they the Red Sox might not 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.360 want Robert Suarez for Duran. You know, is there a 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.520 move that you see out there that takes care of 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.280 their need and also possibly could move Suarez or Cease. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.480 Nothing that is an easy fit. I think realistically, if 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.560 the Potters chose to clear some payroll space and move 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.160 Dylan sees. Robert Swarez, as you mentioned, has a player 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.360 option after this year, he's likely going to opt out, 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:33.680 So if they chose to move them, it would likely 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.200 be for prospects. Then they create payroll savings and then 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.360 use that savings and maybe some of the prospects they 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.240 acquired to go acquire a big impact bat or two, 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.400 because moreder to get the quality of hitters they need. 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:46.560 They need the payroll space, but they also need some 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:48.080 more prospects to deal as well. 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:52.960 Give me the update on Michael King. It sounds like 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.280 he could be back soon, and we all know how 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.799 good he can be if he's feeling one hundred percent. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.040 I mean, he can be a number one starter and 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.960 a dude in the playoffs for them, and maybe that's 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:06.160 why they're feeling a little bit better about potentially trading 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.200 away Cease and having him at the top of the rotation. 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.600 Michael King, the last update was that Potters expect him 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.239 to be back sometime in August. Now, I will caution 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.080 the Padres are an organization that tends to say one 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.680 thing on a timeline, and it almost always takes longer, 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.280 so we'll see exactly when he returns. But realistically, part 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.600 of the reason the Potters are comfortable trading Dylan ceaes 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.320 he just hasn't been very good this year. You look 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:31.920 at some of the peripherals, you like that, but his 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.000 era is four point seventy nine. There's been a lot 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.120 of outings where he's laboring. We just saw him. There 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:38.880 are one hundred and two pitches to get through four 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:40.600 and two thirds innings. There's been a lot of ninety 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.000 five pitches for five innings, one hundred and three pitches 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.000 to get through six and some of the people who 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:46.840 look at the peripherals keep saying, oh, it's going to 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:48.920 get better, it's going to get better, it's just bad luck. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.400 It's actually getting worse. Dylan Seas has one quality start 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.440 in the last six weeks, and over those six weeks 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.000 he has a five point seven oh ERA. His fit 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.560 for people who like underlying statistics is in the mid 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:00.320 to high fives. 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:00.720 As well. 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.400 He's giving up a lot of hard contact this year, 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.280 and a lot of hard contact in the air. His 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.160 command has not been very good all year and it's 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.880 not getting better. So from the Potter's perspective, you look 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.080 at it and say, despite the fact that U Darbish 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:13.680 has been hurt most of the yer, Joel Musk Groves 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.240 out for the year after having TJ, Dylan Sees hasn't 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.800 been very effective, and Michael King is hurt. Despite that, 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:20.920 the Potters are top five in the majors in eer 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.560 whip and opponent's batting average. They feel like they have 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.279 enough starting pitching to pick up the slack if they 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.800 trade Dylan Cees not just for Michael King, but from 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:31.279 some of the other arms in the rotation that have 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.680 really stepped up and quietly had really good years, like 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.400 Ryan Berger, Randy Vasquez and a couple guys at the back. 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.040 Have there been conversations where questions asked of the padres 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:45.560 is Dylan sees healthy because you see you see free 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.920 agent seasons where pitchers are like players are like no, no, 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.839 I'm playing through this and some of the peripherals just 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:52.520 don't work out. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.719 Yeah, he is healthy. The issue has been command again. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.719 He is. His velocity is fine. He actually the majors 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.320 and strikeouts for nine. I think a lot of people 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.240 are missing that. And his command issues they're not manifesting 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:06.960 in the walks. He's not walking a lot of batters. 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.640 What's happening is he's getting into a lot of deep counts. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.240 He's falling behind and counts a lot, and then he's 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.760 also just missing over the plate a lot. Look, every 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.000 pitcher is going to have a mistake pitcher two or 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.280 three when you throw a hundred pitches a game. Dylan 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.800 Seese's problem has been he's making eight or nine mistake 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.720 pitches a game. He's averaging he's allowing about a hit 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.080 aen inning over the last six weeks. Again, you look 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.640 at all the baseball savant metrics, you know, hard hit rate, 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.839 barrel rate. He's in the bottom half of the league. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.320 So his stuff is good enough to miss bats when 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.920 he's hitting his spots, But there's been too many times 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:38.640 over the course of games he's not hitting his spots. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.560 And again it has been one or two mistakes a game, 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.520 it's been eight or nine, and he's giving up a 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:43.640 lot of hard contact. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.320 So if someoney who loves dylancies it hurts me to 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.160 say he's not having a dear because I wanted him 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.360 to win the cy Young this year because just I 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:55.120 love Dylance's so But more importantly to me, is we 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.240 keep hearing Suarez? Is he the only guy in the 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:59.919 bullpen they're willing to move? Or what about a match Suey, 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.200 your er, anybody else on that bullpen? I'm more a 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.760 hone or anybody they would be willing to talk about. 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:06.880 Or is it just swear as or bust? 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.960 And why I don't understand why they would trade Suarez 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:10.880 is not like he's super expensive and he's been really 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:12.200 effective for him. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.400 The Potters bullpen is absolutely their strength, and if they 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.719 don't have the trade from it, they certainly don't want to. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.560 But when you talk about again the Potters having all 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.600 the needs they do offensively and the lack of payroll space, 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.080 they're going to look at all potential options, and the 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.479 argument for trading Suarez is he's likely going to opt 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.520 out at the end of the year, and the Potters 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.560 can withstand his loss better than they could withstand a 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.880 loss some other parts of their team. You have Jason Adam, 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.880 you have Audrin Morhon, you have Jeremiah Strata. That would 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.440 be a pretty good seven, eight to nine. So again, 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.840 it's just going to come down to the right package, 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.320 the right player. Talk about other guys they could trade 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.520 Yuki Matsuie. They would love to shed that salary, but 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:50.960 his has been the high four to low fives. He 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.039 just has not been very effective. I can't see many 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.800 teams taking him on with twenty million dollars left on 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.560 his contract over multiple years. Wandy Perolt is a fine lefty, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.240 but he has two player options after this year that 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.320 you really don't want him to pick up if you're 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.960 an acquiring team. So it's a little bit tricky. 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Slash val used 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.160 the code foul to get twenty percent off your first 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:19.960 slab pack or card purchase. 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.880 Okay, let's actually talk about the team. Now they're playing well. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.800 They're playing really well. Right now, they're swinging the bad. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.400 Bogarts is just kind of turned a corner a little bit. 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.920 What's changed. What's changed for these Padres. 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.280 Their best hitters are all actually hitting at the same time, 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:40.280 which is something that happen season. Xander Bogarts was one 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.199 of the worst hitters in baseball. For the first two 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.000 and a half months, he was bottom ten among all 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.640 qualified hitters OPS. Over the last month and a half, 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.920 he's hitting well over three hundred with an OPS over 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.960 nine thirty Fantasis Junior. Over his last twenty games, he's 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:53.920 hitting over three hundred with an OPS. So in the 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.520 nine to forties, Jackson Merril was slumping. He had a 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.360 two hor orn game against the Phillies. He's on a 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.360 nine game hitting streak. Any Machado and looser Rise have 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.000 been pretty consistent all year. So now that the Potters 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.320 are getting all of their key hitters swinging the bat 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.880 at the same time, we're seeing them reach levels of 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.280 offense they haven't for a while. The Potters have scored 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.080 seven plus runs in half of their game since the 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.280 All Star break. They didn't score seven runs in a 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.920 game for a full month before that. So the key 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.600 guys hitting is a big, big reason why. At the 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.319 same time, guys are gonna have ups and downs. They're 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.000 gonna have highs and lows, as we've seen from all 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.600 these guys this year. So the potters can't just count 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.840 on all these guys being hot at the exact same 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.040 time for two months straight, really three months straight. They 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.000 need to get some other hitters to supplement to be 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:37.760 able to pick up the slack when one of those 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.080 guys gets hurt or goes through a slump, as they 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.800 inevitably will because we're talking about baseball, it happens. 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:47.079 Baseball's hard, Kyle. Just remember hitting is really hard to do. 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.120 So it does feel like this, okay, And the best 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.079 ones keep the low's high and the highs higher, all right, 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.120 But what about the starting pitcher for tonight, you, Darvish 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.360 oh and three with over nine ERA a lot of 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.880 high whip, hasn't been able to go deep, has been 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.319 able to miss a lot of bats. He's over forty 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.679 years old. Now, like, what are we looking at here 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.640 with you, Darvish? I know he's signed right for a 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:07.680 couple more years too. 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.400 Yeah, the Potters gave him an extension he signed through 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.600 age forty two. You, Darvish is still in a lot 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.320 of ways building up from his elbow inflammation that kept 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.280 him out for most of the season. You have to 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.040 remember he only made one rehab start, came out of 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:23.880 that with some elbow tightness, and after that was just 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.160 throwing simulated games, was throwing some sides, some bullpen sessions. 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.520 He didn't really have much of a build up in 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.000 terms of two or three rehab starts to get used 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.439 to the adrenaline, the feel of pitching an actual game. 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.720 That's what these last three starts have been. They've almost 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.560 been part of his rehab process. The Padres hope is 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.680 now as we move into start four or five, six, 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.240 we start to see some improvements and get back to 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.280 the old U darbish. They're not too worried about his 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.240 last three starts just because the way his rehab went. 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.280 But if this continues, yeah, it's going to be a concern. 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.160 On the back of the had elbow tightness. Like I 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.560 don't know, I mean, I like, you need you can't 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:00.600 afford if you're the Padres, you can't afford to get away. 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:05.760 Games, and again they gave him a little bit of 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.800 time off after that elbow tightness, and they decided the 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.920 best rehab continuation from that elbow tightness was to just 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.280 keep him throwing stimulated games and off to the side. 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.679 So whether that was wise or not is obviously up 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:19.480 for debate, but that was the decision they made. 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:22.880 He hadn't pitched for most of the season. 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:24.600 I know that, but you would think you need to 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.680 rehab to build up. I mean, this isn't This isn't 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.800 Otani where you get an extra roster spot to build 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.800 a guy up in the middle of the season. This 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.840 is like games of Padres need. Padres are in the 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.400 thick of it. That's why I don't know. That's why 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.640 it's surprising to hear and listen, I played with you, 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:41.760 I've done you for a long time, so I mean, 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:43.240 if anyone could do it would be you. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:43.680 Darbish. 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:49.720 But man, the Padres. These are important games for the Padres. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.880 No question about it. And look, the Padres. Part of 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.280 the reason they're in position to be aggressive buyers at 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.760 the deadline is they have been playing well. They had 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.120 a losing record in June, their first losing month July 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.480 got off to an uneven start, but they've won four straight, 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.679 taking the last two against the Cardinals in Saint Louis, 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:04.719 which is always tough. Taking the first two of a 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.319 series against the Mets. They want a series against the Phillies. 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.800 The Potters are fifty nine and forty nine. They've actually 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.000 created some breathing room between them and the rest of 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.520 the wild card field. They're three games up on the Reds, 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.440 who are the first team out, the Potters the last 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.520 team in right now. There was a point earlier this 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.640 month the Potters had fallen out of playoff position and 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.080 their record was creeping closer and close to five hundred. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.720 To their credit, in large part because of how good 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.319 the offense has been recently and again the bullpen being 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.959 lights out. The Potters are playing really well and that 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.400 is what has put them in position to be aggressive 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.160 and make some of these potentially big, aggressive type of moves. 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:37.959 Three weeks ago, it wasn't clear they were going to 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:39.280 be in a position to do this, and to the 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.679 team's credit, they have put themselves in position. 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.280 Yeah, and if there's two or three more of these starts, 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.240 for Darbish, he'll probably go back on the aisle. Yeah, 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.559 I know they're trying to say. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.200 First two or three or you know, if it comes 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:53.840 down to it, which at one point it will look 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.240 like it was. That could be the difference between getting 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.480 and not getting it. But you know, they have created 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.200 some distance because some other have kind of falling apart. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.280 Gosh, the Giants, Yeah, Giants are one of them. Yeah, 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.079 the Giants really fell apart. Let's finish with that, Kyle. 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.640 The NL West was looked at at this super division 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.320 for the first couple months of the year. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:14.400 What happened. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.720 The Giants and Diamondbacks fell off. The Diamondbacks didn't get 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.080 off to a great start, but there was a point 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:21.600 where they were starting to pick it up. You saw 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:25.000 this explosive offense, but the pitching just combination didn't stay 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.679 healthy or effective enough. So they obviously fallen off. Now 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.920 they're clear sellers. And look, the Giants offense has been 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:32.960 one of the worst in baseball for the better part 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.920 of three months now. It started on May fifteenth and 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.720 hasn't really gotten better. They were still able to scratch 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.080 out some games. They acquired Raffield Devers. You say, hey, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.559 they're in position to take off. Instead, they have the 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.520 worst record in baseball since June fifteenth, when they acquired 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.720 Devers and Devers has not been great. But it's not 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.960 like it's been his fault. The entire offense has just 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.559 not been producing. A lot of guys are not performing 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.640 to levels they should, and this has kind of been 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.360 a problem for the Giants year in a year out 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.800 finding the right offensive mix. Once again, it just isn't happening. 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.400 And to the Podgers credit, they have taken advantage. Their 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.439 offense was almost as bad as the Giants for the 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.160 same stretch, but they did a better job staying afloat, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.640 and then once their guys started finding their rhythm again, 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.440 they've been able to create some separation. 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.080 Kyle, great stuff. I'm sure we'll be chatting and we'll 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.840 be hearing from you on Friar Territory when aj Preler 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:21.440 does his thing, and we know he will. 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:24.960 Right absolutely, we'll have a full wrap up show. We've 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:26.760 got Heath Belt, We've got Mike Cameron, We've got all 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.160 sorts of guests, so we will have you covered top 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:30.880 to bottom for whatever the Potters do. 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.040 Thank you, Kyle, we'll talk to you soon. 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:34.960 Subscribe to Friar Territory. 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:37.400 Too, that's what I wanted to say. Yeah, absolutely, there 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.440 it is. There's Kyle and Heath. They'll be breaking down 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:44.600 trades for you, so head over to Friar Territory. They're 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.280 looking for their one thousand subs. They're in the mid 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.360 eight so give them a little love right now. Kyle's 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.520 one of the best and nicest in the biz.