1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: And the Roma hustling yesterday just typing away, typing away, 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: the Houston astros were making moves, making headlines, and he 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: covers them for The Athletic, along with Crush City Territory, 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: which you should check out, subscribe to it on YouTube 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. I want to start 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: this way, Chandler, the headliner astro's Trade Deadline takeaways. You 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: wrote Jim Crane cements his title as Baseball's most aggressive owner. 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Can you elaborate on that one? 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: If I want to give a shout out to Tyler 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: Stafford and Josh Reddick who ran Crush City Territory today solo. 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: Excellent job by both of them. Please go rate, review, 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: please like and watch that they did a great job. Yeah, 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 2: it's difficult to call Jim Crane anything else other than 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: the most aggressive. Notice I said most aggressive owner at 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: the trade deadline. You know, look aj Preller, very Depoto. 16 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: They obviously get their flowers as guys that wheel undeal 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: a bunch, but no owner is quite like Jim Crane, 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 2: a guy that when he has somebody that he wants, 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: when he has identified players as I want this guy 20 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: nine times out of ten. The Astros get them. You know, 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: you look at Justin Verlander in twenty seventeen. Again in 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. We had Jeff Luno on Crush City 23 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: Territory a couple of weeks ago, and he basically said 24 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 2: that Jim Crane was a huge factor in getting Zach 25 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: Grinkey in twenty nineteen. Remember too that the Astros had 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: a deal agreed upon to acquire Bryce Harper from the 27 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: Nationals in twenty eighteen that was nixed by Nationals ownership. 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: And then also bear in mind that at the twenty 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 2: twenty three deadline, Jim Crane came out and said, we 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: tried to acquire two players from the Padres. It was 31 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: Blake Snell and Josh Hater. They couldn't get on the 32 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: same page. Ended up pivoting to Verlander. Boo did Jim 33 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: Crane and Dana Brown sign the next winner Josh Hater. 34 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: So look, if if Jim Crane sees that the Astros 35 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: his team has a legitimate shot at a chanceampionship, he 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: breaks all precedent. He kind of loosens his restrictions if 37 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: you will, on money and see and the luxury tax, 38 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: things of that nature. And he goes for it, and 39 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: you have to commend him for that as an owner 40 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: that is disaggressive, as an owner that prioritizes winning this much, 41 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: and an owner that sometimes just says, you know what, 42 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: through it, We're going for it, We're going all in, 43 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: We're pushing our chips all and that's what this team did. 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: That's what he did. At the deadline. The Ashers needed 45 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 2: a jolt, They needed some energy in their clubhouse. They 46 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: lost twelve of nineteen going into the deadline. Their lineup 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: has just been ravaged by injury. And you know, there 48 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: were other hitters out there that maybe made more fiscal sense. 49 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: There were hitters out there that maybe fit the lineup 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 2: a little bit better. But no one has the pachet, 51 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: no one has the star power, and no one can 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 2: bring a jolt to the city of Houston and the 53 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: Asher's Clubhouse like Carlos Korean. 54 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 3: Well that's my next question. Jim Craig just love stars, 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 3: doesn't he He loves stars. Carlos Korea is a star. And 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 3: we had Bob Nightingale earlier who said this was an 57 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 3: owner to oh, this was a poll out, and Jim 58 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 3: Crane Trade GMS be damned, this was a pollout. And 59 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: Jim Crane trade that was done between the two involving 60 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 3: all the money. So how much of that is true? 61 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 3: And why does Jim Crane love stars so much? I mean, 62 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: it's amazing he loves collecting him. 63 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: I mean, you'd have to ask Jim why he loves 64 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: stars so much. But I think I think a little 65 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: bit of it is, you know, stars are more you know, 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 2: there's a little more assurance there. There's a little more 67 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: guarantee that these stars are going to come in and 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: perform well. You know, you don't know how getting a 69 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: guy from maybe an uneasy situation or a guy that's 70 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: never been in the spotlight, a guy that's never been 71 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: in kind of the pressure cooker that is when you 72 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: come into an Astros clubhouse that expects to contend for 73 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: the World Series every years. There's a lot of pressure there, 74 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: and you know, there's people that are meant to handle that. 75 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 2: There's people that, you know, as Dana Brown likes to say, 76 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: have the stomach for it. Carlos Korea is certainly one 77 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: of those guys. Justin Berlander as we know as one 78 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: of those guys. Bryce Harper would have been and still 79 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: is in twenty eighteen, Zach Grinkey got them to within 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: I believe, eight outs of a world series in twenty nineteen, 81 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: so that's part of it. You know, Look, Jim Crane 82 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 2: had a huge hand in this. Dan Hayes and I 83 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: at the Athletic, you know, when this started the summer 84 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 2: on Wednesday, you know, we wrote a story that basically said, look, 85 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: there were sources from both the Twin side and the 86 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: Astros side that were really downplaying this as a possibility. 87 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: You know, it could happen, but it's very, very unlikely 88 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: to happen. But every Astros person that I kept talking 89 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: to there was just kind of this inherent understanding with them. 90 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: You know. 91 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: They would they would say everything, and they'd be like, 92 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: but you know, Gim's involved, and Jim is usually when 93 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 2: Jim Crane has his eyes on something, nine times out 94 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: of ten he gets it. And I trust Bob implicitly. 95 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: I do believe that it was a lot of you know, 96 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 2: Jim Crane to the pole ads there in Minnesota. I 97 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 2: think that is true. And that is the case because 98 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: with the amount of money you're talking about here, with 99 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: the amount of money that the Twins are paying, with 100 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: the amount of money that the ashers are taking on. 101 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 2: That's an ownership level decision. That would have been the 102 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: case in twenty nine, twenty eight. Other teams too, like 103 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: ownership would have had to get involved. So, but make 104 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: no mistake this, Jim Crane's influence in this deal was massive. 105 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 4: We're used was jolt that Carlos Correa is gonna bring 106 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: to this team. You look at these stats right now. 107 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 4: Is there gonna be a jolt? I get it. You 108 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 4: can have clubhouse guys, but you know what clubhouse guys 109 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 4: get paid. They get paid what I got paid. It's 110 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: a it's a half a year thing. It's a you 111 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 4: know it's under You don't have two commas in your paychecks. 112 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 4: Jim Crane's a very successful businessman, and successful businessmen do 113 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 4: not waste their money. Is there a chance they see 114 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 4: something that maybe could be unlocked, especially with moving to 115 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 4: third base and maybe getting him off his feet. I'm 116 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 4: assuming they know what his foot injury was. Is there 117 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: something there or is it just a complete roll of 118 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 4: the dice for seventy some million dollars. 119 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: Well, first of all, Kratz, you've shared a clubhouse with Korea. 120 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: You know the influence and the impact just his presence 121 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 2: has like sometimes he doesn't even need to speak, it's 122 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: just his his aura and his being there. It just 123 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: kind of alters the way a clubhouse functions. You know, 124 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 2: he's a guy that can team with Jose Altuve and 125 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: really be, you know, the leaders of this clubhouse. When 126 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 2: he left in twenty twenty one, he was the unquestioned 127 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: leader of the Astros clubhouse vocally, presence wise. Sometimes he 128 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: didn't even need to speak, but a lot of times 129 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: he did use his words and was the leader. So 130 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: that'll help, you know. I do worry, not worry. Worry's 131 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: probably the wrong word. I do find it fascinating to 132 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: look at his stats because, look, this isn't the same 133 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: Carlos Korea that left here in twenty twenty one. I 134 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: believe he was worth ten point four war in his 135 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: Minnesota Twins tenure. He had two separate seasons with the 136 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 2: Astros worth seven war. This is the player that has 137 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: on paper declined. I have not watched Carlos play a 138 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: bunch since he left, so I can't tell you specifically. 139 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 2: It's this, this, and this. Some of that has been 140 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: injury related. He had the oblique issue earlier in his 141 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: Twins career. He's had some foot issues, he had some 142 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 2: planner fasciitis issues. Part of it is he's got to 143 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 2: stay on the field. Part of it too, You know, 144 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: I have no doubts that he'll transition to third base 145 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: and be absolutely excellent there. The one thing that has 146 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: never fallen off as his defense, Like he's one of 147 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: the better defensive shortstops I've ever seen. I think that'll 148 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: be a seamless kind of transition him going to third base, 149 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 2: and who knows, maybe there's something there like there was 150 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 2: with jose Al Tuove when Josel Tuove moved a left 151 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 2: field in spring training. I think I've told you guys 152 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: before that this is the most engaged and the most 153 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: like happy and energetic I've ever seen Josel Tuba in 154 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: the eight years I've covered, and that position switch kind 155 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 2: of energized him. Maybe that can be the case for 156 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: Korean even though it's only moving over a few feet 157 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: on the left side of the field, Maybe that can 158 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 2: be the case. He has he has said that he 159 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: want he wanted to play third base. He has he 160 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: had talked to the Twins about doing that, but the 161 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: roster construction just never lent itself to playing third base. 162 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: So third base is not the worry for me. What 163 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: I would worry about a little bit is the offensive numbers. 164 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: The slug has not been there recently, you know, you 165 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 2: look at he's been susceptible to sliders. The batting average 166 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: is still he's round, still round, a two sixty two 167 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 2: seventy hitter, but just has not provided the thump that 168 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 2: they need. But if this lineup gets at full strength, 169 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: then you have Jeremy Pana and Jordan Alvarez back and 170 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: joseel tub who's having a nice year, and then Jake 171 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,559 Speaker 2: Myers who's hitting three hundred if he can come back. 172 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 2: You look at it, and he doesn't really have to 173 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 2: be this one thousand ops guy that's going to carry 174 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 2: the lineup. He'll be surrounded by some pretty good pieces there. 175 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 2: But that's a big if. If the Astros get back 176 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: to full strength. 177 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 4: All right, not to discourage or to say what you 178 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 4: said was wrong, but a minus two who outs above 179 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 4: average maybe as fielding range is men third base increases that. 180 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 4: I get what you're saying. The aura, the aura factory. 181 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 4: It makes my kids cringe when I say that, But 182 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 4: you're in Fenway. Right now, the two teams are gonna 183 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 4: play against each other that that did not do anything 184 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 4: to take care of their starting pitching needs. Who's in 185 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,599 Speaker 4: a worse spot, the Astros or the Red Sox with 186 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 4: their starting pitching? And where are the Astros at what 187 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 4: they're starting pitching because they didn't get ceased, they thought 188 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 4: that was gonna get pushed across the finish line. 189 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, as far as the Astros go, they're gonna have 190 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: to hope and pray that Christian Javier and JP Frantz 191 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 2: and Spencer Aarraghetti and Luis Garcia they come back. And look, 192 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 2: it seems now they are going to get all four 193 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: of those guys back. They are going to activate them 194 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 2: off the injured list at some point and they're going 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: to be on a major league mound. The question is 196 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 2: their efficiency. You know, Christian Haavier hasn't pitched a major 197 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 2: league game in thirteen months, Luis Garcia hasn't pitched a 198 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 2: major league game in twenty seven months. Spencer Araghetti is 199 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 2: probably the more sure thing out of this, uh, these 200 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 2: four guys, because he did pitch some this season and 201 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: he's not coming back from you know, reconstructive elbow surgery 202 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 2: or a long thing. He just broke his thumb on 203 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 2: his right hand. Not that that's a nothing injury, but 204 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 2: certainly not to the level that Javier France and Garcia 205 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: have been through. So they've looked okay, most of them 206 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: have looked okay in their minor league rehab starts. But 207 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 2: you know, it's a different animal at the big league level, 208 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: and they're gonna have to roll the dice here that 209 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: these guys are ready to get out at the big 210 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 2: league level. You know, Dana Brown was asked yesterday why 211 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 2: they didn't acquire pitching, and it was the answer was 212 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: pretty simple. The prices were just too high in lieu 213 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: of trading away some of either the one zero to 214 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 2: three controllable talent they have or some of their precious 215 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 2: few top prospects. You know, Jim Crain decided to take 216 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: on the month, take on Carlos Carea's money, and that 217 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 2: allowed them to keep a lot of their controllable talent 218 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 2: and their prospects in the system. You know, they were 219 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 2: very hard after Dylan ceased. Dylan Cease was their primary 220 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 2: target throughout this deadline until the Carlos Correa stuff really 221 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 2: started to pop up. So the fact that they went 222 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: so hard after dylan cease does kind of reaffirm that 223 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 2: there is at least some worry about what these injured 224 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: guys are going to come back and provide. But look, 225 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 2: they're in a good spot with the top two guys 226 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: in their rotation. Hunter Brown's going tonight and he hasn't 227 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 2: been as dominant in his last four or five starts. 228 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 2: I think tonight is a pretty crucial start for him, 229 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 2: just to see if he can get back on track 230 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 2: and get deeper into the games. Pitch efficiency has been 231 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: a problem for him lately. Froberveldez has been incredible the 232 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: last two or three months. You know, you kind of 233 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 2: pencil him in as a guy you know you're going 234 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 2: to get six or seven innings out of every time 235 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 2: they go out there. They feel comfortable with those two guys. 236 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: They feel comfortable set up man Brian A. 237 00:11:58,960 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 4: Bray. 238 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: Obviously John at the back end has done great work, 239 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: but everything behind that there's a lot of question marks. 240 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: And it's proof that with how hard they were pushing 241 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 2: for Dylan Cees that they know that this could go 242 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: awry a little bit. Not saying it will, but they're 243 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 2: putting a lot of confidence and some injured guys that 244 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: have not been on a major league mound in a 245 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 2: while to come back in a pressure filled situation in 246 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: a race for the division and get out and get 247 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: them deep into games. And that's a dangerous gamble to wage. 248 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: Chandler last one. Let's grade it. Just give us a 249 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: grade for their trade deadline? Did you do one for 250 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: the athletic. 251 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: I didn't do one myself. I probably give them a 252 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 2: B plus. You know that look they had. We haven't 253 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 2: talked about Haesue Sanchez yet. I think that's probably the 254 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: biggest acquisite. Like obviously Carlos Carea is Carlos Carea We're 255 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 2: gonna put into the side for a minute, but functionally 256 00:12:56,280 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 2: for their roster, getting Hayesue Sanchez was massive. This is 257 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: this is a lineup that has taken the fewest at 258 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: bats against left handed pitching all season. This is a 259 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 2: lineup that is very, very right handled. He sus Sanchez 260 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: comes in and he has like something like an eight 261 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: to fourteen ops against right handed pitching. Left he hits 262 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 2: left handed, will bring balance to their lineup while your 263 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: and Alvarez is out, will continue to bring it. Once 264 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: he's back, and I think more importantly, they can spell 265 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 2: Cam Smith now on right field because as we've watched 266 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: Cam Smith really since the All Star break, it looks 267 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: like the rookie wall is approaching for him. If he's 268 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: not hit it already, he's coming dangerously close to hitting it. 269 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 2: He's up toward a workload in a threshold that he's 270 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 2: never played before. He's never played this much. So they 271 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: can now maybe put him in a semi platoon situation. 272 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 2: Start Sanchez against a bunch of right handed pitching, bring 273 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: Cam back against some lefties. I don't think it's going 274 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 2: to be a strict platoon in that way, but this 275 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 2: will help Cam Smith out a bunch. It will help, 276 00:13:55,160 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 2: you know, managers, not avoid managers just unleashing all their 277 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: right handed hitter, all their right handed pitching on this 278 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 2: all right handed lineup. It'll give them some second thoughts 279 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 2: as to how they deploy their pitching staff. But you know, 280 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 2: I think that was a pickup that went under the 281 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 2: radar because of what happened with Korea. But I do 282 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: think because they didn't address the rotation or the bullpen, 283 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: because they didn't get at least some pitching help. I 284 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: would have to give it a B plus, but all 285 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: in all, a good deadline for Dana Brown the Astros. 286 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you, good stuff. Chandler, thanks for the 287 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: time and what a day, What a day. It was 288 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: fun to watch it, cover it on Twitter and in 289 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: the Athletic. Thanks man. And then of course yeah it's problem. Tyler, 290 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: Stafford and Josh Reddick on the way out here on 291 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: Chush Citty Territory taking over. That's Chandler room. You can 292 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: catch him Reddick sometimes, Stafford all the time. Part of 293 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: the FT Network. Check them out YouTube wherever you get 294 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: your pods. They're great and sort the astros this year 295 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: and every year for the past decade.