WEBVTT - Soroka, Lawlar Exit Early But Carroll & D-backs Cruise Past Twins

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part

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<v Speaker 1>Jesse Friedman alongside the one and only Jack Summers. We

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<v Speaker 1>are both at Chase Field after this Diamondbacks win over

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<v Speaker 1>the Minnesota Twins. A little odd that we're still in

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<v Speaker 1>like two different parts of the screen here winds up

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<v Speaker 1>being technologically easier for us to run the show from

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<v Speaker 1>two different locations, but we are both at Chase Field

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<v Speaker 1>and Jack we witnessed quite a few things throughout the day,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, Diamondbacks with a big win over the Minnesota

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<v Speaker 1>Twins by a score of nine to five. But maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the larger storyline today Jack was just a whole lot

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<v Speaker 1>of injury news across the board.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been brutal. In the words of Tory Leavello, he

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<v Speaker 2>did not hold back. He said, it's just been absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>brutal the last twenty four hours, and I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>there's really any other way to describe it. We've written about,

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<v Speaker 2>we've talked about, you know, the importance of staying healthy

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<v Speaker 2>and we've seen what can happen to a team, and

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<v Speaker 2>it just seems like with the Diamondbacks, for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 2>when it hits the fan, it all hits at once.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know why that is. It just seems that

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<v Speaker 3>they all come in such a.

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<v Speaker 2>Compact period of time when these injuries hit, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>certainly what they're experiencing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So before the game, we got some updates from Tory

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<v Speaker 1>Lavello about Ryan Nelson and aj Puck. We'll get into

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<v Speaker 1>those a little bit later in the show. Not great

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<v Speaker 1>news with either of those guys, but the more immediate

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<v Speaker 1>news during the game, both Michael Soroka and Jordan Lawler

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<v Speaker 1>exited the game early.

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<v Speaker 4>Soroka pitched a scoreless first.

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<v Speaker 1>Inning, but then felt a grab in what was ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>seemed a left glute discomfort injury. That was the final

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<v Speaker 1>diagnosis that Tory Lavello just gave us when we spoke

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<v Speaker 1>with him, and yeah, he threw one warm up pitch

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<v Speaker 1>and felt something and didn't feel like he could throw

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<v Speaker 1>any more warm up tosses. Diamondbacks aside to just go

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<v Speaker 1>to the bullpen the rest of the way. Soroka will

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<v Speaker 1>get imaging tomorrow Tory was sort of non committal about

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<v Speaker 1>his status moving forward. He did kind of acknowledge though

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<v Speaker 1>that Soroka is probably not going to make his next start.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the other big injury report from during the

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<v Speaker 1>game Jordan Lawler. In the bottom of the eighth inning,

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<v Speaker 1>after running out an infield single, he suffered a right

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<v Speaker 1>hamstring strain and he also is going to have imaging tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>We did speak with him just a couple minutes ago, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>and unfortunately it did not feel like Jordan Lawler was

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<v Speaker 1>feeling very optimistic. And of course he has quite a

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<v Speaker 1>track record of hamstring injuries at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think they actually initially described as hamstring tightness.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course he's going to get an MRI and see

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<v Speaker 3>what it is. But like you said, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>He injured his hamstring quite badly, you know, last year,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he had to you know, come back from

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<v Speaker 2>that again. I think he re injured it twice, or

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<v Speaker 2>at least a second. I think he injured it and

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<v Speaker 2>then he re injured it, and when he reinjured it,

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<v Speaker 2>he was out for a much longer period of time.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, this is not great and clearly anything

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<v Speaker 2>to do with the hamstrings. He was very unhappy about.

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<v Speaker 2>Soroka was pretty down too. I mean, like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was very subdued. He's been through an awful lot

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<v Speaker 2>in his career, you know, and he's worked so hard

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<v Speaker 2>to come back and to stay healthy. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>just got a workout and training regimen to try to

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<v Speaker 2>keep himself as healthy as possible, and so you could

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<v Speaker 2>just really see the disappointment and frustration on his face

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<v Speaker 2>as well as Jordan's, you know, and especially, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're playing so darn well. I mean, Soroka's been you know,

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<v Speaker 2>neck and neck with Erod for the best pitcher on

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<v Speaker 2>the team. Jordan has been a breath of fresh air

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<v Speaker 2>since he came back, playing athletically, running around, making plays.

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<v Speaker 2>His bat was coming around, as he said, his timing

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<v Speaker 2>was getting there. I just can't even fathom how this

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<v Speaker 2>team overcomes this in the short term, especially with the

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<v Speaker 2>schedule they have coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's always tough to have guys go down with injury.

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<v Speaker 1>It's particularly tough when it's two of really your best players.

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<v Speaker 1>This season, at least for Lawler, when he's been healthy,

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<v Speaker 1>he has been really everything you could have hoped for.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned Soroka's injury track record. I know you tweeted

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<v Speaker 1>out this injury log a little bit earlier in the day,

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<v Speaker 1>and this was something that we talked about when the

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks first signed Michael Soroka. Maybe there is a world

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<v Speaker 1>where he could turn things around and you know, get

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<v Speaker 1>back to the pitcher he was when he first came

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<v Speaker 1>up with the Brave, and that is exactly what's happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's been tremendous, but on the flip side,

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<v Speaker 1>we kind of warned from the beginning, this probably isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that you're gonna get one hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and eighty innings from. He just hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>able to do that really at any point in his

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<v Speaker 1>career outside of his very first season in the league,

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<v Speaker 1>and you see the log here with several shoulder injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, there was the big ACL injury back in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty. He's had achilles issues a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 1>So for Soroka, it hasn't just been about keeping his

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<v Speaker 1>arm healthy. It's been about keeping his lower half healthy

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<v Speaker 1>as well. And totally possible that this winds up being

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<v Speaker 1>not a serious injury. But when you're already down Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson and trying to figure out what to do there.

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<v Speaker 1>The last thing that d Bacs needed was was any

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<v Speaker 1>other starting pitcher to miss time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean nine IL stands for Michael Soroka. Looks

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<v Speaker 2>like number ten is coming up, you know. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's gonna have to miss a start, they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to put him on the I L and

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<v Speaker 2>use that roster spot.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, my guess is.

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<v Speaker 2>Lawlor's probably gonna end up on the I L as well.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, in his case, it might be a short

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<v Speaker 2>stint if it's just a mild tightness or mild strain,

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<v Speaker 2>but even a mild strain you're looking at a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks usually, so, you know, not great. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if we come in tomorrow and find out that Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>Lawler has missed the you know, won't have to go

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<v Speaker 2>on the I L, that'll be great news. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>almost certain that Soroka will we'll have to hit the

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<v Speaker 2>IL and for the pictures, that's fifteen days, not ten, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So you're looking at you know, three starts basically at

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<v Speaker 2>the least that he's going to miss, so very tough

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<v Speaker 2>news for him. And very tough news for the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of a you know, bittersweet victory tonight. They played well,

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<v Speaker 2>the bullpen was just incredible. I mean, you know, you think, well,

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<v Speaker 2>they give up four runs, but I mean they had

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<v Speaker 2>no warning. I mean they had to pick up from

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<v Speaker 2>inning number two, you know, and so to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get through this game.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the offense in.

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<v Speaker 2>Corbyn Carroll, Holy cal I think this Corbyn Carroll guy

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<v Speaker 2>might be pretty good.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he can stick. What do you think, Jess,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I think I need to see more.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I need to see him actually take the

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<v Speaker 1>franchise lead in triples and not just tie Steven Drew,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what he did with that triple there.

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<v Speaker 4>In the eighth inning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Corbin had an unbelievable game, three for four with

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<v Speaker 1>a walk, four runs batted in. He continues to be

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<v Speaker 1>outrageously good against left handed pitching, in particular. The two

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<v Speaker 1>of the three hits and the walk as well came

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<v Speaker 1>against Connor Prelip, left handed starter for the Twins today.

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<v Speaker 1>So Corbin is really he's kind of been the engine

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<v Speaker 1>jack that has held this team together. I mean, with

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<v Speaker 1>kateel Marte kind of going in and out a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit here, and I know Gabby Mourno's heated up, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's also his time and and isn't you know, isn't

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<v Speaker 1>able to play every single day as a catcher. And

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<v Speaker 1>so Corbyn Carroll is far and away the Diamondbacks most

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<v Speaker 1>valuable player at this point and coming into the year,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we figured this could be a really big

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<v Speaker 1>season for him, and he's delivered in that, on that

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<v Speaker 1>and in every way imaginable.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean it was kind of funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I was joking with him a little bit because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was on TV, of course, and he's running around

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<v Speaker 2>in the outfield catching line drives while he's mid sentenced

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<v Speaker 2>talking to the guys on TV, and he just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of all shocked. You know, it was all right, he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad I'm not an infielder. You know, that'd be

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<v Speaker 2>tough to do that as an infield because of all

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<v Speaker 2>against at your fast but in the outfield you have

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of time to react. But I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy, what a season. If I can't believe that

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<v Speaker 2>he was eighth in the All Star voting. Hopefully, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Diamondbacks fans step up and at least bump them up

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<v Speaker 2>a little but higher.

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<v Speaker 3>But there's no doubt he's an All Star. He's going

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<v Speaker 3>to make it.

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<v Speaker 2>One note I wanted to say about this game too,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the bottom of the order six, seven, eight nine.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean Nolan had two hits, scored a run.

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<v Speaker 2>Ildemaro Vargas had a two run single, it was a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty hot shot, got past a shortstop. Jordan of course

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<v Speaker 2>had the two base hits, the bunt bass hit that

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<v Speaker 2>he ended up leaving the game. Tommy Troy scored a run,

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<v Speaker 2>pitche running for him. Lou James Gruver had a double

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<v Speaker 2>and scored almost just missed a home run, and then

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<v Speaker 2>Pevin Smith had a.

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<v Speaker 3>Pinch hit base hit.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a lot of traffic coming from the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>of the order, setting it up for the top, which

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly what they've been hoping to get, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>what really made the difference on the offensive side of

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<v Speaker 2>things tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks had a ton of base runners in this game.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was thirteen hits, four walks. Gabby Mourno

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<v Speaker 1>reached on an air at one point as well, so

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's eighteen base runners altogether, and even though

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<v Speaker 1>there were some moments with runners in scoring position where

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<v Speaker 1>things didn't go their way, especially early on in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Dbacks got the big hits that they needed to ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>put up nine runs on the board and are able

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<v Speaker 1>to come away with a win. Going back to Corbyn

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<v Speaker 1>real quick, he made a very nice catch in the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom of the second inning. I believe it was immediately

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<v Speaker 1>before a solo home run by the Twins that would

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<v Speaker 1>have been a two run shot had Corbin not made

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<v Speaker 1>that play. I believe that was Victor Karattini's home run

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<v Speaker 1>in the second inning, So that was, yeah, twelve percent

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<v Speaker 1>catch probability. Corbyn Carroll going to his right kind of

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<v Speaker 1>his signature sliding grab moving in that direction, and he

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's also emerged as one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>defenders in right field and baseball. Certainly he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>the arm that some right fielders do, but in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of range, he was already I think in the ninety

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<v Speaker 1>six percentile and ou it's above average entering this game,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you see him go out there and make

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<v Speaker 1>what was really a spectacular catch. Corbyn is just it's

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<v Speaker 1>really all coming together and he is everything you possibly

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<v Speaker 1>could hope for.

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<v Speaker 4>In a star player.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, by the way, Lord just made a nice play

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<v Speaker 2>just before that. I don't know what to catch probability

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<v Speaker 2>was probably got a little late jumper, a little slow

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<v Speaker 2>getting there, but he ended up sliding and making a

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<v Speaker 2>really nice play on a pop up in no man's land.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, so that was really key too, because

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<v Speaker 2>that could have been a three run homer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, that is very true. And of course before

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<v Speaker 1>Corbyn came through with the big bass clearing triple in

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<v Speaker 1>the eighth inning, things are getting a little dicey for

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<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks. Kevin Ginkel gave up back to back home

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<v Speaker 1>runs to start off that top half of the eighth inning,

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<v Speaker 1>caught a six to three lead, down to six to five,

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<v Speaker 1>but Corbyn able to come through and open up a

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<v Speaker 1>four run lead. Paul Seawall then put up a zero

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<v Speaker 1>in the ninth inning. So just a weird day for

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<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, a big win on one hand, but man,

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<v Speaker 1>being in that clubhouse just now, I'm not sure I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever seen a more somber clubhouse after a win. As

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<v Speaker 1>a is that a moth? Is that a bird?

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<v Speaker 2>It is?

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<v Speaker 3>It's a massive fly. Yes, It's like a bird.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh gosh.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm curious what what Tory Leavello would have done

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<v Speaker 1>if if that came through when he was when he

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<v Speaker 1>was there, I didn't get him, darn it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Well maybe by the end of the show. We'll see,

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<v Speaker 4>I see if you can find a way. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it was just such an odd feeling in

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<v Speaker 1>the clubhouse. You're used to hearing music blaring after a

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<v Speaker 1>win like this, but Tory Leavello took quite a while

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<v Speaker 1>to start his postgame interview, which was which was not

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<v Speaker 1>a surprise given all of the injury news and the

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<v Speaker 1>roster moves that the Diamondbacks are probably trying to figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>And then even though the team won, it was clear

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<v Speaker 1>that everyone was just kind of.

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<v Speaker 4>Worried about Soroka and Lawler.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what this is going to mean for

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<v Speaker 1>this team when all is said and done.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well Tory made it clear. Look, you know there's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be some guys coming up that are going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to, you know, step up and help out

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<v Speaker 2>and keep things moving. We're going to talk about some

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<v Speaker 2>of that and just a little bit well, I know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of questions about what's likely going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>We have some thoughts. We don't have all the answers.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, some of it will know when they know,

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<v Speaker 2>because they got to tell us, right, I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>can speculate on it, but they didn't give us the

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<v Speaker 2>news of which pictures and which hitters are coming back.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll talk through that as best we can in

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<v Speaker 2>just a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>On a positive note, looking at these standings after this game,

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks are now thirty nine and thirty six, up to

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<v Speaker 1>three games over five hundred. They didn't get back into

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<v Speaker 1>the wild card picture with this win, but they did

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<v Speaker 1>scoot over the San Diego Padres as well as the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Nationals with this win. They're just sitting a half

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<v Speaker 1>game behind the Cubs for that third wild card spot

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<v Speaker 1>as of right now. So things tightening up in the

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<v Speaker 1>wild card race. And despite the sky falling when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to the Diamondbacks and their pitcher injuries, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>injuries at large, they're still in a pretty decent spot here.

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<v Speaker 1>But as you said, Jack, we have a whole lot

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<v Speaker 1>more to get to when it comes to the ramifications

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<v Speaker 1>of these injuries, how the Diamondbacks are going to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with them. We'll also dive more into Ryan Nelson and

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<v Speaker 1>aj Puck and what we heard about those guys there.

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<v Speaker 1>So don't go away. We'll be back to talk about

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a little torn here.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have My instincts aren't leading me very clearly

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<v Speaker 1>toward any one player this time around. I'm gonna go

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be bold here, Jack, and I'm gonna say

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<v Speaker 1>lou James Groover will hit his first big league home

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<v Speaker 1>run this weekend. He came very very close on a

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<v Speaker 1>double that he hit in this game. Granted, the Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of players to try to get in

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<v Speaker 1>the lineup, so I'm not sure if Groover is going

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<v Speaker 1>to start the next two games necessarily, but I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be bold and say that Groover finds a way to

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<v Speaker 1>hit his first big league home run, something we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen from him yet. But it was a really nice

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<v Speaker 1>swing from him in this game on that double, So

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see what happens there.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that was his first sexture base hint.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was, yes, And

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<v Speaker 1>Well, when it comes to all of these other injuries,

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<v Speaker 1>where to start. I guess Ryan Nelson, We'll start there,

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<v Speaker 1>Tory Lavello told the media today, and Ryan Nelson himself

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<v Speaker 1>as well spoke to the media. It is a right

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<v Speaker 1>flexer strain and a mild ucl sprain. Tory said that

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson will be shut down for four to six weeks

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<v Speaker 1>and that he will have imaging after six weeks and

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<v Speaker 1>be re evaluated at that point. In terms of a timeline, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you were doing the math and Tory was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of agreeing with your math. It sounds like sometime

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<v Speaker 1>around mid September is maybe the best case scenario given

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<v Speaker 1>what we heard today.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was a little strange.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, first they were saying four to six weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>but then he said, well he's going to get the MRI.

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<v Speaker 3>It's six weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, maybe he'll start playing catch before then, but

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<v Speaker 2>usually they give a follow up MRI before.

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<v Speaker 3>They let them even start playing catch.

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<v Speaker 2>But the other point that Toriy emphasized was however many

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<v Speaker 2>weeks down, that's how many weeks it takes to ramp

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<v Speaker 2>back up. So if he's down six weeks before he

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<v Speaker 2>can start to throw, then he's going to need six

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<v Speaker 2>weeks to ramp back up. That's twelve weeks. That's mid September. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so I mean, you know, maybe they he feels pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good and four weeks into this he goes and has

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<v Speaker 2>an MRI and they don't wait till the six week part.

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<v Speaker 2>But I would say that the earliest ye're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see Ryan Nelson back on May League pitching mound. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not even going to be eight weeks. It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be at least ten to maybe twelve. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you do the math. Ten to twelve weeks is what

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking at. If he makes it back this year,

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<v Speaker 2>if he has no setbacks, if there's no problems, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you might see Ryan Nelson pitch in September.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>In terms of how the Diamondbacks will replace Nelson, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, is the short answer there. Brandon Fott's name,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, came up very quickly in our pregame discussion

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<v Speaker 1>with Tory, and Tory said that Fott will be a

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<v Speaker 1>factor in the equation somehow, some way, but he said

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<v Speaker 1>that the Diamondbacks want to get him stretched out a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more. I certainly suggested that Fodd is not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be an option for the team this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and even after Soroka went down, it sounded like that

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<v Speaker 1>was still the case. That on Sunday the Diamondbacks are

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<v Speaker 1>really emphasizing someone that can give them length, and that,

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<v Speaker 1>of course Sunday being the day that Ryan Nelson was

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<v Speaker 1>slated to start, So it's not gonna be Brandon Fought

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. It's gonna be somebody who can provide length.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we can rule out a bullpen game, especially

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<v Speaker 1>given what we saw in this game, which essentially was

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<v Speaker 1>a bullpen game in and of itself. So I guess

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<v Speaker 1>we're kind of looking down to Triple A jack and

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out who are the guys who are

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<v Speaker 1>fully stretched out who could be options for this team.

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<v Speaker 1>And the name that comes to mind for me is

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<v Speaker 1>a prospect we haven't talked a whole lot about. But

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<v Speaker 1>his name is Jose Cabrera and he is twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>years old. He has a three point sixty nine ERA

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<v Speaker 1>in twelve starts between Double A and Triple A this season.

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<v Speaker 1>He was promoted to Triple A back on June second,

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<v Speaker 1>so just a couple of weeks ago, and has had

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good success there through six scoreless innings in his

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<v Speaker 1>most recent outing. So I don't know for sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>in my head, Jose Cabrera makes the most sense. His

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<v Speaker 1>numbers are are far and away better than any other

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<v Speaker 1>any other pitcher down in Triple A, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>I should also mention Mitch bratt Is is is on

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<v Speaker 1>his way back through four innings in his most recent

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<v Speaker 1>outing in Triple A. But but he is not fully

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<v Speaker 1>stretched out at this point. Is he works his way

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<v Speaker 1>back from that shoulder injury.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's also not in line for he's not available

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<v Speaker 3>for Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, look, I think you know, some of the

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<v Speaker 2>sleuths on Twitter were very quick to note that at

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<v Speaker 2>one point Cabrera was showing up as I think a

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<v Speaker 2>probable starter for Sunday for Reno, and then that got changed.

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<v Speaker 3>So it does. It's not rocket science.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you can look back when he pitched last,

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<v Speaker 2>when everybody else is pitched, and who's pitching the best?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, one point I just want to make statistically

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<v Speaker 3>about Cabrera.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you guys look at his raw E

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<v Speaker 2>r A numbers, remember that he's pitching an Maillo and

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<v Speaker 2>then subsequently in Reno, which are both you know, super

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<v Speaker 2>hyperinflated run environments. And we love to look at these

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<v Speaker 2>park and league adjusted stats. His ERA minus for the

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<v Speaker 2>year is sixty two and his FIT minus is seventy six,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know he's been between twenty five and thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight percent better than league average. So that's that's really encouraging.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to highlight we were fortunate enough to have

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<v Speaker 2>our good friend Diamondbacks Prospects, who does a fantastic job

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter keeping folks informed on everything that's going well

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<v Speaker 2>going on with the Diamondbacks prospects, and he provided a

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<v Speaker 2>scouting report on Cabrera just beyond just looking at the stats.

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<v Speaker 2>So reading this on screen in case Jose Cabrera comes

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<v Speaker 2>up for the Dbacks, here's my scouting report on him.

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<v Speaker 3>Cabrera works from an.

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<v Speaker 2>Updown delivery, forcing himself towards the plate, throws a solid

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<v Speaker 2>ninety four mile an hour, four seam sinker, really fun

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<v Speaker 2>high eighties cutter, solid mid eighties slider, and a wicked

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five mile power changeup. Commands his own well too.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a pretty exciting, you know, scouting report on

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<v Speaker 2>a guy. Now, look, any rookie pitcher coming up to

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<v Speaker 2>the major leagues making his debut, you never know what

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to get. Pitching prospects are like boxes of chocolate.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is about as exciting a pitching line and

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<v Speaker 2>exciting a scouting report as you're going to see coming

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<v Speaker 2>out of the Diamondbacks system. Right now, kudos again to

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<v Speaker 2>Diamondbacks Prospects for a great scouting report, So fingers crossed

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, when he does, I'm almost sure it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be him. He's ready, he's stretched out, he

0:23:47.400 --> 0:23:50.520
<v Speaker 2>can give the kind of length that Tory insists he needs.

0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:52.760
<v Speaker 2>You know, had they not had to do a bullpen game,

0:23:52.760 --> 0:23:56.240
<v Speaker 2>maybe they could have considered fought on Sunday and patching

0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:59.520
<v Speaker 2>a couple of relievers behind him, But in these circumstances,

0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:02.800
<v Speaker 2>he complete ruled that out. So if you completely rule

0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:06.400
<v Speaker 2>out Randoon fought, and you just go through the available pictures,

0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:08.359
<v Speaker 2>it's fairly obvious it's.

0:24:08.240 --> 0:24:10.119
<v Speaker 3>Got to be Cabrera. I can't imagine who else it

0:24:10.160 --> 0:24:10.479
<v Speaker 3>would be.

0:24:11.840 --> 0:24:15.679
<v Speaker 1>And the man himself, Dbach's Prospects in the chat says

0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:18.760
<v Speaker 1>Cabrera got yanked from his start today for Bryce Jarvis.

0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:22.679
<v Speaker 1>This was well before warmups, so that also tracks. Cabrera's

0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:26.120
<v Speaker 1>last start in Reno came on June thirteenth, six days ago.

0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:28.600
<v Speaker 1>Makes sense he would have been lined up to start

0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:32.800
<v Speaker 1>today and d Backs apparently pulled him from that start.

0:24:32.880 --> 0:24:37.560
<v Speaker 1>So seems like you could say pretty confidently that Cabrera

0:24:37.800 --> 0:24:39.919
<v Speaker 1>is going to be part of the solution. And is

0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:42.840
<v Speaker 1>probably going to make that start on Sunday. Not an

0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:46.640
<v Speaker 1>easy situation to walk into. Jack, It's Father's Day. There's

0:24:46.680 --> 0:24:49.679
<v Speaker 1>going to be you know, forty forty five thousand people

0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:55.560
<v Speaker 1>at the stadium that day, probably, But I mean, this

0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:58.600
<v Speaker 1>is just kind of the reality of the situation that

0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:00.760
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks are in right now. I mean, this is

0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:04.920
<v Speaker 1>not just about Zach Gallon and Merrill Kelly not pitching

0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:07.760
<v Speaker 1>as well as you'd like. This is about the Diamondbacks

0:25:07.840 --> 0:25:10.560
<v Speaker 1>just kind of running out of starting pitching depth. And

0:25:10.840 --> 0:25:13.040
<v Speaker 1>we say it so often that you can never have

0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:16.080
<v Speaker 1>enough starting pitching depth. The moment you think you have enough,

0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:19.720
<v Speaker 1>the moment you you know, you view Brandon Fought as

0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:23.040
<v Speaker 1>being sort of the unnecessary sixth starter that you don't

0:25:23.040 --> 0:25:24.919
<v Speaker 1>know what to do with, and then you wind up

0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:26.119
<v Speaker 1>in a situation like this.

0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:31.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, of course people are going to wonder.

0:25:31.200 --> 0:25:35.560
<v Speaker 2>You know, Mike Hazen had said that amongst his priorities

0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:38.919
<v Speaker 2>for the trade deadline, he wants to buy left handed

0:25:38.960 --> 0:25:43.480
<v Speaker 2>bat relief help and starting pitching. Sure, he'll look at it,

0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.639
<v Speaker 2>but that was like third, Well, that may be change,

0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:50.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, assuming he's still a buyer come July twentieth.

0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:53.440
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, you know, if he is, you know, there's

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:56.480
<v Speaker 2>a fairly decent chance that he's going to need another

0:25:56.520 --> 0:25:57.200
<v Speaker 2>starting pitcher.

0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:02.199
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's hard to imagine the d Backs finding a

0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:05.239
<v Speaker 1>way to stay in contention and like actually make the

0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:08.680
<v Speaker 1>postseason just having the starters that they do right now.

0:26:08.920 --> 0:26:11.560
<v Speaker 1>I guess on on the bullpen front, I think I

0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.960
<v Speaker 1>saw someone mention mentioned this in the comments as well.

0:26:15.480 --> 0:26:19.439
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks might need another arm just for tomorrow. Do you

0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:22.240
<v Speaker 1>feel like that's a pretty likely Jack, I mean, I

0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:24.960
<v Speaker 1>know Dre Jamison gave them a little bit of length

0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:28.640
<v Speaker 1>in this game. Maybe maybe Jamison has to go down

0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:30.960
<v Speaker 1>just to give the Diamondbacks another fresh arm.

0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:32.600
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's very possible.

0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:34.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm not really sure who they would grab.

0:26:34.880 --> 0:26:36.760
<v Speaker 2>I haven't I'll be honest with you. I was a

0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 2>little busy today and I didn't look at the uh

0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:44.040
<v Speaker 2>at the game logs for Reno tonight. I guarantee you

0:26:44.080 --> 0:26:46.120
<v Speaker 2>somebody in our chat is going to tell me who

0:26:46.200 --> 0:26:49.360
<v Speaker 2>hasn't pitched and who's the most available down there. But yes,

0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:51.560
<v Speaker 2>I would not be surprised if there's a move tomorrow.

0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:55.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, we'll be keeping our eyes out and for

0:26:55.480 --> 0:26:59.000
<v Speaker 2>any news on on the roster changes, we expect a

0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:01.800
<v Speaker 2>few few new jerseys in the locker tomorrow.

0:27:03.160 --> 0:27:06.960
<v Speaker 1>With regard to Ryan Nelson's injury, you and I we're

0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:09.520
<v Speaker 1>talking about this a little bit pregame, and it was

0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:10.960
<v Speaker 1>a topic that came up with.

0:27:10.880 --> 0:27:11.720
<v Speaker 4>Tory as well.

0:27:13.200 --> 0:27:17.359
<v Speaker 1>Why are all of these picture injuries happening? The Diamondbacks

0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:21.119
<v Speaker 1>have been hit pretty hard by this over the past

0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:24.440
<v Speaker 1>really three seasons in a row now, where they've suffered

0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:27.880
<v Speaker 1>some pretty significant pitture injuries that have very much held

0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:31.840
<v Speaker 1>them back. And the simple answer is that the Diamondbacks

0:27:31.840 --> 0:27:33.800
<v Speaker 1>are not the only team going through this. This is

0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:37.960
<v Speaker 1>a league wide problem, and it's very difficult to tease out.

0:27:38.000 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 1>You know, are what are mistakes that this organization is

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:45.399
<v Speaker 1>making versus what is just kind of the reality of

0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.119
<v Speaker 1>baseball right now? And injuries just happen. We're seeing this

0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 1>with a lot of other teams as well. Doesn't necessarily

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:54.320
<v Speaker 1>mean that the Diamondbacks are doing anything wrong.

0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:55.680
<v Speaker 4>The one thing I can.

0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:58.720
<v Speaker 1>Say with Ryan Nelson is that he does throw a

0:27:58.760 --> 0:28:02.200
<v Speaker 1>lot of fastballs, and his velocity has just gotten higher

0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:06.320
<v Speaker 1>and higher over the years. This season, his fastball averaged

0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:09.159
<v Speaker 1>ninety six point three miles per hour. Last year it

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:10.639
<v Speaker 1>was at ninety five point seven.

0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 4>He go back a few years.

0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:14.359
<v Speaker 1>Ago, it was more in the ninety four range. So

0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:17.359
<v Speaker 1>it's felt like as Ryan Nelson has adapted to the

0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:21.199
<v Speaker 1>big leagues, he's kind of recognized that his fastball is

0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:23.639
<v Speaker 1>going to be a really important weapon, and he's trying

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:25.920
<v Speaker 1>to get everything out of it that he possibly can.

0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:29.000
<v Speaker 1>And you know, maybe it's not a shock that a

0:28:29.040 --> 0:28:32.080
<v Speaker 1>pitcher who's relying on a fastball in the upper nineties

0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:35.520
<v Speaker 1>as much as Ryan Nelson is that something like this

0:28:35.960 --> 0:28:38.320
<v Speaker 1>was maybe bound to happen at some point.

0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:40.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and well also, I mean he's been trying to

0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:42.320
<v Speaker 2>work in the slider and the cutter and the curveball

0:28:42.360 --> 0:28:46.440
<v Speaker 2>a lot more. I mean, you know, I am again remissed.

0:28:46.520 --> 0:28:51.160
<v Speaker 2>There was one particular pitch type that was bothering Ryan,

0:28:51.320 --> 0:28:53.640
<v Speaker 2>and so he put that pitch away and stopped throwing

0:28:53.680 --> 0:28:56.400
<v Speaker 2>it after the third inning when he started to feel

0:28:56.560 --> 0:29:00.000
<v Speaker 2>his discomfort. He didn't tell anybody until after the game

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:03.200
<v Speaker 2>that he was feeling discomfort. I should look up what

0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:05.320
<v Speaker 2>pitch he ditched after the third inning.

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:06.240
<v Speaker 4>I think it was.

0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:11.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, me and our good pal Alex Winer we're looking

0:29:11.080 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 1>at that more so Alex was doing the heavy lifting

0:29:13.480 --> 0:29:15.440
<v Speaker 1>and I was looking over his shoulder as he was,

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:18.200
<v Speaker 1>and we were pretty sure it was the cutter.

0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:19.680
<v Speaker 4>Was the pitch.

0:29:19.600 --> 0:29:22.160
<v Speaker 1>That that Nelson ditched after the third inning. I think

0:29:22.240 --> 0:29:24.240
<v Speaker 1>he threw one more cutter the rest of the way,

0:29:24.880 --> 0:29:28.000
<v Speaker 1>but that was a pretty clear marker after that third

0:29:28.000 --> 0:29:31.320
<v Speaker 1>inning where he really was not throwing that pitch anymore. So,

0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:33.600
<v Speaker 1>so I think I think that was the pitch where

0:29:33.640 --> 0:29:37.640
<v Speaker 1>Nelson was feeling the discomfort. And unfortunately for him, it

0:29:37.720 --> 0:29:41.800
<v Speaker 1>wasn't just like a weird thing that you feel during

0:29:41.840 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 1>a start.

0:29:42.440 --> 0:29:45.000
<v Speaker 4>It was a much larger issue than that.

0:29:45.960 --> 0:29:50.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, one conversation I was having with somebody

0:29:50.800 --> 0:29:55.400
<v Speaker 2>if I if Nelson had gotten hurt last year after

0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:59.480
<v Speaker 2>being sent to the bullpen, you know, messing around, trying

0:29:59.480 --> 0:30:02.600
<v Speaker 2>to keep him stretched out enough and brought back into

0:30:02.640 --> 0:30:07.000
<v Speaker 2>the rotation and stretched out again, you know, bouncing back

0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:11.200
<v Speaker 2>and forth from the bullpen to rotation and back to

0:30:11.240 --> 0:30:14.200
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen, back to the rotation. We've just seen over

0:30:14.240 --> 0:30:18.840
<v Speaker 2>the years that gets guys hurt. Randall Delgado, John Deplentier,

0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:25.120
<v Speaker 2>Dre Jamison, you know, and fortunately last year Nelson dodged

0:30:25.160 --> 0:30:28.520
<v Speaker 2>that bullet. And that's something I've been really critical of

0:30:28.840 --> 0:30:32.720
<v Speaker 2>Tory and Mike over the years of like, you know,

0:30:32.880 --> 0:30:36.560
<v Speaker 2>you can't bounce guys back and forth like that. And

0:30:36.640 --> 0:30:40.160
<v Speaker 2>so I've been not too long ago, I wrote an article,

0:30:41.200 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, with a picture of Mike and Tory sitting

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:47.120
<v Speaker 2>at this very desk, and I said, you know, Diamondbacks

0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:51.480
<v Speaker 2>management's confused about what to do with Brandon Fought and

0:30:51.720 --> 0:30:54.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, very concerned about him getting shortened up like

0:30:54.960 --> 0:30:57.480
<v Speaker 2>he did and stretched back out. But in this case,

0:30:57.520 --> 0:31:01.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, Ryan had the entire offseason off right, you know,

0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:05.280
<v Speaker 2>and he had the entire entirety of spring training to

0:31:05.320 --> 0:31:08.800
<v Speaker 2>get stretched out normally. And he has only been starting.

0:31:09.320 --> 0:31:12.000
<v Speaker 2>So I don't think that there's anything that the team

0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:14.880
<v Speaker 2>did wrong with him. There's nothing the training staff did

0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:17.800
<v Speaker 2>wrong with Ryan Nelson. Pitchers get hurt, and this is

0:31:17.800 --> 0:31:20.200
<v Speaker 2>one of those cases. Now, if it had gotten hurt

0:31:20.280 --> 0:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>last year, I would definitely be blaming them.

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think that's fair.

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:29.800
<v Speaker 1>Last year was definitely a back and forth kind of

0:31:29.840 --> 0:31:33.360
<v Speaker 1>season for Ryan Nelson, and this year it's been pretty

0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:36.880
<v Speaker 1>cut and dry, and yet things like this do happen.

0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:39.160
<v Speaker 1>It's just kind of the nature of the game. So

0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:43.360
<v Speaker 1>certainly wish the best for Ryan Nelson, for Jordan Lawler

0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:48.360
<v Speaker 1>from Michael Soroka, and also for AJ Puck, the one

0:31:48.360 --> 0:31:52.120
<v Speaker 1>other player we haven't gotten to yet. Puck, we've known

0:31:52.200 --> 0:31:54.440
<v Speaker 1>for a little while now that he has had a

0:31:54.520 --> 0:31:57.760
<v Speaker 1>set back with a shoulder injury. We got clarity today

0:31:57.800 --> 0:32:00.600
<v Speaker 1>from Tory Lavello on the nature of that injury. It

0:32:00.680 --> 0:32:04.800
<v Speaker 1>is a left capsule strain and he will be shut

0:32:04.880 --> 0:32:07.680
<v Speaker 1>down for four weeks or I guess he will get

0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:10.640
<v Speaker 1>imaging again in four weeks and the Diamondbacks will decide

0:32:11.080 --> 0:32:14.400
<v Speaker 1>what to do at that point. So we kind of

0:32:14.400 --> 0:32:17.320
<v Speaker 1>already knew Jack that things weren't great with AJ Puck,

0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:21.280
<v Speaker 1>but I wouldn't say that update was particularly encouraging either.

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:25.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, look, your best case scenario is AJ

0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:26.400
<v Speaker 2>Puck comes.

0:32:26.160 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 3>Back mid to late August. That's the best case.

0:32:30.640 --> 0:32:32.960
<v Speaker 2>Worst case, he's done for the year, and he's strong

0:32:33.440 --> 0:32:35.080
<v Speaker 2>through his last pitch as a Diamondback.

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:39.440
<v Speaker 3>You know, last year, he's a free agent. He's a

0:32:39.480 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 3>free agent at the end of the year.

0:32:41.320 --> 0:32:44.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is possible that AJ Puck has thrown his

0:32:44.480 --> 0:32:47.080
<v Speaker 1>last pitch as a member of the Diamondbacks certainly hope

0:32:47.080 --> 0:32:49.400
<v Speaker 1>that's not the case and that he's able to find

0:32:49.400 --> 0:32:51.520
<v Speaker 1>his way back in the final month of the season,

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:55.240
<v Speaker 1>but given all of the setbacks that he's dealt with

0:32:55.440 --> 0:32:58.320
<v Speaker 1>the past couple of years, it's hard to feel optimistic

0:32:58.360 --> 0:33:01.760
<v Speaker 1>at this point. And this also sets up just a

0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:05.880
<v Speaker 1>weird situation if you're Mike Hazen, because the Diamondbacks are

0:33:05.920 --> 0:33:09.720
<v Speaker 1>now hoping to get a whole lot of guys back

0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:11.600
<v Speaker 1>when the season is basically over.

0:33:12.040 --> 0:33:13.240
<v Speaker 4>They're hoping to get.

0:33:13.240 --> 0:33:18.560
<v Speaker 1>Corbyn Burns, Ryan Nelson, AJ Puck, Justin Martinez. I mean,

0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:20.760
<v Speaker 1>those are two of your best starters and two of

0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:23.480
<v Speaker 1>your best relief pitchers that you think you have a

0:33:23.560 --> 0:33:26.160
<v Speaker 1>chance to get back by the end of the season.

0:33:26.320 --> 0:33:29.640
<v Speaker 1>But you don't know what you don't know, And if

0:33:29.640 --> 0:33:32.480
<v Speaker 1>you're Mike Hays and Jack, I don't know if today's

0:33:32.480 --> 0:33:36.160
<v Speaker 1>events necessarily change your calculus. Certainly, the Diamondbacks were going

0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:38.760
<v Speaker 1>to have to continue to play well going into the

0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:42.080
<v Speaker 1>trade deadline for him to follow through with his plan

0:33:42.160 --> 0:33:47.080
<v Speaker 1>to buy, But I don't know, wouldn't I wouldn't want

0:33:47.080 --> 0:33:50.719
<v Speaker 1>to be him right now trying to balance out the

0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:54.479
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks position that they're in right now in the wild

0:33:54.520 --> 0:33:56.760
<v Speaker 1>card being very much in the thick of that race.

0:33:57.600 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 1>With also just the volume of injuries that they've taken

0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:05.160
<v Speaker 1>on and the reality that you can't replace all of

0:34:05.200 --> 0:34:08.360
<v Speaker 1>these guys with the you in the trade market, it

0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:13.000
<v Speaker 1>just isn't going to be realistic. And frankly, even without

0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:16.520
<v Speaker 1>these guys hurt, the Diamondbacks already had their share of problems.

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:19.879
<v Speaker 1>You know, you still need Ryan, you still need Zach

0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:24.080
<v Speaker 1>Gallon and Merrill Kelly uh To to pitch better and

0:34:23.680 --> 0:34:25.960
<v Speaker 1>uh and And at this point, I don't think you're

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:29.080
<v Speaker 1>you're thinking about replacing those guys in the rotation. You're

0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:31.880
<v Speaker 1>probably just thinking about adding to them and hoping that

0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:34.720
<v Speaker 1>you get better results from those guys moving forward.

0:34:35.480 --> 0:34:38.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, by the way, since you know, just thinking about

0:34:38.840 --> 0:34:40.719
<v Speaker 2>the whole question about what they're going to do with

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:44.480
<v Speaker 2>bringing up a reliever, they'll probably put Soroco on the

0:34:44.520 --> 0:34:47.680
<v Speaker 2>injured list tomorrow and bring up a reliever.

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:49.920
<v Speaker 3>They don't have to send anybody out if they don't.

0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:52.560
<v Speaker 4>Want to, that's true, Yeah, you know.

0:34:52.680 --> 0:34:54.920
<v Speaker 2>And don't forget they brought up Jilbert Diaz and he

0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:58.320
<v Speaker 2>didn't pitch tonight, so they do have him available tomorrow,

0:34:58.600 --> 0:35:01.799
<v Speaker 2>so they'll probably bring somebody up and then when they

0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:04.240
<v Speaker 2>have to bring up Cabrera, then they can option somebody

0:35:04.280 --> 0:35:08.720
<v Speaker 2>out again, you know, to make room. And I believe

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.720
<v Speaker 2>that they can bring because it would be an injury

0:35:11.800 --> 0:35:13.080
<v Speaker 2>if Lawler goes on the I L.

0:35:13.440 --> 0:35:14.359
<v Speaker 3>I believe that they.

0:35:14.280 --> 0:35:17.400
<v Speaker 2>Can bring Ryan walschmitht back immediately. He doesn't have to

0:35:17.400 --> 0:35:20.880
<v Speaker 2>stay on the full ten days. So you know, if,

0:35:21.280 --> 0:35:26.040
<v Speaker 2>assuming that Jordan Lawler does have a hamstring strain, then

0:35:26.080 --> 0:35:28.279
<v Speaker 2>expect him to go on the I L. And if

0:35:28.280 --> 0:35:32.120
<v Speaker 2>that happens, then expect Ryan Walschmith to get recalled right away.

0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:37.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that is fair. Would be surprising to

0:35:37.239 --> 0:35:39.800
<v Speaker 1>see the Dbacks go another route other than wald Schmidt

0:35:40.040 --> 0:35:42.760
<v Speaker 1>if Lawler is indeed headed to the injured list.

0:35:43.440 --> 0:35:45.200
<v Speaker 4>Our pal Wes in the chat.

0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Makes an interesting point here, maybe something that Diamondbacks fans

0:35:51.200 --> 0:35:53.880
<v Speaker 1>are feeling. He said, if I'm Mike Hasen, I go

0:35:54.000 --> 0:35:57.200
<v Speaker 1>on a fire sale and I'm a seller at the deadline.

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:00.359
<v Speaker 1>Knowing what we know about Mike Hasen, I don't think

0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:02.720
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be his posture, not if the team

0:36:02.800 --> 0:36:04.640
<v Speaker 1>is in a position that it's.

0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:05.160
<v Speaker 4>In right now.

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:10.719
<v Speaker 1>But you could make a case that maybe the situation

0:36:10.920 --> 0:36:14.720
<v Speaker 1>is dire enough at a certain point where it isn't

0:36:14.960 --> 0:36:18.600
<v Speaker 1>worth pushing the chips in on a team like this.

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:22.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, look, I mean, we have quite a ways to

0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:26.200
<v Speaker 2>go before Mike actually has to make that decision. Yeah,

0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:28.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, I mean, unless you're talking about trying to

0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:29.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, hit a home run now and make a

0:36:29.960 --> 0:36:32.400
<v Speaker 2>deal before the end of June or early July or whatever.

0:36:33.680 --> 0:36:37.040
<v Speaker 2>But again, I would caution everybody take a close look

0:36:37.040 --> 0:36:40.560
<v Speaker 2>at the schedule, starting with the road trip after this weekend.

0:36:41.160 --> 0:36:43.560
<v Speaker 2>You know, you've got the Cardinals four game series in

0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:46.160
<v Speaker 2>Saint Louis, and you've got the Rays, you know, two

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.879
<v Speaker 2>really good teams later on in the month.

0:36:48.920 --> 0:36:49.960
<v Speaker 3>You've got Milwaukee.

0:36:50.800 --> 0:36:53.920
<v Speaker 2>In early July, you're on the road against San Diego

0:36:54.000 --> 0:36:57.080
<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers. Yes, you have the Giants plugged in there.

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:00.719
<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of really good teams on their schedule

0:37:00.760 --> 0:37:05.400
<v Speaker 2>between now and July twentieth. So let's kind of slower

0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:09.640
<v Speaker 2>a role here a little bit. You know, in these circumstances,

0:37:09.640 --> 0:37:13.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't think Mike has to do anything urgently.

0:37:13.520 --> 0:37:16.120
<v Speaker 3>He doesn't have to make a premature decision on buy

0:37:16.640 --> 0:37:17.160
<v Speaker 3>or sell.

0:37:17.800 --> 0:37:21.080
<v Speaker 2>Also, I wrote an article about you know, paying selling

0:37:21.120 --> 0:37:24.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't always necessarily pay a lot of dividends. Not everybody's

0:37:24.400 --> 0:37:26.360
<v Speaker 2>going to agree with the article or the tone that

0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:29.160
<v Speaker 2>I wrote, but basically I was saying, look, you know,

0:37:29.640 --> 0:37:31.720
<v Speaker 2>when you have an opportunity to get to the playoffs,

0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:35.120
<v Speaker 2>you've got to push to get into playoffs unless you're buried.

0:37:35.200 --> 0:37:37.399
<v Speaker 2>Like if you're six games out of the wild Card

0:37:37.400 --> 0:37:39.120
<v Speaker 2>and there's six teams in front of you, of course

0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:42.600
<v Speaker 2>then you know you do the right thing. But I

0:37:42.680 --> 0:37:47.680
<v Speaker 2>think the Diamondbacks paid a lot of good will away

0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:49.719
<v Speaker 2>or fritted away a lot of good will last year

0:37:49.760 --> 0:37:52.520
<v Speaker 2>by selling it the deadline. I mean the hardcore fans

0:37:52.520 --> 0:37:55.200
<v Speaker 2>that are in here in this chat, they all followed

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:58.200
<v Speaker 2>the team closely, but a lot of I don't want,

0:37:58.200 --> 0:38:00.640
<v Speaker 2>I hate to phrase casual fans, but people that just

0:38:00.719 --> 0:38:04.839
<v Speaker 2>aren't quite as you know, fanatical as we all are,

0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:07.720
<v Speaker 2>kind of checked out on this team after the trade

0:38:07.719 --> 0:38:11.759
<v Speaker 2>deadline last year, and that cost a team a lot.

0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:14.600
<v Speaker 2>I think it cost them season ticket base, I think

0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:17.560
<v Speaker 2>it cost them good will in the city and just

0:38:17.680 --> 0:38:19.200
<v Speaker 2>interest and sustainability of.

0:38:19.200 --> 0:38:20.960
<v Speaker 3>The fan base. So you got to be careful with that.

0:38:21.280 --> 0:38:23.160
<v Speaker 2>The other last point I want to make real quick

0:38:23.280 --> 0:38:25.680
<v Speaker 2>is you know, most of their free agents this year

0:38:25.840 --> 0:38:29.040
<v Speaker 2>are guys that just wouldn't have as much value as

0:38:29.080 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 2>the guys that they happen to have available last year.

0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:33.239
<v Speaker 3>I mean Naylor and Gino.

0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Merrill, Kelly, those were some pretty good trade chips. You know,

0:38:37.000 --> 0:38:40.239
<v Speaker 2>it didn't work out for Zach Gallon, but you know

0:38:40.320 --> 0:38:43.000
<v Speaker 2>now it's I mean, it's not that guys teams don't

0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:43.759
<v Speaker 2>need relievers.

0:38:43.760 --> 0:38:46.239
<v Speaker 3>Most of their free agents would be relievers.

0:38:46.320 --> 0:38:50.960
<v Speaker 2>But you know, a reliever and for two months you're

0:38:51.040 --> 0:38:52.799
<v Speaker 2>just not going to get a whole lot, You're not

0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:56.640
<v Speaker 2>going to get an impact player. So what's the real

0:38:56.719 --> 0:38:57.359
<v Speaker 2>benefit there?

0:38:57.440 --> 0:38:57.880
<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

0:39:00.120 --> 0:39:00.800
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's fair.

0:39:01.040 --> 0:39:04.800
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think there's definitely a larger cost selling

0:39:04.880 --> 0:39:09.319
<v Speaker 1>where your fan base loses interest. And the Diamondbacks did

0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:11.759
<v Speaker 1>make things at least a little interesting toward the end

0:39:11.800 --> 0:39:16.080
<v Speaker 1>of last year. You could play the hindsight game and wonder, like, well,

0:39:16.120 --> 0:39:19.160
<v Speaker 1>if they still did have Josh Naylor. You know, what

0:39:19.640 --> 0:39:21.319
<v Speaker 1>would things have looked like at the end of the

0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:24.080
<v Speaker 1>season if they had actually held on to all of

0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:28.319
<v Speaker 1>those guys. Difficult, difficult to say at this point. We

0:39:28.360 --> 0:39:31.720
<v Speaker 1>did get a super chat before we even went live

0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:36.240
<v Speaker 1>that we definitely need to shout out. Our pal Philip

0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:40.280
<v Speaker 1>left a super chat for ninety nine to ninety nine which.

0:39:40.080 --> 0:39:41.440
<v Speaker 4>We very much appreciate.

0:39:41.520 --> 0:39:45.399
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Philip really means really means a lot to us.

0:39:45.920 --> 0:39:50.280
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, your generosity just continues to blow us away.

0:39:50.400 --> 0:39:53.520
<v Speaker 1>So we very much, very much appreciate that.

0:39:54.960 --> 0:39:58.040
<v Speaker 3>Yes, Philip, I really can't say thank you enough.

0:39:58.719 --> 0:40:02.360
<v Speaker 2>You know, we're just very lucky to have listeners and

0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:06.560
<v Speaker 2>friends like you to tune into the show, and you know,

0:40:06.760 --> 0:40:10.640
<v Speaker 2>keep up the great work on your end as well.

0:40:10.760 --> 0:40:14.200
<v Speaker 1>So the Diamondbacks have two more games against the Minnesota

0:40:14.239 --> 0:40:17.759
<v Speaker 1>Twins this weekend. It is Taj Bradley going against Zach

0:40:17.800 --> 0:40:21.640
<v Speaker 1>Gallen on Saturday. If ever, if ever, there was a

0:40:21.680 --> 0:40:25.920
<v Speaker 1>time for Zach Gallen to give some length in his outing, which,

0:40:26.000 --> 0:40:28.560
<v Speaker 1>in his defense, he has generally been giving a decent

0:40:28.600 --> 0:40:30.760
<v Speaker 1>amount of length even though the results haven't been great.

0:40:31.200 --> 0:40:33.160
<v Speaker 1>But the d Backs will certainly be looking for that

0:40:33.520 --> 0:40:36.600
<v Speaker 1>from him in that game tomorrow and then on Sunday,

0:40:36.680 --> 0:40:39.640
<v Speaker 1>the Twins have TBD listed. We think it might be

0:40:39.719 --> 0:40:42.840
<v Speaker 1>mick able, but we don't know for sure. The Diamondbacks now.

0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:45.560
<v Speaker 4>Also have TBD listed. We think it.

0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:48.759
<v Speaker 1>Might be Jose Cabrera, but again take that with a

0:40:48.800 --> 0:40:53.920
<v Speaker 1>grain of salt. We don't totally know for sure, but yeah,

0:40:54.040 --> 0:40:56.839
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think Jose Cabrera, Someway or another is

0:40:56.880 --> 0:40:59.400
<v Speaker 1>probably gonna find his way up to the big leagues

0:40:59.400 --> 0:41:03.120
<v Speaker 1>here pretty soon. And maybe if if Soroka misses time, Jack,

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:06.080
<v Speaker 1>maybe Mitch Bratt is also a part of that conversation.

0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:09.520
<v Speaker 1>I know, he's still in the process of getting stretched out,

0:41:09.560 --> 0:41:13.280
<v Speaker 1>and Brandon Fott is also certainly going to factor in here,

0:41:13.640 --> 0:41:17.719
<v Speaker 1>but Mitch Bratt might might wind up making his his

0:41:17.760 --> 0:41:19.439
<v Speaker 1>big league debut before too long.

0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:23.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean pretty clearly going to need him. It's

0:41:23.400 --> 0:41:24.800
<v Speaker 2>just no matter where and when they're going to be

0:41:24.800 --> 0:41:25.640
<v Speaker 2>able to slot him in.

0:41:27.239 --> 0:41:31.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So it'll be fascinating to see how the Diamondbacks

0:41:31.320 --> 0:41:35.640
<v Speaker 1>handle uh this this weekend and uh what is really

0:41:36.160 --> 0:41:39.399
<v Speaker 1>quite a string here of games without an off day

0:41:40.160 --> 0:41:42.520
<v Speaker 1>and a schedule that, as you referenced earlier, is also

0:41:42.600 --> 0:41:45.680
<v Speaker 1>tightening up. That four game series against the Saint Louis

0:41:45.719 --> 0:41:49.239
<v Speaker 1>Cardinals next week is particularly big, and then they're they're

0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:52.200
<v Speaker 1>facing the Tampa Bay Rays and some other formidable opponents

0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:55.719
<v Speaker 1>after that. So a lot of a lot of difficult

0:41:55.719 --> 0:41:59.040
<v Speaker 1>things ahead for the Diamondbacks as they try to find

0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:02.400
<v Speaker 1>a way to overcome to overcome all of these injuries,

0:42:02.880 --> 0:42:05.080
<v Speaker 1>we say thank you to all of you for being

0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:08.279
<v Speaker 1>here with us on this episode. We really appreciate it.

0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:11.080
<v Speaker 1>You can find us on social media. I am at

0:42:11.160 --> 0:42:14.359
<v Speaker 1>jesse N Friedman on Twitter. Jack is at Shuizard fifty nine,

0:42:14.680 --> 0:42:18.080
<v Speaker 1>and our show is at Snake's Territory. And of course

0:42:18.120 --> 0:42:21.920
<v Speaker 1>you can find Jack's written work over at Arizona Diamondbacks

0:42:21.920 --> 0:42:25.280
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0:42:37.080 --> 0:42:39.440
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0:42:39.480 --> 0:42:41.920
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0:42:41.880 --> 0:42:45.799
<v Speaker 1>should handle this very precarious situation that they now find

0:42:45.840 --> 0:42:49.560
<v Speaker 1>themselves in. Jack any final thoughts here from Chase Field

0:42:50.120 --> 0:42:54.680
<v Speaker 1>as the Dbacks stare down a serious uphill road ahead.

0:42:55.280 --> 0:42:58.200
<v Speaker 2>Well for all you fathers out there, Sunday's Father's Day

0:42:58.320 --> 0:43:01.440
<v Speaker 2>and wishing you all the best. I hope that you

0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:04.560
<v Speaker 2>guys get to enjoy that with family, and for all

0:43:04.560 --> 0:43:08.319
<v Speaker 2>of you folks out there that still have your dad, definitely,

0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:11.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, reach out to them, make sure that they

0:43:11.200 --> 0:43:12.080
<v Speaker 2>know that you love them.

0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:15.479
<v Speaker 3>Father's Day. These guys, you know, they all they.

0:43:15.400 --> 0:43:18.120
<v Speaker 2>All need that love, man, So make sure that you're

0:43:18.160 --> 0:43:21.040
<v Speaker 2>doing you're stepping up to the plate as well.

0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:24.759
<v Speaker 1>Happy Early Father's Day to all of the dads out there.

0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:29.799
<v Speaker 1>Definitely echo everything that Jack just said. We will be

0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:32.680
<v Speaker 1>back with three more episodes next week. We'll keep you

0:43:32.719 --> 0:43:35.239
<v Speaker 1>all posted on our on our schedule for the week

0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:37.680
<v Speaker 1>and what that is going to look like. But thank

0:43:37.719 --> 0:43:39.719
<v Speaker 1>you again to all of you for being with us

0:43:39.960 --> 0:43:43.120
<v Speaker 1>here on this live post game edition of Snakes Territory.

0:43:43.200 --> 0:43:46.160
<v Speaker 1>Really appreciate your time, and we'll be back with another

0:43:46.320 --> 0:43:48.680
<v Speaker 1>edition of Snake's Territory very very soon.

0:44:00.200 --> 0:44:00.359
<v Speaker 5>Kay,