1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Hey, let's hit Power Rankings. We'll mix it in throughout 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: the season. We are hours away at this point from 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: the start of the season. We'll do previous predictions, the 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: whole thing very soon on FT. But let's look at 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: the CBS list and actually, you know what, before we 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: do that, before we show it, please, I'm actually going 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: to see if I can get AJ's attention this way, 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: since he's not the biggest fan of power rankings. They 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: also did a tier within the article. Matt Snyder wrote 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: this article, and let me know if you like this tier, AJ. 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: He put favorites in its own category, one favorite right 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: which he said he would always do one favorite you 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: know who that is Dodgers. Then he has a next 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: tier of four strong contenders. This part I thought was 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: pretty controversial. He had the Yankees, the Blue Jays, the Mariners, 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: and the Cubs as strong contenders in their own tier. 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: And I'll just give you the next tier and then 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: we'll skip the rest. But he said, this next tier 19 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: is you need a few breaks, as in there a 20 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: little more flawed or have more questions than the team 21 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: list right above it Tigers, Mets, Braves, Phillies, Brewers, Astros, 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: Red Sox. I feel like the second and third tier 23 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: has some. 24 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: Question in it. 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: We can we show those I mean, the Dodgers are 26 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 3: going to be number one of my power rankings to Yer, 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 3: so you can just go ahead and put those there. 28 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: Right, Let's look at the power rankings that he put 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: together from one through thirty. So we'll show you the 30 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: top ten first that they're listing heading into the season. 31 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: And this can change from spring training. For example, they 32 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: drop the Braves down a couple slots with all of 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: the starting pitching injuries that are going on. So here 34 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: it is Dodgers one, Mariners two Blue Jay's three, Yankees four, Cubs, 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: five Tigers, six, Mets, seven, Braves, eight, Phillies nine, Red 36 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: Sox ten. There will be a lot of people freaking out. 37 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 3: Uh, Dodgers, fine, I'm just amazed, the Mariners, Blue Jay, 38 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 3: the Yankees, Tigers, before we gets the Mets or Phillies. 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: The National League has proven that it's been better the 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 3: last few years. So why is the Cubs five and 41 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 3: the Mets seven? Braves eight? I mean, how are the 42 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: Phillies behind the Braves? I mean the Braves with all 43 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 3: the injuries, Like, are we serious like this? This list 44 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 3: is I mean, it's his. Whoever did this, it's his list. 45 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: So, but the. 46 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: Phillies behind the Braves with what the Braves are going through, 47 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 3: not only on their starting pitching, for they have Chris 48 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 3: Sale and Rinaldo Lopez and then who we got there, right, 49 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 3: I mean Elder, I guess, but it's like, I don't know, 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 3: I don't know. This list is interesting to me, but 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: the Dodgers are right yep. How do you put the 52 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 3: Mirrors ahead of the Blue Jays and Yankees? The blue 53 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 3: Jay's beat the Marrors last year and it got better. 54 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 3: Everyone thinks the Yankees are getting cold back. I don't know, 55 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 3: I think, I think maybe, I don't know. It's an 56 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 3: interesting list, but he put his list together and that's 57 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 3: what he's doing. 58 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: Remember Ken said on Inside Scoop how Fangraft still has 59 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: the Braves slightly ahead of the Phillies. 60 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: You sure about that? Does anyone agree with that? Right now? 61 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: I mean Strider's out, trolling Box out, MS, Schwarver's out. 62 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: I mean, we don't know we're gonna get from Lopez. 63 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: Joey Wentz is out for touring acl I mean their 64 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 3: bullpen is better with the Glaciers and Suarez. But offensively, 65 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: what do they get because offensively some of those guys struggled. 66 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: So I don't know, it's interesting. I mean, I've been 67 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: a Brave fan forever, but there's a lot happening there. 68 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 3: Profars out obviously. 69 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Yep, profars out. Did you see Rinaldo Lopez last start? 70 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: How the velocity was like eighty five to ninety and 71 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: then they asked them about it only because it's this 72 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: late in the season and the same thing happened last year. 73 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: And then five seconds later the shoulder popped up when 74 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: that low. I mean, you know you've watched Rinaldo for years. 75 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: Hopefully he's healthy. Yeah, we don't know, though nobody talks 76 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 3: about it, so we don't know, right, But I think 77 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 3: WBC hide some of that stuff where it's like we 78 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 3: don't see it. Just brought up about de Grom, like 79 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: why is de Grom not the opening day starter? Not 80 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 3: that Evaldi's not, but like some of this stuff is 81 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 3: going to really start to come out in the new 82 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: news cycle once the season starts, Like if Rinaldo Lopez 83 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 3: shows up with shows up with eighty five to ninety 84 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: in a big league start, a hard time he'll do that. 85 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: Like I think too much velocity talk is it can 86 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 3: get in a way sometimes, especially a guy at the 87 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 3: end of spring training wants to make it to the 88 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: first start of the season healthy and then bang go 89 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: into the season. 90 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 4: But who knows, we'll see. I think the real debate 91 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: is are the Phillies better than the Mets in your 92 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 4: power ranking? And that to me, that's where the debate 93 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 4: should be. And he actually has the Braves above the Phillies, 94 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 4: So we kind of lose that debate with that. 95 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: What about the Brewers at eleven? We want to show 96 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: the middle eleven or the middle ten, I should say, 97 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: but it begins with Brewers at eleven. He has Astros twelve, 98 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: Royals thirteen, Orioles fourteen, As at fifteen, them up a 99 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: bunch of spots, Padres at sixteen, Rangers seventeen, the Giants 100 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: at eighteen. He has the race checking in at nineteen 101 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: and the Guardians at twenty. 102 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 3: I think the Brewers probably should be higher, but just 103 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: my opinion, I'm not going to write them off until 104 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 3: I see him. I mean, the rest of this list 105 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 3: is fine. This is kind of where you get into 106 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: the mishmash of anything can happen, So yeah, this middle 107 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 3: ten is fine. I think the Brewers may maybe switch 108 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 3: the Brewers and the Braves, but the Brewers in the 109 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 3: top ten until they're proven otherwise. But yeah, I mean 110 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 3: this is kind of a mishmash of stuff. And then 111 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 3: I mean the race. I mean they all need, all 112 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: these teams need something to go really right for them 113 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 3: to get into a postseason with a chance to win 114 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 3: a World Series. Surprising. I'm also kind of surprised the 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: Giants so that I thought they'd be twenty one twenty 116 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 3: because they didn't do anything early this offseason. I think 117 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 3: this middle tier here, they're all pretty much middle tier 118 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 3: teams because we did we did this last year, Like 119 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: who from the last tier? Would you be like, ooh, 120 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: they should be bumped up into this middle tier? And 121 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 3: I think the middle tier I think I really think 122 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: the Rangers are going to be better than the Astros. 123 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 3: Obviously I'm talking about it at this point the season. 124 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 3: I think the Padres are going to be better than 125 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 3: the Athletics. Now we can't really justify that because the 126 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: Padres are in the West. I think the Padres are 127 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 3: better than the Giants, so it's good that they're ahead 128 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: of them. 129 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:26,679 Speaker 4: I think the Royals. 130 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 3: I think the Royals could be. 131 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 4: A top ten team just because or at least a 132 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 4: top twelve team because I think they're going to be 133 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 4: a playoff team. I am doing my power rankings, my predictions, 134 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 4: and I think rit today they might be a team 135 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 4: that makes the playoffs. I think they're going to make 136 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: some adjustment. So I think this group is all the same. 137 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 4: I think we can just like kind of mix them around, 138 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 4: and I think there's some things that I just I 139 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 4: have a hard time believing looking at this. I think 140 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 4: the Rangers should be above the Astros. They should be 141 00:06:58,160 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 4: moved down a little bit, The Royals should be above 142 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: the Rangers, and the Padres should be in front of 143 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 4: the Athletics. 144 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 3: So what does that look like. 145 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 4: It's a few number slots, but I think it's a 146 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 4: I think it's you know, on this list are the 147 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 4: teams that you're going to sit there and go which 148 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 4: of these teams are going to be out of the 149 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 4: playoffs and which of these teams. 150 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: Are going to be in? 151 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 4: And they're looking at that last spot. 152 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 5: Hey, it might be time to have a heart to 153 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 5: heart with your phone and be like I love you, 154 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: but you cost too much. 155 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not paying this much anymore. 156 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: That's it. 157 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 4: I mean, why would I go more than fifteen dollars 158 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: a month. 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They 177 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: don't love the National League Central the Reds lost Hunter 178 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: Green aj but they made the playoffs last year. Hunter 179 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: Green missed time last year. Putting them at twenty two, 180 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: I thought was a little harsh. Based on the talented 181 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: starting pitching that they have besides Hunter Green, the signing 182 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: of Gino Suarez, I think they're going to be in 183 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: the mix. He kind of smashed the Pirates too. I 184 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: actually took an excerpt from what he wrote there. He said, 185 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: injury prone Brandon Lowe, washed up Marcelazuna, and Ryano doesn't 186 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: move the needle a ton for me. So he still 187 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: doesn't like the Pirates. So anyway, it's Diamondbacks twenty one. 188 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: You put the Reds of twenty two, Pirates twenty three, 189 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: Marlins twenty four, Cardinals twenty five. Right, so you've got 190 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: three National League Central teams in the bottom ten here, 191 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: then Angels twenty six, Twins twenty seven, White Sox twenty eight, 192 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: and that's twenty nine thirty is Colorado, of course? 193 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I think the Reds and Diamondbacks you can 194 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 3: make a case for moving higher. But who's spot aally 195 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: gonna take? The Guardians who won the division last year, 196 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: made the playoffs, and where are you gonna move teams. 197 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 3: The Pirates are the Pirates, Marlin's same car. I think 198 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: the Cardinals are maybe too high on this list because 199 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 3: they're not really trying this year. I mean I would 200 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 3: probably throw I would actually, I'm trying still trying to 201 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 3: figure out how the White Sox are below the Twins 202 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 3: on everything we would see. 203 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: So I mean, I don't I agree. 204 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 3: I think the White Sox should at least be in 205 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 3: front of the Twins with the moves the White Socks 206 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 3: are trying to make and doing things, and the prospects 207 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 3: they have coming. The Twins are the same team with 208 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: al Pablo Lopez. We don't know where Joe Ryan's at. 209 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 3: It's just I don't know. The Twins weren't very good 210 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 3: last year and they traded away a bunch of their guys. 211 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 3: So I mean, the National's Rockies whatever, you know, The 212 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: Angels are in about the right spot. I just don't 213 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 3: know how the White Socks are behind the Twins. 214 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: I keep saying that I agree the White Sox are 215 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: going in the upward direction. I think the Twins are 216 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: very clearly going in the other direction right now. But 217 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: if we look back aj at the middle list, so 218 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: the Rays are at nineteen, they're in there, and the 219 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: A's at fifteen. I know we expect the A's to 220 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: continue to improve. 221 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: I like their young core. 222 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: I think we all do, but they're all position players. 223 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: Do we think that the A's barely did anything with 224 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: their pitching? Do we think there's enough pitching that's going 225 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: to come through and make this a top fifteen team 226 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: in the league, Like if we're just matching up, let's, 227 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: for example, say the A's and the Reds. 228 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: They're counting on the offense. 229 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 2: For the A's, Yeah, they have some seventh spots. 230 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 3: Is the offense. 231 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 2: I don't know. 232 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: This will move, this will move, it'll be it'll all 233 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 3: be different. I just think plus so many people do this. 234 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 3: They do it to get people talking. And so hey, 235 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 3: if we jumped the A's of a bunch of people 236 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 3: wonder why. And if we move the if we put 237 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 3: certain teams down in the bottom, people will wonder why. 238 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 3: So we're talking about it just like everyone else. So 239 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: we'll be talking about this this list, and that's what 240 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 3: they want. 241 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, if you want to win, you got to have pitching. 242 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 4: And I think the teams that have pitching can be 243 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 4: moved on this list. I think that's why maybe the 244 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 4: Marlins are a little bit too low. They have They 245 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 4: clearly showed they know how to win last year in 246 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 4: a tough National League East so I think the Reds 247 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 4: are yes, hunter Green, the loss of Hunter Green is huge, 248 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 4: but they still have a really good rotation. 249 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 3: Young, some of them unproven. 250 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 4: But I think Lodolo took a little step last year 251 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 4: and I think you'll take the next step again this year. 252 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 4: I just think there's I think I think the groupings 253 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 4: are pretty close. I think you can mix and match 254 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 4: in those groupings, and then like the the eighteen to 255 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 4: twenty two, they're all pretty close. But it's really the 256 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 4: haves and the have nots. 257 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 2: How many teams do you think on this list have 258 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: a chance to win the World Series? 259 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: On the full list, I mean thirty teams have a chance, 260 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 3: but I would say. 261 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 6: Six. 262 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 3: Well, I know more than that. If you have the 263 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 3: Phillies at nine, they have a chance. Yeah, I mean, 264 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 3: if you stop the Mets have a chance, The Red 265 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 3: Sox have a chance because of their pitching. The Brewers 266 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 3: have a chance because they always seem to figure it out. 267 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 3: I mean yeah, I mean I think eleven, twelve, I mean, 268 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: if you get outside the top twelve, then you start 269 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: getting into it. I mean, the Orioles still if they're everything. 270 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 3: It's again, if everything works out, the Oriels have a chance. 271 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: The Rangers have a chance because you have de Grom 272 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 3: with all the in Mackenzie Gore and you have Skip 273 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 3: Schumacher has been great. I mean, there's a bunch of 274 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 3: teams have chances. But realistically, I mean there's only probably 275 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: seven or eight teams that can actually do it. But everyone, 276 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 3: I mean, a bunch of these teams have chances. 277 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 278 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: They brought up in this article the twenty three Rangers, 279 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: which is only a few years ago, and Snyder in 280 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: the column said, I remember in spring training saying to 281 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: another writer, I don't think they will even make the playoffs, 282 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: but I could totally see the Rangers winning the World Series. 283 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 2: I really get that. That speaks to me. 284 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes you look at a team and you're like, I 285 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: don't know if this team's gonna make it in but 286 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 1: if they do, and then you start looking at what 287 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: you always bring up, they're starting rotation. To me, that's 288 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: what stands out. Sometimes you look at a team and 289 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,719 Speaker 1: you're like, eh, borderline. A lot of things have to 290 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: go right. But if they do one, two, and three 291 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: in their rotation makes a lot of sense. I think 292 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: this is where a team like the Brewers. 293 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: And if the Rangers figure out how to hit there 294 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 3: with their rotation, they could be really good. 295 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, because things change in the playoffs and you don't 296 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: need as deep of a bullpen and you can have 297 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 1: right a little star power. 298 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: So but things change from you to you. We would 299 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,599 Speaker 4: have never said that about the Rangers rotation. We were like, 300 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 4: oh my gosh, this lineup is going to be ridiculous. 301 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 4: They hammered, hammered, and they haven't made the playoffs the 302 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 4: last few years, the last two years, but their rotation 303 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 4: has started to get better. And look what they did 304 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 4: last year. They dominated their rotation dominated. We thought the 305 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 4: reds oh Man, look at all these young guys that 306 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 4: are coming up from the position player core, and all 307 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 4: of a sudden, they're starters, are the ones that are 308 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 4: kicking it. So it's like, we don't know exactly what 309 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 4: it's going to be. We think we have trends, we think, hey, 310 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: this is what should probably happen, and then you play 311 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: one hundred and sixty two games and we really find out. 312 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and of course the trade deadline changes things. The 313 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: key acquisition for Texas back then was Jordan Montgomery and 314 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: you saw how valuable he was during that playoff run. Massive, 315 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: massive change once he entered the mix and the rotation 316 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: for them. All Right, we'll bear back on FT. Let's 317 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: bring in a veteran signing from the off season. Lad 318 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: to the show. Dustin May is ready to go. Uh uh, Dustin, 319 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: we got to do a little flip. Let's try and 320 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: flip sideways. Yeah, yeah, let's see perfect. Yeah, thanks for 321 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: joining us, Dustin. How you doing and how did camp 322 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: finish up? We're talking about some of the youngsters like 323 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: JJ Weatherhold learning that he made the team. 324 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: That's got to be cool for you to see. You 325 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: can remember that for you back in the day. 326 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, absolutely, feeling great right now. Camp was Camp was solid. 327 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 7: Definitely my first camp in a while that I felt 328 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 7: good the whole spring training. So I definitely excited about that. 329 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 7: And yeah, it was very cool to be a part 330 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 7: of that, seeing JJ get told he was making the 331 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 7: team and everything. 332 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 6: So very excited for him. He's a great kid. 333 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, more on you. 334 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 4: Oh, just just talk just talked about you know, you 335 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 4: being in camp and like being healthy. How draining is 336 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 4: that through spring training? And then when it doesn't happen, 337 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 4: do you realize looking back, like, oh man, like that 338 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: was kind of draining on me. 339 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, no, one hundred percent. It's it's definitely been. Uh, 340 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 6: it's definitely been. 341 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 7: A long five years of not being able to have 342 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 7: a fully good feeling spring training since basically COVID. 343 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 6: So it was definitely very. 344 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 7: Very big morale and like mental boost that I was 345 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 7: able to get through it fully clean and actually feel 346 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 7: good on the on the outside of it. 347 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna try to play director one more time. 348 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: Can you do two flips on your phone? Wait, cab, 349 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: go to his single so I can see if this 350 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: lines up the way we wanted to, right, Okay, hold 351 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: on one and then the other side too. I don't 352 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: know if that did anything. No, that's good. Okay, I'm 353 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: being told that's good. Never mind, just just the. 354 00:16:53,320 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 2: One flip that feels usually it's gone. I'm getting I 355 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 2: have direction. Just leave it. I've been told. 356 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm trying to do too much, which which is 357 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: important to not do in spring training. I wanted to 358 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: ask you one more question about Weatherhold and just watching 359 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, a team that's got a lot of young 360 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: guys in a young core that that's going to come 361 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: together here, how difficult is it for you to see 362 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: players thread the needle during spring training where you want 363 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: to get better, but then you want to see results. 364 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: And then for some guys and on on a team 365 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: like the Cardinals that has many young players and some 366 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: battles going on, you do have to put the results 367 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: up so that the team decides who's going to break 368 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: camp on the opening day roster. 369 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 370 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 7: No, I definitely I've been on that side of things 371 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 7: where or it's not guaranteed and you got to earn 372 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 7: your spot. 373 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 6: But like you're also. 374 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 7: Working on things coming through spring training that you were 375 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 7: trying to put in a place in the offseason, and 376 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 7: like coming into spring training, like if it's not working, 377 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 7: like like do I stick with this? 378 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 2: Do I do? 379 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 6: I bang it? Do I try to revert back to 380 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 6: old ways? 381 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 2: And there were a lot of there were a lot of. 382 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 7: Hands in the pot on some kids, but I mean 383 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 7: I could see that a lot of guys were grinding 384 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 7: and there were there were definitely some good results for 385 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 7: some kids in sprint training. 386 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 3: For sureusin Forget Forget the results and isn't that what 387 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 3: it was? How did Ali tell JJ? Did he call 388 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: him into the office, did he do something cool like 389 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 3: Skip schoe Marker did, or he told the guy on 390 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 3: the mound that he made the team? What was Ali? 391 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: How did Ali tell JJ? And how did the rest 392 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 3: of the team find out? 393 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 6: I'm honestly not sure. 394 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 7: I was I was kind of in the clubhouse when 395 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 7: and he kind of came out and guys were like 396 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 7: telling him congrats. 397 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 6: So I'm not exactly for sure how how of it 398 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 6: went down. 399 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 3: I was hoping Ali would have big meeting in the clubhouse, 400 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 3: you know, because I keep saying, like, it's tired when 401 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 3: they call you into the office and they say, oh, 402 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 3: you made the team and they have to hidden camera 403 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 3: and the GM's there, like let's do something different, right, 404 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 3: Like let's come up with some cooler ideas. And I 405 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 3: thought Ali, I mean, John Jay has nothing to do 406 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 3: all day, so I thought he could come up with 407 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 3: a better idea. 408 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 7: No, I honestly I have no idea how how it 409 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 7: all went down. I was just I was just very 410 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 7: excited for him. 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So 452 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 7: they laid out some plans and stuff and what they 453 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 7: had done in the past, and it really just meshed 454 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 7: with kind of what I was going going through in 455 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 7: the last couple of years. And then also on the 456 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 7: on the pitching side, I felt like me and Dusty 457 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 7: kind of had a really good kind of bridge between 458 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 7: like what I wanted to work on in the off season, 459 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 7: like what he thought I needed to work on. So 460 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 7: I thought we were very like ying and yang with that, 461 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 7: like we kind of wanted the same thing, so I 462 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 7: felt like we were on the same page. 463 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 6: So that was a big contributor to UH. 464 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 7: For me, it was kind of getting my arm path 465 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 7: kind of back into like what it was pre my 466 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 7: second surgery and then kind of figuring out a change 467 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 7: up and then he was all for me bringing the 468 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 7: curveball back. 469 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 6: So I was really excited to hear that because. 470 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 7: It's been a conversation in the past, but it's kind 471 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 7: of always gotten shot down. 472 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 4: Why do you feel like it got shot down analytically? 473 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 4: Like it didn't results oriented, it didn't create what you 474 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 4: guys in the team was looking for. 475 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 7: I felt like it kind of just didn't match my 476 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 7: arm path back in the day. I felt like higher 477 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 7: high armslot but higher. I feel like it has allowed 478 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 7: me to be able to bring the curveball back into 479 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 7: the repertoire and I feel like it's going to play 480 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 7: pretty well because it's a bigger speech chane. 481 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 3: A lot of teams do. A lot of teams do 482 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 3: that because there's certain people that always say, Oh, I 483 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 3: want to throw this pitch more of that pitching more. 484 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 3: Do they allow you input on that and because you 485 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 3: said you seem to like your curveball, so the more 486 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 3: teams say hey, were there are certain teams to say, no, 487 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 3: we don't love that pitch. You can't throw it. 488 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 2: I don't. 489 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 7: I don't really think they were saying no. I think 490 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 7: it was more so just let's get to spring and 491 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 7: see how it goes. And honestly, that was kind of 492 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 7: what my thought process was with it. I was like, 493 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 7: I want to get to spring. I want to throw 494 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,479 Speaker 7: it against some hitters. I want to kind of get 495 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 7: their viewpoints on it, and especially they are like live 496 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 7: it bees against some of our guys, Like I threw 497 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 7: a lot of them and they were like, no, it's 498 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 7: it's good, Like it's not popping and it's not like 499 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 7: coming out of a different look. So I definitely very 500 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 7: excited to hear that. And it's five or six miles 501 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 7: an hour slower than my slider, so I feel like 502 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 7: it's going to give a lot more depth to my 503 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 7: arsenal for sure. And adding the change up like back 504 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 7: to the to the group as well. I think adding 505 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 7: both of those is gonna allow for a lot more 506 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 7: question marks on what might come. 507 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 3: Well, now you're a true starter, you got like seventeen 508 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 3: pitches like every other starter a base Welcome to the 509 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 3: Welcome back to the starters world instead. 510 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 7: Of being I never believe not It's not just sinker 511 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 7: slider anymore. Like it was so definitely very excited to 512 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,479 Speaker 7: see how it all pans out and works throughout the year. 513 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 3: You mentioned this was your first spring in a while healthy, 514 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 3: and I know you lost some weight because of the 515 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 3: incident you have, But what's your fighting weight? What's your 516 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: what's your fighting weight that you want to be at? 517 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 3: And are you at that right now? And can you 518 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 3: maintain that during the season. 519 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 8: I I feel like I'm close to it. Before my 520 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 8: before my surgery, when I lost on my weight out, 521 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 8: I was two. I'm at like two eighteen to two 522 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 8: twenty right now. So I feel like I'm at a 523 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 8: very comfortable spot. I feel really really strong, be able 524 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 8: to hold this weight pretty well. 525 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 7: Like I'm not having to like force feed myself to maintain. 526 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 7: So I feel like I'm in a really good spot 527 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 7: at the moment. 528 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 3: What is force feeding? 529 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 4: Because there's so many like high school baseball players who 530 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 4: are like, Bro, I'm on the games, Bro, are you 531 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 4: like a six raw eggs? Just slug it down kind 532 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 4: of guy, or do you got to eat chicken and rice? 533 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 6: I eat a lot of spaghetti. 534 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 7: Spaghetti is my go to so I feel like I 535 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 7: can and carbload and protein load of that. But yeah, 536 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 7: during the off season, there was definitely a lot of 537 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 7: a lot of pasta and a lot of a lot 538 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 7: of venison eating. 539 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 4: All right, So you could have been on Team Italy 540 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 4: for the WBC because if you had some pasta, you 541 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 4: could clearly be on Timm Team Italy. But what do 542 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 4: you what did you see about this? 543 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 6: I mean, say, sorry, I did hear you? 544 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: Oh no, I was just I was just saying about 545 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 4: the but this team the team. You don't know a 546 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 4: ton about a team until you get there. You sign 547 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 4: with the Cardinals. What are you impressed with that you 548 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 4: feel like could turn some heads this year in the 549 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 4: sense of you guys winning more games than I think 550 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 4: you guys are going to win, and a lot of 551 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 4: people think you guys are going to win. 552 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think our pitching staff is very underestimated. 553 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 7: I think we have a lot of guys on the 554 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 7: staff that have some really good tools in their clock, 555 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 7: in their box, and I feel like they're going to 556 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 7: be able to come out and show it because they're 557 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 7: going to actually have the opportunity this year to go 558 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 7: and kind of have a runway. I feel like they're 559 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 7: going to give guys their chances this year, and I 560 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 7: feel like we have a lot of guys that are 561 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 7: ready to take that next step, especially on. 562 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 6: The pitching side. I feel like we have some really, 563 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 6: really talented young guys. 564 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 2: Hey, I've got one. 565 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: So obviously you were traded last year, but you spend 566 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: time with the Dodge, so we always like to point out, Hey, 567 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: there's a ring coming through. I was looking at the calendar. 568 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: You've got them at home at the beginning of May. 569 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: You've got them in LA in September. How does that work? 570 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: Have you talked to them? Do you get to do 571 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: it on the field? Is it just like a more 572 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: low key Hey, here's the ring. Have you guys figured 573 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: that part out yet? 574 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 7: I have not been reached out to you about that, 575 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 7: but I'm very excited to get I'm very excited to 576 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 7: see it, excited to see the guys again. 577 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 6: So yeah, looking forward to that. 578 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 3: Wait, hold up, what do you mean you don't know 579 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 3: where you're gonna be. Aren't you going to be in 580 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 3: Saint Louis. You just brought up the trade deadline at 581 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 3: that You're Saint Louis. 582 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 2: No, I mean, I don't know. Louis Cardinal. 583 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 3: They love everybody in Saint Louis. 584 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: No. 585 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 7: I would love to stay. I would absolutely love to stay. 586 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 7: I did not sign here to get traded. I did 587 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 7: not sign to look at that. 588 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 6: But I mean you can't. I mean, I've been through one. 589 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 6: It's hectic. 590 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 7: I found out literally three minutes before the deadline was 591 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 7: closed that I was getting traded. 592 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 6: So I don't know what that's going to look like. 593 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 7: And I don't want to get to that moment and 594 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 7: then oh, I'm not going to LA so you get 595 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 7: the mail of the ring ship to you. So I 596 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 7: don't want to have to go through that. So I 597 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 7: would like to at least get it when I when 598 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 7: I see the guys, that's fair. 599 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 3: Plus you get a plus, you get a great ovation 600 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 3: in Saint Louis. They'll cheer for you no matter what. 601 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well, and it's it's good for the young 602 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: guys to look at it too and be like, hey, 603 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: oh yeah. 604 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 7: I'd definitely like to have it in the clubhouse with 605 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 7: the guys to see because there's a lot of guys 606 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 7: in there that that that don't have one, so it'll 607 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 7: be it'll be cool to bring in for sure. 608 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: Can you go over the craziness that that went down 609 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: there for you last year where you mentioned it's like 610 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: minutes away and you're like, oh, cool, I'm moving now. 611 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 612 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 6: So we so we were in Tampa. 613 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 2: I had. 614 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 7: Me and me and Vessio were actually at a casino 615 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 7: and I get a call from from Goings and he 616 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 7: was like and this was literally, like I said, maybe 617 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 7: three or four minutes before the day line goes down, 618 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 7: because I had heard all the rumors and everything, and 619 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 7: I was talking with my agent about it and he 620 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 7: was like, dude, I'm seeing the same stuff you are. 621 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 6: I'm not hearing anything. 622 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 7: And then Gums called and he was like, hey, we're 623 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 7: trading to Boston and I was like all right, and 624 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 7: then the whirlwind kind of started and I was like, shoot, 625 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 7: I need to get back to the hotel and kind 626 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 7: of be available to be on the phone because I'm 627 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 7: sure I'm about to get a lot of phone calls. 628 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 7: And yeah, I got like twenty phone calls in the 629 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 7: span of like ten minutes. So definitely got bombarded right 630 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 7: after that. The trade deadline is not a fun process 631 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 7: for the fans or whoever wants to ask about it. 632 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 6: You're going into a whole new environment and whole new everything. 633 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 7: You're meeting all new people, all new players, and trying 634 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 7: to trying to get your feet settled, and it's it's 635 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 7: definitely a whirlwind of emotions because you're comfortable in one 636 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 7: spot and then you just kind of get shipped off 637 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 7: to another. So yeah, there's definitely a lot of things 638 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 7: that go into it, but it was definitely fun to 639 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 7: experience something different. 640 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: So I have one more on this that I think 641 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: adds another layer in addition to new team, new surroundings. 642 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: Got to figure out where you're living real quick, right 643 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: in the thick of a playoff race. To Usually, I 644 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: think most teams that are in the hunt think that 645 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: they have pitching whisperers where they'll be like, all right, 646 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: here comes a player, and we're going to tell them 647 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: all these things that we've been seeing and this is 648 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: why we traded for him. So I'm curious, and I'm 649 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: a little bit going off narrative and what I watched 650 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: last year. But you used the sweeper heavy I know 651 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: the Red Sox were really into the cutter. Can you 652 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: explain kind of like how that process goes on the 653 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: nitty gritty of the pitches, but then also how someone 654 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: like you was supposed to navigate that. You're coming from 655 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: another org, You're in the middle of the season, you're 656 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: going to hit free agency, and here comes a team 657 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: that traded for you saying we would like you to 658 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: do this instead. How do you navigate that and like 659 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: even disagree with them on certain parts if you want to. 660 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 2: No. 661 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 7: It was definitely cool to get over there and hear 662 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 7: some different minds about how much stuff would work. Because 663 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 7: I had definitely wanted to throw more cutters, more force teams, 664 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 7: but it just wasn't in kind of like the game 665 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 7: planing stuff during my time in LA at the. 666 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 6: End of the year. 667 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 7: So getting over there and they were just giving me 668 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 7: ideas and stuff. They were very open to hearing me 669 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 7: out and saying no, but definitely I wanted At that 670 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 7: point of the year, I really wasn't throwing that great, 671 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 7: so I was kind of up to doing anything, and 672 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 7: then my nerve thing happened in September, so I didn't 673 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 7: really get to finish the year out the way that 674 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 7: I would have liked to at least being healthy. So 675 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 7: definitely it definitely sucked on that end, but I feel 676 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 7: like the stuff that they were wanting me to add 677 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 7: in was definitely something that I wanted to do, so 678 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 7: I bought into it. I like it. 679 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: Well, thanks for the explanation, Thanks for joining us, DUS 680 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: and always great to catch up. Do you really appreciate 681 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: the time and the conversation and good luck have a 682 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: great opening week of the season. 683 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 6: Man, Yeah, much appreciate it. Yeah, thank you for having 684 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 6: me on. 685 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 2: Thank you. 686 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: That's Dustin May Saint Louis Cardinals and we have a 687 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: Cardinal Tear toy show by the way too with Matt Holiday, Lanceland, 688 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: Kyle Gibson, and Jim Hayes, part of the Ft Network. 689 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 2: You might hear from Dustin at some point on that 690 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 2: show as well.