WEBVTT - Paul Sewald Not Happy As D-backs Get Rained Out vs. Cardinals

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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>alongside Jack Summers and Jack We were planning to do

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<v Speaker 1>a postgame show after tonight's Diamondbacks Cardinals game, but that

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<v Speaker 1>game is no longer happening, as the Diamondbacks and Cardinals

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<v Speaker 1>have officially been rained out. This game has been rescheduled

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<v Speaker 1>for July twenty third, and Jack Paul Sewald is not happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I don't blame him. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was thinking the same thing we all were. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the players all were. Why didn't everybody knew that there

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be a day lose tonight. This has

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<v Speaker 2>been in the forecast for days. It was obvious last

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<v Speaker 2>night for sure that this was going to happen. Be

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<v Speaker 2>tracked this for days, and you know, the players were

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<v Speaker 2>talking about why couldn't they have played this game starting

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<v Speaker 2>at noontime? You know, And now the Diamondbacks are going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to go back to Saint Louis on July

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<v Speaker 2>twenty third to make up this game in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of what should have been an off day, turning a

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<v Speaker 2>three city road trip into a four city road trip.

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<v Speaker 2>As Paul talked about in a tweet that Jesse's about

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<v Speaker 2>to flash up on screen and let us know exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what Paul had to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, here it is. This is about as sassy as

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<v Speaker 1>it gets from Paul. Seawall too is generally a very

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<v Speaker 1>very nice person. Paul said on Twitter. No, you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you Cardinals at Cardinals for not moving our game

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<v Speaker 1>up to this afternoon when we politely asked. Given the

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<v Speaker 1>whole world knew it was going to rain tonight, I

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<v Speaker 1>actually was really hoping we could lose an off day

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<v Speaker 1>and turn it into a four city road trip. And

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<v Speaker 1>sure enough, that four city road trip that you're at

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<v Speaker 1>differencing is now going to happen in July. It is

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<v Speaker 1>now part of the Diamondbacks schedule. They already were slated

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Washington, d C. To play the Nationals

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<v Speaker 1>and then Pittsburgh to play the Pirates. They had an

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<v Speaker 1>off day and then another series in Cleveland Guardian against

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<v Speaker 1>the Cleveland Guardians entering the trade deadline, and now there's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a game against the Saint Louis Cardinals

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<v Speaker 1>on the twenty third, And yeah, it's a four city

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<v Speaker 1>road trip, which is something that you really never want

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<v Speaker 1>to happen, and you can certainly understand seawall it's frustration.

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<v Speaker 2>Here.

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<v Speaker 1>We can speculate on how deliberate this was on the

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<v Speaker 1>part of the Cardinals. Did they want to make the

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks come back on the twenty third, you know, coming

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<v Speaker 1>off a series at home against the Athletics and right

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<v Speaker 1>before they head to DC to play the Nationals. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>they're tired and they could take advantage of the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think what we can say for sure is

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<v Speaker 1>that the Cardinals wanted to play this game at night

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<v Speaker 1>because generally you make more money that way. You're going

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<v Speaker 1>to sell more tickets to a night game than a

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<v Speaker 1>day game, and that presumably is why this game was

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<v Speaker 1>scheduled at night in the first place, as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>being a getaway day afternoon game, which certainly the Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>would have preferred.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean there's that, but you know, look the

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<v Speaker 2>the tickets that you know, you have rain checks, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the people still would get to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the game, but not everyone's gonna come and you can

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<v Speaker 2>sell more tickets, you can promote the game. You got

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<v Speaker 2>another month to promote the makeup game, and maybe at

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<v Speaker 2>that point you can really promote it as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a showdown for the season series or whatever. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of ways that they could have played that, So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think that it was kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>bush move. Another peak behind the curtain here with Jesse

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<v Speaker 2>and I, we were having a lot of fun in

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<v Speaker 2>the run up to preparing the show, deciding words to

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<v Speaker 2>put on the thumbnail for our show, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>coming up with subterfuge and chicanery and all these big,

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<v Speaker 2>long syllable words that don't well work too well with

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<v Speaker 2>the algorithm. But uh, we went the alliteration there now

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<v Speaker 2>run around. I hope you guys find it amusing. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot more adjectives that we could have used

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<v Speaker 2>here to describe this. I think that just the tone

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<v Speaker 2>of Paul's tweet kind of tells me, you know, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we politely asked. I mean, obviously there there was an

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<v Speaker 2>effort there to get the Cardinals to make an adjustment

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<v Speaker 2>here something about the NL Central, I mean, the dbacs

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<v Speaker 2>just they run into weather there, and they've won run

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<v Speaker 2>into a couple of teams down the last couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years that have kind of given given them them run

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<v Speaker 2>around when it comes to raindelays. So uh, not great,

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<v Speaker 2>you know for the situation. On the other hand, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there are people out there that were happy not to

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<v Speaker 2>have to watch Zach gallanpitch tonight, but it just means

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to watch them tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's hard to really come up with a silver

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<v Speaker 1>lining here for the Diamondbacks. I guess if you're really

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<v Speaker 1>reaching for it, you could say that they at least

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<v Speaker 1>can kind of plan for that game on July twenty third,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas tonight was going to be pretty rough for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Berthume talked about this on the broadcast yesterday, where

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<v Speaker 1>if this game had been played as scheduled and even

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<v Speaker 1>been played on time, the Diamondbacks weren't expected to arrive

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<v Speaker 1>in Tampa until about three in the morning after this

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<v Speaker 1>game concluded. Tampa is not that far away from Saint Louis,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not real close either, so it was setting

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<v Speaker 1>up to be a pretty brutal turnaround for them tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>even with that being a night game against the Rays.

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<v Speaker 1>So at the very least the d Backs can get

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<v Speaker 1>off to Tampa a little bit earlier and hopefully actually

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<v Speaker 1>get some legitimate rest tonight entering that series. But on

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<v Speaker 1>the back end, yeah, now you've got a four city

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<v Speaker 1>road trip a mess set up in July, so hard

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<v Speaker 1>to feel too good about that, Jack, if you're the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's a comment here from at trash City forty two.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I might know who you are, and it

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<v Speaker 2>says I'm just here so I can get the forecast

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<v Speaker 2>for tomorrow's weather from Jack. Since I've been playing amateur

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<v Speaker 2>meteorologist on Twitter. What I will say is the forecast

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<v Speaker 2>is probably going to be pretty good, unless there's a hurricane.

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<v Speaker 2>Because they're playing in Tampa Bay.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that's fair pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be playing at the Trump So unless they get

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden you know, category twelve, you know, hurricane to

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<v Speaker 2>rip the roof off again, I think they'll be Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a do you have a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>the forecast for July twenty third, Jack, I know that's

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<v Speaker 1>a little ways out, but can you maybe give us

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<v Speaker 1>some assurance that we're not going to be in the

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<v Speaker 1>same situation a month from now.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's Saint Louis and it's going to be hot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Hey, there we go. You could safely safely say

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<v Speaker 1>that Muggy out. Yes, hot and Muggy is always safe

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<v Speaker 1>to say about really anywhere in the Midwest this time

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<v Speaker 1>of year. Yeah, unfortunate for the Diamondbacks. In terms of

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<v Speaker 1>the pitching plan for this weekend, I haven't seen anything

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<v Speaker 1>official yet from the people out in Saint Louis. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>keep our eyes peeled for that. It seems probably safe

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<v Speaker 1>to say that Zach Gallen is just going to get

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<v Speaker 1>pushed back a day and start tomorrow against the Tampa

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Rays. But that sets up a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>weird situation for the d Backs. Jack. We had been

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<v Speaker 1>expecting Brandon Fought to come up and pitch on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>and then be followed by Jose Cabrera on Saturday. Now

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<v Speaker 1>with Gallon starting Friday, I don't know what the d

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<v Speaker 1>Backs we'll do here. Do they just push fot In

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<v Speaker 1>Cabrera back another day, or do they maybe just leave

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<v Speaker 1>Cabrera to pitch on Saturday and then wait until next

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<v Speaker 1>week to bring Brain and Fought back up to the

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<v Speaker 1>majors That that maybe could even be good for him

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<v Speaker 1>if if he's able to get a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>stretched out down in Reno.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The the inference from Nick Procuoro in one of

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<v Speaker 2>his articles yesterday, I think it was when he was

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<v Speaker 2>talking about this, was that thought was supposed to start Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>but that could be pushed back and impact the plans.

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<v Speaker 2>And I kind of got the sense from the way

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote it that it might mean that he gets

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<v Speaker 2>pushed back or another word skipped completely. The only question

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<v Speaker 2>I had then is where is Brandon fought right, because

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<v Speaker 2>you have logistics involved, you know, they they would have

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<v Speaker 2>he would have been on a plane maybe from Phoenix

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<v Speaker 2>or something. You know, he probably was you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>rehab assignment right with with Reno, and he probably came

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<v Speaker 2>back to Phoenix. He's probably been you know, throwing bullpens

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<v Speaker 2>and working out at the complex something like that, and

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<v Speaker 2>then was probably on his way to Tampa Bay today. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>He would have had have been on the way there

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<v Speaker 2>today to be ready to pitch tomorrow. So I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>really sure, you know, unless he was with the team,

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<v Speaker 2>like on the taxi squad, may have traveled to the

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<v Speaker 2>team Saint Louis and nobody mentioned it a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times that would be the case. They put a guy

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<v Speaker 2>in the taxi squad just so that they can get

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<v Speaker 2>him there physically. So I don't know where he is

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<v Speaker 2>physically right now, and that's the key, right because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if they want him to pitch on Saturday, then he's

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<v Speaker 2>still got to get up there. The other thing that

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<v Speaker 2>they could do is, you know, if he's already here

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<v Speaker 2>in Phoenix, have him pitch in a complex league game.

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<v Speaker 2>Just get his innings in, you know, don't worry about

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<v Speaker 2>the results, just get stretched out. Just go get your

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<v Speaker 2>fifth up down and throw sixty five pitches and then

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<v Speaker 2>come back out the following week to pitch. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>the other And don't forget they do have an off

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<v Speaker 2>day next week. Yeah, so that's the other factor. Like

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<v Speaker 2>you say, well, just push everybody back, but basically today

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<v Speaker 2>turned into an off day, and then they got an

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<v Speaker 2>off day Thursday, and then that gets really awkward when

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<v Speaker 2>you're trying to you know, push everybody back or use

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<v Speaker 2>six starters turned through the rotation. So we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunately we don't have the answers for you tonight exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what that rotation is going to be like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be back with everybody tomorrow night, and by then

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be clear, we'll know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that is the hope. Certainly some decisions for the

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks to make in the coming days, and they also

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<v Speaker 1>did make some decisions today. We had a flurry of

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<v Speaker 1>roster moves happen earlier today with Mitch Bratt being optioned,

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<v Speaker 1>Max Kepler being activated and now officially joining the major

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<v Speaker 1>league roster. So we're going to get into that. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk a little standings, look at some of

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<v Speaker 1>the tiebreaker situations with Diamondbacks wild card contenders the other

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<v Speaker 1>teams that they're kind of jocking for position with. So

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more to get to in this episode. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back right here after this on Snake's territory. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Sea Geek. Well, we have a super chat here from

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<v Speaker 1>just host zero two. It's a good one. They say,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all see Gallon throw a no hitter. I sure did,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes, technically that's true, right Jack, that's how this works.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I can guarantee that he did not give up

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<v Speaker 2>any runs tonight. Hits. So well done, Zach Gallon Ohm.

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<v Speaker 1>I yeah, Zach Gallen bouncing back tonight certainly would have

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<v Speaker 1>been good to see. We'll have to wait, presumably just

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hours to see pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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<v Speaker 1>I imagine that is a pretty difficult piece of news

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<v Speaker 1>for him, having to game plan for a completely different

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<v Speaker 1>roster on the other side. But I imagine the Dbacks

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<v Speaker 1>also had some idea that this was happening. Maybe they've

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<v Speaker 1>already already done some of that work and he's already

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<v Speaker 1>started to research the Tampa Bay Rays and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>see what he's in for against them tomorrow night. The Diamondbacks,

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<v Speaker 1>who referenced it before the break, did make some roster

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<v Speaker 1>moves prior to this game. Mitch Brat Jack, I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>was the headliner there. He looked pretty good in his

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<v Speaker 1>major league debut yesterday. It was just three innings, but

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<v Speaker 1>he allowed one run. Was maybe a little bit less

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<v Speaker 1>efficient than he would have liked to be at fifty

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<v Speaker 1>four pitches, but he the Diamondbacks what they needed to

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<v Speaker 1>win that game, and considering the circumstances, looked pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was. It was a fine debut. The way

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<v Speaker 2>I described it on Twitter was short and sweet, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it was three inning outing. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't extrapolate too much from three innings, either visually or

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<v Speaker 2>data wise, but overall he looked pretty good. I would

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<v Speaker 2>like to see a little bit more fine pinpoint command

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<v Speaker 2>he's ultimately going to need that. It's the only criticism, really,

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever felt watching him on you know, the minor

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<v Speaker 2>league games. Those broadcasts sometimes don't give the best angle,

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<v Speaker 2>but it does seem like his delivery is a little

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a little extra oompit the end. There is

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<v Speaker 2>that my describing that, right, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Mean both of his feet left the ground on a

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<v Speaker 1>number of pitches, which is I mean, it was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of fun to watch, but you wonder if that's not

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<v Speaker 1>ideal from a repeatability standpoint and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, you know, it's using a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>leg action. Maybe he's you know, that helps him get

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<v Speaker 2>you know, more effort without overtaxing his arm and shoulder.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that how he injured his shoulder is something

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of important to kind of mention. He made

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<v Speaker 2>an awkward throw. I think it was, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>tapper or a bunt, and he ran and spun and

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<v Speaker 2>threw without his feet planted, I think, And the way

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<v Speaker 2>it was described it was kind of like his shoulder

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<v Speaker 2>dislocated for a second and the bone rolled over his

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<v Speaker 2>tendons and then rolled back, and so that doesn't sound

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<v Speaker 2>very comfortable, but you know, they described it as a

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<v Speaker 2>minor injury. He was able to come back within what

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<v Speaker 2>two three weeks and pitch four innings forty eight pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>But the way it was described was, you know, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the only it's a pain tolerance issue. So

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of shoulder strain or dislocation happened there and

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<v Speaker 2>he's pitching through discomfort. Just I didn't really love those

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<v Speaker 2>descriptions of how that all went down. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he looked fine for this outing and no word of

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<v Speaker 2>anything bothering him, and so he's got to go back

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<v Speaker 2>now for fifteen days, so he's going to get a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of starts in Triple A and then if they

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<v Speaker 2>still need him after the All Star break, then you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see him. But he's got a taste of what

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<v Speaker 2>major leagues was like, and it was it was fun

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<v Speaker 2>to watch Jesse. I think you have something some data

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<v Speaker 2>you saw on his fastball, which I think a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people are going to be interested in.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I think you hear soft tossing lefty,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, low nineties, Like this stuff isn't great, but

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<v Speaker 1>he knows how to command it. And you know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>maybe thinking of a Tommy Henry type or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>one of these d backs pitching prospects that we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>in recent years that just frankly didn't have the stuff

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<v Speaker 1>to succeed in the big leagues. And looking at stuff

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<v Speaker 1>plus from yesterday is kind of intriguing. This is, as

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<v Speaker 1>you and I discussed earlier today, it's really too small

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<v Speaker 1>of a sample size to view these numbers as gospel.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they likely would change if he continued to

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<v Speaker 1>pitch in the major leagues. But for what it's worth,

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<v Speaker 1>he had a one oh seven stuff plus on his

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<v Speaker 1>four seam fastball last night, a one oh six stuff

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<v Speaker 1>plus on a sinker. The slider came in at ninety three,

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<v Speaker 1>so a little below average there. And the curveball there's

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<v Speaker 1>there's no reading on fangrafts, which is a little bit odd.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fastball in and of itself is really important.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that is a huge X factor for any

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<v Speaker 1>pitching prospect is are you able to throw your fastball

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<v Speaker 1>in the zone? And is your fastball good enough to

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<v Speaker 1>compete against major league hitters? Like are you just going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to hide that pitch behind your breaking stuff

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<v Speaker 1>all the time or can you genuinely use it to

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<v Speaker 1>attack hitters? And a one oh seven stuff plus is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good for a guy who's throwing in the low nineties.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a much higher number than I expected to see.

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<v Speaker 1>I know his VLO was up a little bit yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>He averaged ninety two point two in triple A. This

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<v Speaker 1>year it was more around ninety one, So maybe that

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<v Speaker 1>the true VLO there is going to be more like

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<v Speaker 1>ninety one. Probably a little amped up for his big

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<v Speaker 1>league debut and so forth, but still encouraging. Nonetheless, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't just about VLO with Mitch Bratt. The movement

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<v Speaker 1>numbers where we're interesting. He has pretty good feel to

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<v Speaker 1>throw that pitch at the top of the zone, and

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<v Speaker 1>it appears that it could play there at the big

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<v Speaker 1>league level.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, very intriguing to me. I mean, he threw a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fastballs at the top of the zone. Some

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<v Speaker 2>were up high enough. I'm kind of was wondering, like,

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<v Speaker 2>why are they swinging at that? But it must look

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and that's probably where the stuff plus comes

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<v Speaker 2>in just a shape and what it looks like in

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<v Speaker 2>the batter's box. It's got good ride. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>think the IVV only measured fifteen somewhere around there, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like it had an eighteen or nineteen iv

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<v Speaker 2>B like you see from Ryan Nelson. But something about

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<v Speaker 2>that pitch just makes hitters think that it's coming in

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<v Speaker 2>a little lower than it is and they're seeing it lower.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, you look at where it lands next

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<v Speaker 2>to the strike zone box and it seemed well above

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<v Speaker 2>it repeatedly, and yet he was getting lots of swings

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<v Speaker 2>on that. So one thing that you know, I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>interested to see when he does come back is you know, second,

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<v Speaker 2>third time through the order, right, Yeah, once you go

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<v Speaker 2>through the order second, third time, are they forcing him

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<v Speaker 2>to bring that pitch down? If they're not offering at

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<v Speaker 2>it and he's forced to bring that down into the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of the zone, it's going to get hit unless

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<v Speaker 2>he paints it on the corner. So you know, that's

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<v Speaker 2>where I kind of go back to, does he have

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<v Speaker 2>the command to do that? It's like, fine, throw it

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<v Speaker 2>up at the top of the zone, try to get

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<v Speaker 2>to swing and miss, or you know, get guys to

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<v Speaker 2>pop up under it or hit a weak fly ball.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they're not offering, then you've got to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to paint on the owners at that velocity. You

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<v Speaker 2>just do so that that's what I'll be looking Those

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<v Speaker 2>are the improvements that I'll be looking for. Nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>complain about his debut, Just I'm always thinking what's next,

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<v Speaker 2>what's next? How do you get better? How do you improve?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes that comes off as negativity to some, but I

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<v Speaker 2>just know that this game is so hard that you

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<v Speaker 2>have to keep just incrementally dilating and improving on your

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<v Speaker 2>flaws or being able to maximize your strengths without your

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<v Speaker 2>flaws getting worse in order to be successful in this game,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're always looking for how to overcome those things.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it also was maybe encouraging that he got

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<v Speaker 1>decent results, and yet his command really wasn't that great

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<v Speaker 1>in the game. His zone rate was actually forty four percent,

0:20:47.680 --> 0:20:51.600
<v Speaker 1>it was only thirty three percent with the fastball, so

0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:53.600
<v Speaker 1>he only threw his four seamer in the zone a

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<v Speaker 1>third of the time, which certainly he did not intend

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<v Speaker 1>to do. So I think just even there, it's like, hey,

0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:03.440
<v Speaker 1>Mitch Bratt was able to throw three pretty decent innings,

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<v Speaker 1>and his command, which is really his selling point as

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<v Speaker 1>a prospect, actually was probably not nearly as good as

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<v Speaker 1>it's supposed to be as you hope it would be

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<v Speaker 1>moving forward. He also got some swing and miss on

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<v Speaker 1>some sliders that were certainly not in the location he meant.

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<v Speaker 1>The slider seemed to be up in the zone a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more often than you would think, and yet it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to play surprisingly well. He was able to get

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<v Speaker 1>four whiffs on that pitch in the game. So all

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<v Speaker 1>that to say, pretty good stuff for Mitch Bratt in

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<v Speaker 1>his first outing in the majors on the flip side. Unfortunately,

0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.560
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks did option him. Sounded like this was the

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<v Speaker 1>plan going in that this was just going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a spot start as the Dbacks waited for Brandon Fought

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<v Speaker 1>to be on schedule to return. So I guess this

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<v Speaker 1>is still a good opportunity, though Jack, for Bratt to

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<v Speaker 1>go down and get stretched out more, and given how

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<v Speaker 1>much the starting pitching depth is thin, doubt feels like

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<v Speaker 1>the d Bacs are probably going to need him again

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<v Speaker 1>before too long.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure they will, you know, and we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>who's going to be effective and who's not, and you

0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.399
<v Speaker 2>know who knows. I mean, maybe they ultimately take my

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<v Speaker 2>advice and move back to the bullpen. Then you got

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<v Speaker 2>to move Brad up here. So that's a possibility. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the other moves you know that were attendant with this.

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<v Speaker 2>They brought up one Burgos, who didn't pitch today. Burgos

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<v Speaker 2>has not been successful yet in Reno really, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, as Era is well north of six and

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<v Speaker 2>the peripherals are kind of up there too. He's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of think he's got twenty seven innings and it hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>been great. But they must be seeing something that they

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<v Speaker 2>like or that they felt good enough about to bring

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<v Speaker 2>him up now. As he cycled these guys in Remember

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<v Speaker 2>when they option him back out, they got to stay

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<v Speaker 2>down for fifteen days. So some of the guys that

0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:55.800
<v Speaker 2>they brought up and then they sent back, they can't

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<v Speaker 2>bring him back right away. So you're really tapping into

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<v Speaker 2>your depth. One of the things I just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>segue here real quick. A lot of times when we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the bullpen and it has been really good,

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<v Speaker 2>and we talk about like the cores six or seven

0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.600
<v Speaker 2>guys that have been there all year, and how well

0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:17.479
<v Speaker 2>they've pitched, and if you just remove the position players

0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:19.800
<v Speaker 2>and a couple of guys that bombed well, then the

0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.520
<v Speaker 2>numbers are much better. But you know, if you kind

0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:25.480
<v Speaker 2>of think about it, you know, you look, these guys

0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.000
<v Speaker 2>have pitched a lot. Your cores, six to seven guys

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<v Speaker 2>have all pitched a lot, and somebody's going to go

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<v Speaker 2>down at some point, hopefully not multiple guys all at once.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's just not reasonable to accept that seven guys

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<v Speaker 2>all on pace for over sixty games and sixty innings

0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:44.960
<v Speaker 2>are going to nobody's going to come down with something right.

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<v Speaker 2>And so how good is your depth? You know, how

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<v Speaker 2>many Joe Ross's or Andrew Hoffman struggling, or you know, currently,

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<v Speaker 2>Actually Drey Jamison, you know, isn't exactly pitching great. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>these guys that come up, like your depth pitchers, your

0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.760
<v Speaker 2>depth for leavers. You can't just keep saying, well, if

0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:05.800
<v Speaker 2>you eliminate these guys, then your team er isn't that

0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:08.800
<v Speaker 2>bullpen era isn't that bad? I mean, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>starting to like stack up where you're really seeing the

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<v Speaker 2>next line of defense on the bullpen doesn't look very

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<v Speaker 2>good right now and makes me a little bit nervous

0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:21.600
<v Speaker 2>because the bullpen has been so good and such an

0:24:21.640 --> 0:24:26.240
<v Speaker 2>important piece of keeping this team together. But like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>you got seven guys on pace for sixty games and

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<v Speaker 2>sixty innings, and something's going to give somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's part of why Mike Hasen is talking

0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:39.359
<v Speaker 1>about adding to the bullpen at the trade deadline, when

0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:42.200
<v Speaker 1>on paper it's like, well, hey, this bullpen's pretty good.

0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:45.040
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I think that's a great point that one

0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:47.199
<v Speaker 1>of these guys is probably going to go down and

0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:51.520
<v Speaker 1>the dbacs will need reinforcements at some point, and or

0:24:51.640 --> 0:24:54.840
<v Speaker 1>one of those guys in triple A to step up

0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:56.920
<v Speaker 1>and be a little bit more of a force. I'm

0:24:56.960 --> 0:24:59.959
<v Speaker 1>not sure. I Juan Burgos is going to be the guy. Frankly,

0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:02.439
<v Speaker 1>it feels like this was sort of outam necessity. With

0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:05.920
<v Speaker 1>Dre Jamison pitching a couple of innings yesterday, the Dbacs

0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.119
<v Speaker 1>just wanted to give themselves a little more length, especially

0:25:09.200 --> 0:25:13.439
<v Speaker 1>with the rain possibilities in a game like this. But

0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:17.640
<v Speaker 1>we'll see. Maybe Pwan Bergos gets an opportunity and can

0:25:18.320 --> 0:25:21.280
<v Speaker 1>show what he's doing a little bit, or show what

0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:25.320
<v Speaker 1>he's capable of. Our pal Aaron Hughes in the chat said, Hey, guys,

0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.320
<v Speaker 1>hope you are well. Just wanted to note that Max

0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:31.280
<v Speaker 1>Kepler is the diamondbacks second ever German born player after

0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:35.040
<v Speaker 1>Edwin Jackson, and the first born there since the Berlin

0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:37.920
<v Speaker 1>Wall fell. It's a fun fact from our good friend

0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:42.000
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Hughes, and also a good segue jack into the

0:25:42.040 --> 0:25:46.240
<v Speaker 1>Max Kepler conversation. We've been talking about him for a while.

0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:50.320
<v Speaker 1>He's been down with the Diamondbacks minor league affiliates for

0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:53.240
<v Speaker 1>a few weeks at this point, and today was the

0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:56.040
<v Speaker 1>day where he was first eligible to come off the

0:25:56.119 --> 0:26:00.760
<v Speaker 1>restricted list. The Diamondbacks activate him. He is now on

0:26:00.960 --> 0:26:05.200
<v Speaker 1>the big league roster. In terms of expectations for Kepler, Jack,

0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:09.000
<v Speaker 1>What do you kind of have in your head as

0:26:09.119 --> 0:26:15.680
<v Speaker 1>we await his first game as a member of the Diamondbacks.

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:19.840
<v Speaker 2>I think he was rushed. I think from the time

0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:21.560
<v Speaker 2>that they got him into the organization. I don't think

0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:24.520
<v Speaker 2>he's got enough plate appearances. He had twenty four played

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:28.639
<v Speaker 2>appearances in Reno at Triple A. He played two games

0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:32.800
<v Speaker 2>in Hillsboro, maybe a game in the Complex League before that. Total,

0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:36.359
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he had forty more than forty played appearances.

0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:38.840
<v Speaker 2>I would have liked to see him get another handful

0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:42.119
<v Speaker 2>of games and get his timing down. So I expect

0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:46.760
<v Speaker 2>him to struggle. I just do. And that's not even

0:26:46.760 --> 0:26:49.840
<v Speaker 2>an evaluation of Max Kepler himself. It's just an evaluation

0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:52.199
<v Speaker 2>of everybody else in the league. All these pitchers have

0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:56.280
<v Speaker 2>been pitching for three months now, right, they're all, you know,

0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:59.000
<v Speaker 2>the ones that aren't hurt. They're all halfway through their

0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:01.840
<v Speaker 2>season and all dialed in and dialed up, and they

0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:04.760
<v Speaker 2>know their game plans and they've got their stuff dialed in.

0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:07.000
<v Speaker 2>And here comes a guy with you know, hardly any

0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:11.439
<v Speaker 2>plate appearances into minor leagues this year and it's like

0:27:11.480 --> 0:27:13.960
<v Speaker 2>he had, you know, half a spring training and now

0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:17.159
<v Speaker 2>he's supposed to jump right in and have his timing down.

0:27:17.280 --> 0:27:20.639
<v Speaker 2>I hope he does, you know, so that none of

0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:23.480
<v Speaker 2>that is an evaluation of Max Kepler himself. Look, we

0:27:23.480 --> 0:27:25.840
<v Speaker 2>can all look at the career numbers. We see what

0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.560
<v Speaker 2>kind of hitter he's been in his career. He's got pop,

0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.760
<v Speaker 2>he's left handed. They're hoping that he gets you know,

0:27:31.840 --> 0:27:33.680
<v Speaker 2>a little lightning in a bottle against right hand to

0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:37.600
<v Speaker 2>pitching projections don't love him because he's, you know, in

0:27:37.640 --> 0:27:40.119
<v Speaker 2>his thirties now, and he's coming off a down season

0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:44.119
<v Speaker 2>last year. So we'll see what they get. But even

0:27:44.240 --> 0:27:47.040
<v Speaker 2>if he's in a good space, I just hope that

0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:50.480
<v Speaker 2>they didn't rush him like they've been rushing Lords Gurry

0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:54.840
<v Speaker 2>Errol off the injured list twice or Peven Smith off

0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:56.840
<v Speaker 2>the injured list. You know. I mean the only guy

0:27:56.880 --> 0:27:58.960
<v Speaker 2>that actually came off the injured list and swung the

0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 2>bat pretty well right out of the gate was Jordan Lawler.

0:28:03.400 --> 0:28:06.800
<v Speaker 2>You know. None of the other short stint hitters have

0:28:06.840 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 2>come back and done well. So I don't know. I mean,

0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:12.920
<v Speaker 2>we'll see how it goes. But I don't understand why

0:28:12.760 --> 0:28:15.359
<v Speaker 2>they feel so pressure too that they can't get the

0:28:15.359 --> 0:28:18.399
<v Speaker 2>guy another five games. I don't get it.

0:28:18.920 --> 0:28:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Kepler played ten games with

0:28:23.359 --> 0:28:27.120
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks minor league teams. Only six of those games came

0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:29.960
<v Speaker 1>in Triple A. He went six for twenty one in

0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:33.520
<v Speaker 1>Triple A, had a three seventy five on base percentage,

0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:36.800
<v Speaker 1>but just a three thirty three slugging percentage, so just

0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:39.320
<v Speaker 1>one double out of those six hits. The other five

0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:42.400
<v Speaker 1>hits were all singles there for Kepler. Kepler did not

0:28:42.480 --> 0:28:46.200
<v Speaker 1>have great numbers last year with the Philadelphia Phillies. He

0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:50.760
<v Speaker 1>slashed two sixteen three hundred three ninety one. His expected

0:28:50.800 --> 0:28:54.560
<v Speaker 1>stats were notably better than that. His expected batting average

0:28:54.600 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 1>was in the two forties, his expected slug was in

0:28:57.080 --> 0:29:01.720
<v Speaker 1>the four to forty range. So you know, I think

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:05.360
<v Speaker 1>you can certainly understand why the Diamondbacks made this move.

0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:09.160
<v Speaker 1>At the same time, I think it's clear that they're

0:29:09.240 --> 0:29:12.719
<v Speaker 1>just trying to find any left handed hitter with a

0:29:12.760 --> 0:29:16.840
<v Speaker 1>pulse who could possibly be an upgrade over what they

0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:20.720
<v Speaker 1>have in house right now. And you know, maybe that's

0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:24.720
<v Speaker 1>why they're pushing Kepler to be back the first day

0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:28.880
<v Speaker 1>that he's eligible. It's not like peven Smith is setting

0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:32.360
<v Speaker 1>up particularly high bar right now, or you know whoever

0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:36.120
<v Speaker 1>other outfielder would be starting if Kepler wasn't against right

0:29:36.120 --> 0:29:40.240
<v Speaker 1>handed pitching. So it's hard for me to blame the

0:29:40.240 --> 0:29:43.320
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks Jack, I mean, the d Backs option Tim Tawa

0:29:43.480 --> 0:29:45.720
<v Speaker 1>in order to make this move right, a player who

0:29:45.760 --> 0:29:48.640
<v Speaker 1>was not even playing for them. It's hard for me

0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:51.880
<v Speaker 1>to believe that Max Kepler, even as he works to

0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:55.480
<v Speaker 1>get his timing back, can't be an upgrade over some

0:29:55.600 --> 0:29:56.680
<v Speaker 1>of those other guys.

0:29:57.600 --> 0:30:00.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, look, I'm not fault them for signing

0:30:00.760 --> 0:30:03.360
<v Speaker 2>Max Kepler or giving him a shot. A lot of

0:30:03.400 --> 0:30:05.479
<v Speaker 2>people are like, well, why did they sign him if

0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:07.560
<v Speaker 2>he can't play in the postseason, But you know they

0:30:07.560 --> 0:30:11.640
<v Speaker 2>need some bridge at bats. Here. While you were talking there,

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:14.680
<v Speaker 2>I just decided to go look up Manuel Pinia because

0:30:14.680 --> 0:30:17.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, like, okay, you know, if he plays for

0:30:17.960 --> 0:30:21.240
<v Speaker 2>six weeks in Triple A and he mashes, you know,

0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:23.760
<v Speaker 2>maybe then they feel like, okay, well, let's bring up

0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Manny Penia in August and September just for a quick notation.

0:30:28.080 --> 0:30:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Here many Penia, he of the twenty six home run

0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:33.160
<v Speaker 2>outburst in Double A. And why am I talking about him?

0:30:33.200 --> 0:30:36.080
<v Speaker 2>Because he's a left handed slugger right, twenty six homers

0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:38.880
<v Speaker 2>in Double A so far in thirty two played appearances

0:30:39.240 --> 0:30:42.280
<v Speaker 2>seven games. He's yet to homer in Triple A, but

0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:44.840
<v Speaker 2>he is hitting two seventy six with a three p

0:30:45.000 --> 0:30:48.760
<v Speaker 2>forty four on base percentage, which isn't bad, but because

0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 2>there's no pop at all there, he's got a sixty

0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:55.320
<v Speaker 2>two wrs plus small sample size thirty two plate appearances.

0:30:55.600 --> 0:31:00.880
<v Speaker 2>My point is monitor Manualpinia, right, because they're not going

0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:04.280
<v Speaker 2>to call him up now, but they're certainly hoping, like, hey,

0:31:04.320 --> 0:31:07.280
<v Speaker 2>if this guy, you know, can carry over into Triple

0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:10.680
<v Speaker 2>A and show that he's ready, maybe in you know,

0:31:10.760 --> 0:31:13.680
<v Speaker 2>mid August or something like that. If Kepler isn't giving

0:31:13.720 --> 0:31:16.080
<v Speaker 2>them what they need, or even if he's kind of

0:31:16.080 --> 0:31:18.240
<v Speaker 2>doing okay, but they need to get somebody up there

0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:21.840
<v Speaker 2>that they could use in the postseason. Maybe Manuel Pina

0:31:21.840 --> 0:31:24.600
<v Speaker 2>could be a left handed bat down the road asking

0:31:24.640 --> 0:31:26.880
<v Speaker 2>a lot to get a kid from Double A to

0:31:26.920 --> 0:31:29.480
<v Speaker 2>Triple A to the majors and help you in the postseason.

0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:32.480
<v Speaker 2>But this is where they're at with left handed batting depth.

0:31:32.480 --> 0:31:33.680
<v Speaker 2>As you were just talking.

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<v Speaker 1>About, well, just's just men mentioned his name in the chat.

0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 1>A big name in Diamondbacks talk in the last twenty

0:31:43.920 --> 0:31:48.480
<v Speaker 1>four hours, of course, is Paul Goldschmith. Derek Hall, Diamondbacks

0:31:48.480 --> 0:31:53.160
<v Speaker 1>president and CEO, spoke about the conversations that the d

0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:56.520
<v Speaker 1>Backs had or did not have with Paul Goldschmidt over

0:31:56.560 --> 0:32:00.480
<v Speaker 1>the offseason. So we'll get into that right after this

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:02.720
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<v Speaker 1>Before we get into our Paul Goldschmidt chatter, I do

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<v Speaker 1>want to put a bow on conversation we just had

0:33:13.200 --> 0:33:16.080
<v Speaker 1>and say that Ryan Nelson was also part of the

0:33:16.120 --> 0:33:19.160
<v Speaker 1>d Backs roster moves. They transferred him to the sixty

0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:23.480
<v Speaker 1>day IL move that we kind of expected. We figured

0:33:23.480 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 1>the Dbacks would do that in order to open up

0:33:25.640 --> 0:33:28.840
<v Speaker 1>a forty band roster spot Jack. That means that Ryan

0:33:28.880 --> 0:33:32.360
<v Speaker 1>Nelson is first eligible to come off the IL on

0:33:32.440 --> 0:33:38.320
<v Speaker 1>August fifteenth. Does not exactly inspire optimism, but also we

0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 1>didn't expect Ryan Nelson back before then anyway.

0:33:42.680 --> 0:33:45.320
<v Speaker 2>Correct. Well, I mean when I spoke to Tory about

0:33:45.320 --> 0:33:47.160
<v Speaker 2>it and I did the math, and he kind of

0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:50.680
<v Speaker 2>giggled and said, yeah, well, that's like my manager math

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:55.400
<v Speaker 2>in a self effacing manner. He wasn't being sarcastic, you know,

0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:58.640
<v Speaker 2>I asked him, however, many weeks down, then you have

0:33:58.680 --> 0:34:01.880
<v Speaker 2>to add the same amount of weeks up to get

0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:06.400
<v Speaker 2>back stretched out. However many weeks he's non throwing, then

0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:08.520
<v Speaker 2>that's how many weeks he's going to have to be down,

0:34:09.520 --> 0:34:11.680
<v Speaker 2>or that's how many weeks I'm sorry, that's going to

0:34:11.760 --> 0:34:15.160
<v Speaker 2>take for him to get ramped back up. So if

0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:18.080
<v Speaker 2>you're down for four weeks without throwing, then you're going

0:34:18.120 --> 0:34:20.040
<v Speaker 2>to need four weeks to get stretched out. You're out

0:34:20.080 --> 0:34:22.799
<v Speaker 2>for eight weeks. And he said originally, well, four to

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:26.000
<v Speaker 2>six weeks for Ryan, and then he said he's going

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:29.359
<v Speaker 2>to get the MRI in six weeks. That was from

0:34:29.360 --> 0:34:32.560
<v Speaker 2>the date that we talked to him, June nineteenth, so

0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:34.520
<v Speaker 2>that's why I asked her. I said, well, six weeks,

0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.560
<v Speaker 2>so that means six weeks to get he can't throw

0:34:37.680 --> 0:34:41.160
<v Speaker 2>before the MRI, then that's twelve weeks. That brings you

0:34:41.200 --> 0:34:44.719
<v Speaker 2>into mid September rights and he's like, yeah, that's the

0:34:44.760 --> 0:34:49.120
<v Speaker 2>math that I'm doing. So basically Ryan has always been

0:34:49.239 --> 0:34:53.439
<v Speaker 2>September if at all. But for many people seeing him

0:34:53.480 --> 0:34:56.560
<v Speaker 2>transferred to the sixty was kind of like a bracing shock.

0:34:57.440 --> 0:35:02.120
<v Speaker 2>Had they not seen our show or rhetor art unfortunately.

0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:05.360
<v Speaker 2>But the you know, bottom line here is is this

0:35:05.520 --> 0:35:08.359
<v Speaker 2>is expected. This is the normal timeline that they were

0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:11.080
<v Speaker 2>talking about because of the nature of the injuries that

0:35:11.120 --> 0:35:14.000
<v Speaker 2>he has. So you know, if we see Ryan Nelson

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:17.799
<v Speaker 2>again in September, it's even then. It's just like the

0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:20.319
<v Speaker 2>Corbyn Burns situation, would be very tough to get him

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:23.000
<v Speaker 2>ramped up. You're only going to have so many roster spots.

0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>You know, we'll see who makes it back and who doesn't,

0:35:26.120 --> 0:35:28.200
<v Speaker 2>what kind of shaped are in and how stretched out

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.680
<v Speaker 2>they can get, and how many pitches they can throw,

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:33.080
<v Speaker 2>and if they were in a position to be in

0:35:33.080 --> 0:35:35.160
<v Speaker 2>the postseason, are they in a rotation or are they

0:35:35.160 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 2>in the bullpen. Don't even think about it right now, guys,

0:35:39.040 --> 0:35:41.800
<v Speaker 2>it's don't even worry about it till September. We'll figure

0:35:41.840 --> 0:35:42.319
<v Speaker 2>it out then.

0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:47.360
<v Speaker 1>On Max Kepler, we should probably dive just a little

0:35:47.360 --> 0:35:50.400
<v Speaker 1>bit further into his situation. The reason that he was

0:35:50.480 --> 0:35:55.360
<v Speaker 1>first eligible to be reinstated today is because he was

0:35:55.400 --> 0:35:58.920
<v Speaker 1>serving an eighty game suspension for testing positive for a

0:35:59.000 --> 0:36:03.120
<v Speaker 1>performance in drug that happened I believe at the beginning

0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:07.280
<v Speaker 1>of the year after his stint with the Phillies last season,

0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:12.920
<v Speaker 1>and Kepler has really never spoken publicly about that until

0:36:12.960 --> 0:36:17.240
<v Speaker 1>today in Saint Louis. And this is a quote from

0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:20.920
<v Speaker 1>our good friend Nick Pocoro's story over at the Arizona Republic.

0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:24.160
<v Speaker 1>This is Kepler speaking on this situation. He said, the

0:36:24.200 --> 0:36:26.800
<v Speaker 1>answer I have is really the answer that every player

0:36:26.840 --> 0:36:29.520
<v Speaker 1>gives you at this point in time. I do not

0:36:29.719 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 1>know how it got into my system. I am responsible

0:36:33.239 --> 0:36:35.239
<v Speaker 1>for the fact that it is in my system or

0:36:35.280 --> 0:36:37.759
<v Speaker 1>in the yurine test that the Drug Committee found, but

0:36:37.880 --> 0:36:40.720
<v Speaker 1>I do not know how it got into my system.

0:36:41.000 --> 0:36:43.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm not the type of player who would be cheating

0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:46.680
<v Speaker 1>or having the necessary need to take a supplement to

0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:50.240
<v Speaker 1>get through my career, especially not in my free agent

0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:54.000
<v Speaker 1>Going into a free agent year, that's a little risky.

0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:57.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm lucky that I'm back in this position now, but yeah,

0:36:58.000 --> 0:37:02.000
<v Speaker 1>that's my stance. So I guess this is sort of

0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:07.080
<v Speaker 1>the response that we're just accustomed to getting on these situations.

0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 1>So do with that what you will. When it comes

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:12.640
<v Speaker 1>to Max Kepler.

0:37:13.400 --> 0:37:15.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, hey, I just want to add an extra plug

0:37:15.520 --> 0:37:18.520
<v Speaker 2>for Nick here if that's okay. You know, he's a

0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:23.640
<v Speaker 2>really excellent excellent journalist, and he's able to dig deeper

0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.520
<v Speaker 2>than any of us. And you know, he's been doing

0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:29.760
<v Speaker 2>this longer than any of us except maybe Steve Gilbert

0:37:30.360 --> 0:37:32.680
<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the Arizona market. So you know,

0:37:32.719 --> 0:37:36.720
<v Speaker 2>we're quite liberal in quoting him, and that's simply because

0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:40.600
<v Speaker 2>he's the best. So, you know, hats off to Nick Pricorol.

0:37:41.480 --> 0:37:44.400
<v Speaker 2>I look up to him and really admire his work,

0:37:44.480 --> 0:37:47.959
<v Speaker 2>and you know, so I appreciate being able to share

0:37:48.000 --> 0:37:50.680
<v Speaker 2>his work on our show. So you know, don't forget

0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:52.920
<v Speaker 2>Nick pricorl Arizona Republic.

0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:57.319
<v Speaker 1>Definitely worth worth the price of a subscription alone. Nick

0:37:57.400 --> 0:38:00.439
<v Speaker 1>does really really great work covering the Diamondbacks were there.

0:38:01.080 --> 0:38:04.680
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, Max Kepler officially part of the major league roster.

0:38:04.920 --> 0:38:07.839
<v Speaker 1>We'll see if he's able to contribute. The Diamondbacks very

0:38:07.920 --> 0:38:11.240
<v Speaker 1>much could use some pop from the left handed side.

0:38:11.719 --> 0:38:15.040
<v Speaker 1>Circling back to the topic guy he alluded to earlier,

0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:19.200
<v Speaker 1>Paul Goldschmidt is not a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

0:38:19.239 --> 0:38:22.480
<v Speaker 1>He of course, is a member of the New York Yankees.

0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:26.520
<v Speaker 1>He is not making a whole lot of money with

0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:28.960
<v Speaker 1>the New York Yankees. That is a one year four

0:38:29.040 --> 0:38:33.800
<v Speaker 1>million dollar deal that he signed with New York. But goodness, gracious,

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:36.160
<v Speaker 1>Jackie has been worth that and then some. He's hitting

0:38:36.200 --> 0:38:39.200
<v Speaker 1>two ninety seven with a nine to twenty three ops.

0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:43.359
<v Speaker 1>And of course there were some rumblings over the offseason

0:38:43.440 --> 0:38:47.160
<v Speaker 1>about the Diamondbacks getting involved with his market, maybe as

0:38:47.200 --> 0:38:50.960
<v Speaker 1>an option for them at first base. And then, somewhat surprisingly,

0:38:51.160 --> 0:38:54.480
<v Speaker 1>Derek Hall spoke on the radio in the last twenty

0:38:54.480 --> 0:38:58.200
<v Speaker 1>four hours and said the Dbacks never even had discussions

0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:02.880
<v Speaker 1>with Paul Goldschmith. He said that they decided to sign

0:39:02.920 --> 0:39:07.560
<v Speaker 1>Carlos Santana relatively early on, which was a little surprising

0:39:07.600 --> 0:39:12.319
<v Speaker 1>to me that that move was made official on February tenth,

0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:16.080
<v Speaker 1>but he said that the Diamondbacks never actually got to

0:39:16.120 --> 0:39:19.200
<v Speaker 1>the point of having serious discussions with Paul Goldschmidt.

0:39:20.480 --> 0:39:23.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, the other point was that they they

0:39:23.360 --> 0:39:25.200
<v Speaker 2>felt like it was going to cost more than they

0:39:25.239 --> 0:39:27.200
<v Speaker 2>were going to be able to spend because they wanted

0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:29.439
<v Speaker 2>to put the money into the pitching. I mean, that's

0:39:29.480 --> 0:39:33.400
<v Speaker 2>the key point. You know, I know for a fact

0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:37.759
<v Speaker 2>that you know, ownership was very keen on bringing back

0:39:38.160 --> 0:39:40.680
<v Speaker 2>both Zach and Merrill. They wanted the pitching, and they

0:39:40.680 --> 0:39:44.799
<v Speaker 2>were willing to spend for that, So you know, that

0:39:44.920 --> 0:39:49.080
<v Speaker 2>being said, that's where they decided to allocate their resources.

0:39:49.160 --> 0:39:52.520
<v Speaker 2>I think that bringing back Zach late was really quite

0:39:52.600 --> 0:39:57.400
<v Speaker 2>the extra spend on the part of Ken Kendrick. I

0:39:57.440 --> 0:40:00.560
<v Speaker 2>mean pretty much Mike Casen was tapped out for the

0:40:00.600 --> 0:40:02.840
<v Speaker 2>most part, with maybe a little bit left to spend,

0:40:03.320 --> 0:40:06.400
<v Speaker 2>and then you know, Kendrick wanted Gallon back, so boom,

0:40:06.440 --> 0:40:10.279
<v Speaker 2>here we go, and that's where we ended up. Look,

0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:15.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to spill here a little bit, guys, my

0:40:15.880 --> 0:40:21.160
<v Speaker 2>understanding what I was told was back in twenty eighteen,

0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:24.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, during the twenty eighteen offseason or just before

0:40:24.920 --> 0:40:30.359
<v Speaker 2>the start of the twenty eighteen season, Paul's Goldschmid's representation,

0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:34.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, put forth their thought process about what an

0:40:34.160 --> 0:40:37.719
<v Speaker 2>extension might look like. And it was a multi year,

0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:42.560
<v Speaker 2>nine figure deal that began with the two that they

0:40:42.560 --> 0:40:46.720
<v Speaker 2>were looking for. So they were looking for an excess

0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:48.600
<v Speaker 2>of two hundred million dollars at that point in time.

0:40:49.440 --> 0:40:54.080
<v Speaker 2>And what I was told was the Diamondbacks never countered

0:40:54.360 --> 0:40:56.680
<v Speaker 2>because they just felt that they were so far off

0:40:57.400 --> 0:41:02.120
<v Speaker 2>from where they started off, so they never even countered that.

0:41:02.600 --> 0:41:05.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what those numbers might have looked like,

0:41:05.840 --> 0:41:08.560
<v Speaker 2>or what where the Diamondbacks might have been as far

0:41:08.600 --> 0:41:10.680
<v Speaker 2>as what kind of counter they were willing to give,

0:41:11.200 --> 0:41:13.440
<v Speaker 2>But I think they just felt like they were probably,

0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:16.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, one hundred million dollars off between what Goldie's

0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:23.120
<v Speaker 2>representation was talking about and where their comfort zone was. Subsequently, after,

0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:26.719
<v Speaker 2>by the time he was traded during the twenty eighteen offseason,

0:41:26.800 --> 0:41:31.240
<v Speaker 2>so seven months later, the market kind of softened early

0:41:31.280 --> 0:41:34.360
<v Speaker 2>in the early and during the twenty eighteen off season.

0:41:34.560 --> 0:41:37.440
<v Speaker 2>Seventeen eighteen offseason, the market was a little hotter and

0:41:37.480 --> 0:41:40.600
<v Speaker 2>things kind of cooled down for the first base market,

0:41:40.640 --> 0:41:43.279
<v Speaker 2>and Goldie ended up accepting a five year, one hundred

0:41:43.320 --> 0:41:47.200
<v Speaker 2>and thirty million dollar extension with the Cardinals that kicked

0:41:47.200 --> 0:41:50.040
<v Speaker 2>in the following twenty twenty. Because he twenty nineteen, he

0:41:50.120 --> 0:41:51.960
<v Speaker 2>was still on the last year of his extension with

0:41:52.000 --> 0:41:56.439
<v Speaker 2>the Diamondbacks that paid him fourteen million. So a lot

0:41:56.440 --> 0:41:58.799
<v Speaker 2>of people felt like at the time, well, Diamondbacks, why

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:01.640
<v Speaker 2>didn't they just sign up for five one thirty, But

0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:05.839
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that Goldschmith's camp would have accepted five

0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:09.120
<v Speaker 2>one thirty at the beginning of twenty eighteen. By the

0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:12.839
<v Speaker 2>time eighteen got finished up. I think reality had set in.

0:42:13.360 --> 0:42:17.040
<v Speaker 2>He'd been traded. He's in his thirties, Okay, let's go,

0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 2>let's do this, And I think he was happy with

0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:22.440
<v Speaker 2>the city he was at. So that that's my understanding

0:42:22.480 --> 0:42:25.480
<v Speaker 2>of the way that all went down. You know, as

0:42:25.520 --> 0:42:28.839
<v Speaker 2>far as this latest episode, the only twist for me

0:42:28.960 --> 0:42:32.479
<v Speaker 2>is at one point Gambo had tweeted out that they're

0:42:32.520 --> 0:42:38.840
<v Speaker 2>interested in Paul Goldschmidt. However, you know they're obviously Derek

0:42:38.920 --> 0:42:41.120
<v Speaker 2>said that they never talked to them, they never really

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:46.080
<v Speaker 2>made an offer. So the understanding there really is okay

0:42:46.120 --> 0:42:49.720
<v Speaker 2>if you. Paul Sherman reported that gold Schmid took less

0:42:50.239 --> 0:42:53.520
<v Speaker 2>money to stay with the Yankees, and the team that

0:42:53.600 --> 0:42:55.919
<v Speaker 2>emerged as a team that was willing to pay more

0:42:56.239 --> 0:42:59.279
<v Speaker 2>than what the Yankees paid was the San Diego Padres,

0:42:59.760 --> 0:43:02.200
<v Speaker 2>and he actually took left. Well, I think the part

0:43:02.200 --> 0:43:05.040
<v Speaker 2>of the story about goldschmanth being willing to take less

0:43:05.120 --> 0:43:07.480
<v Speaker 2>money if he's going to have to be in a

0:43:07.520 --> 0:43:10.200
<v Speaker 2>part time role to be with the Yankees makes a

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:12.520
<v Speaker 2>lot of sense, and I'm ninety nine percent sure that

0:43:12.640 --> 0:43:15.279
<v Speaker 2>was true as well.

0:43:15.400 --> 0:43:19.080
<v Speaker 1>The other part of this, this storyline for the Diamondbacks

0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:21.759
<v Speaker 1>was are they willing to have Paul Goldschmid as their

0:43:21.800 --> 0:43:25.000
<v Speaker 1>everyday first basement, which is what he seemed to want

0:43:25.040 --> 0:43:27.600
<v Speaker 1>as opposed to just having him as a platoon option.

0:43:28.200 --> 0:43:31.359
<v Speaker 1>And what's weird is as great of a season as

0:43:31.360 --> 0:43:34.080
<v Speaker 1>Paul Goldschmid has had with the New York Yankees, he

0:43:34.160 --> 0:43:37.000
<v Speaker 1>has not been good against right handed pitching. He has

0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:41.759
<v Speaker 1>a six sixty five OPS against right handed pitching in

0:43:41.840 --> 0:43:45.440
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six this season that has been unbelievable. He

0:43:45.520 --> 0:43:48.600
<v Speaker 1>has a six to sixty five OPS against righty's. He

0:43:48.719 --> 0:43:51.879
<v Speaker 1>just also happens to have a one point three zero

0:43:52.160 --> 0:43:55.800
<v Speaker 1>four a thirteen oh four OPS against lefties. He's batting

0:43:55.840 --> 0:43:59.719
<v Speaker 1>over four hundred against lefties in twenty twenty six, and

0:43:59.840 --> 0:44:02.880
<v Speaker 1>so so it's made his overall numbers look totally awesome

0:44:03.600 --> 0:44:06.200
<v Speaker 1>because he's just he's been the best hitter in baseball

0:44:06.280 --> 0:44:09.520
<v Speaker 1>against left handed pitching. So, on one hand, I guess

0:44:09.560 --> 0:44:11.520
<v Speaker 1>you could say, well, the d Backs are right Paul

0:44:11.520 --> 0:44:15.120
<v Speaker 1>Goldsmith isn't isn't all that great against right handed pitching anymore.

0:44:15.480 --> 0:44:19.080
<v Speaker 1>Most pitchers are right eyes. But maybe they underestimated just

0:44:19.120 --> 0:44:25.040
<v Speaker 1>how unbelievable he could be against lefties, so unfortunate situation there.

0:44:25.680 --> 0:44:29.879
<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks, of course, decided to give Carlos Santana half

0:44:29.920 --> 0:44:33.880
<v Speaker 1>as much money one year, two million dollars for Carlos Santana,

0:44:34.400 --> 0:44:38.000
<v Speaker 1>And as of about forty eight hours ago, Santana is

0:44:38.400 --> 0:44:43.320
<v Speaker 1>no longer a member of the Diamondbacks. They have his rehab,

0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:47.080
<v Speaker 1>his allotted rehab time down in the miners ran out.

0:44:47.160 --> 0:44:49.960
<v Speaker 1>You can only have a guy rehab for twenty days,

0:44:50.320 --> 0:44:53.680
<v Speaker 1>and the Diamondbacks presumably just decided like, hey, this guy

0:44:53.800 --> 0:44:56.279
<v Speaker 1>just doesn't have anything left in the tank, and so

0:44:56.320 --> 0:45:00.839
<v Speaker 1>they designated him for assignment and released him. And I mean,

0:45:00.840 --> 0:45:03.640
<v Speaker 1>two million dollars is two million dollars. There's there's no

0:45:03.920 --> 0:45:06.400
<v Speaker 1>such thing as a bad one year contract. I guess

0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:10.600
<v Speaker 1>those you know that thinking still applies in a sense.

0:45:11.040 --> 0:45:14.560
<v Speaker 1>But man, I mean, Carlos Santana got two hits and

0:45:14.600 --> 0:45:19.160
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbags paid him two million dollars to do so.

0:45:19.280 --> 0:45:24.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, look, listeners of this show will know

0:45:24.719 --> 0:45:27.960
<v Speaker 2>that I was never very enthusiastic about that signing to

0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:31.360
<v Speaker 2>say the least. You know, I just I had a

0:45:31.400 --> 0:45:35.200
<v Speaker 2>hard enough time dealing with the Nolan trade quite frankly,

0:45:35.800 --> 0:45:38.319
<v Speaker 2>you know, and so whenever we talked about and we

0:45:38.400 --> 0:45:42.759
<v Speaker 2>got around to Santana, I you know, just was never

0:45:42.800 --> 0:45:44.560
<v Speaker 2>into it. I mean I never thought that that was

0:45:45.280 --> 0:45:47.160
<v Speaker 2>going to be anything that would work out for them.

0:45:47.200 --> 0:45:50.000
<v Speaker 2>He was too old and too many couple of really

0:45:50.200 --> 0:45:53.759
<v Speaker 2>down seasons, you know, and you're bringing in a forty

0:45:53.800 --> 0:45:55.279
<v Speaker 2>year old guy and saying, yeah, well, he's got a

0:45:55.280 --> 0:45:58.040
<v Speaker 2>great glove. I mean, like, even that wasn't very good.

0:45:58.120 --> 0:46:01.920
<v Speaker 2>So you know, that wasn't very good foresight on the

0:46:02.080 --> 0:46:05.080
<v Speaker 2>part of the team. You know, there were other options,

0:46:05.920 --> 0:46:08.239
<v Speaker 2>as I've mentioned over and over. I don't mean to

0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:13.000
<v Speaker 2>keep touting my horn, but you know I identified, you know,

0:46:13.160 --> 0:46:17.080
<v Speaker 2>a left handed slugger as the true need for this

0:46:17.239 --> 0:46:20.880
<v Speaker 2>lineup in the off season and got blown off. I

0:46:20.880 --> 0:46:23.000
<v Speaker 2>mean I spoke to the GM about it and he's like, yeah,

0:46:23.040 --> 0:46:25.359
<v Speaker 2>I don't necessarily see it that way. And he wasn't

0:46:25.360 --> 0:46:28.200
<v Speaker 2>all too you know. I mean, he just didn't think

0:46:28.239 --> 0:46:30.400
<v Speaker 2>I had any idea what I was talking about. But

0:46:30.520 --> 0:46:33.239
<v Speaker 2>here we are. You know, he ranks last in first

0:46:33.280 --> 0:46:37.120
<v Speaker 2>base and last in d H patting, and his left

0:46:37.160 --> 0:46:40.680
<v Speaker 2>handed hitters that have stepped into those roles have been abysmal.

0:46:41.280 --> 0:46:45.080
<v Speaker 2>And you know that downside bottom folding out possibility was

0:46:45.120 --> 0:46:49.239
<v Speaker 2>always there. You know. Obviously, you project Peven Smith to

0:46:49.280 --> 0:46:51.719
<v Speaker 2>be better than he was. Adrian del Castillo did not

0:46:51.920 --> 0:46:55.520
<v Speaker 2>project to be that much better than he's been. You know,

0:46:55.600 --> 0:46:58.360
<v Speaker 2>even prior to this year, his expected stats were not

0:46:58.480 --> 0:47:02.000
<v Speaker 2>very good. Peven should be closer to a league average hitter,

0:47:02.760 --> 0:47:06.360
<v Speaker 2>which he's been far far from, but he should be,

0:47:07.120 --> 0:47:09.560
<v Speaker 2>so we'll see. Maybe he comes around, maybe he doesn't.

0:47:11.280 --> 0:47:15.879
<v Speaker 1>Peven's just the interesting case where his career numbers are

0:47:16.000 --> 0:47:19.400
<v Speaker 1>basically league average, his projections are league average, and yet

0:47:19.560 --> 0:47:23.040
<v Speaker 1>he's not exactly been the model of a consistent sort

0:47:23.080 --> 0:47:27.080
<v Speaker 1>of league average hitter. It feels like he's either hitting

0:47:27.120 --> 0:47:30.400
<v Speaker 1>the cover off the ball consistently, like he did for

0:47:30.440 --> 0:47:32.319
<v Speaker 1>a couple of months at the end of twenty four

0:47:32.480 --> 0:47:35.800
<v Speaker 1>and the start of twenty five, or he just is

0:47:35.840 --> 0:47:38.799
<v Speaker 1>not a productive big league hitter at all, which is

0:47:39.000 --> 0:47:41.520
<v Speaker 1>what we've seen for the past year at this point

0:47:41.560 --> 0:47:45.319
<v Speaker 1>when he's actually been healthy. So certainly the Diamondbacks did

0:47:45.320 --> 0:47:47.359
<v Speaker 1>not make the right choice when it came to their

0:47:47.360 --> 0:47:50.239
<v Speaker 1>first base situation. I think it is very easy to

0:47:50.280 --> 0:47:54.799
<v Speaker 1>say that at this point. Props to Paul Goldschmidt for

0:47:55.160 --> 0:47:57.640
<v Speaker 1>turning back the clock and having as great of a

0:47:57.680 --> 0:48:01.799
<v Speaker 1>season as he has at age thirty eight. We wish

0:48:01.840 --> 0:48:04.000
<v Speaker 1>him the best with the New York Yankees, even though

0:48:04.040 --> 0:48:07.160
<v Speaker 1>people around here certainly wish he was still a member

0:48:07.280 --> 0:48:11.080
<v Speaker 1>or had returned to be a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

0:48:11.200 --> 0:48:13.120
<v Speaker 1>We have one more ad break to hit here on

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0:48:19.239 --> 0:48:24.040
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0:48:24.040 --> 0:48:29.799
<v Speaker 1>also talk about some of the key season matchups. The

0:48:29.920 --> 0:48:33.040
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<v Speaker 1>After a day where there was no Diamondbacks baseball. As

0:50:09.120 --> 0:50:12.279
<v Speaker 1>sad as that is, we want to dive in real

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<v Speaker 1>quick to the head to head matchups between the Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>and some of their wild card opponents, Jack, I know

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<v Speaker 1>this is something that you've been keeping an eye on.

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<v Speaker 1>We could show the numbers here on the screen. D

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<v Speaker 1>Backs are two and one this year against the Reds,

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<v Speaker 1>two and one against the Phillies, two and one against

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<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals. I guess you can call this a series

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<v Speaker 1>win given the way it ended. The d Backs have

0:50:35.480 --> 0:50:38.399
<v Speaker 1>split their two games with the Padres, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>lost two of three to the Pirates. They lost two

0:50:41.280 --> 0:50:43.759
<v Speaker 1>of three to the Nationals, and then they got swept

0:50:43.960 --> 0:50:47.919
<v Speaker 1>by both the Cubs and the Marlins. So overall, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>not a great picture when it comes to these head

0:50:51.400 --> 0:50:52.200
<v Speaker 1>to head matchups.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean, as we have learned painfully in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, these head to head matchups well one time successfully,

0:51:00.280 --> 0:51:03.560
<v Speaker 2>one time not so successfully. These head to head matchups

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<v Speaker 2>really mean something. I mean, they're gonna have to, you know,

0:51:06.680 --> 0:51:10.439
<v Speaker 2>clear out beat the Cubs and the Marlins for sure,

0:51:10.680 --> 0:51:14.880
<v Speaker 2>almost unless you turn around and sweep them. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know with the Nationals, uh and the Pirates, you're gonna

0:51:17.960 --> 0:51:21.680
<v Speaker 2>have to win those series on the road to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to tie them. You've got eleven left against the

0:51:25.360 --> 0:51:29.000
<v Speaker 2>Padres seven on the road because the Debacs got ripped

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<v Speaker 2>off with two games of Mexico City as quote unquote

0:51:32.000 --> 0:51:35.560
<v Speaker 2>home games, you know, and then they got to hold

0:51:35.560 --> 0:51:38.520
<v Speaker 2>their advantage against Red's Phillies and Cardinals. I mean, you know,

0:51:38.600 --> 0:51:42.799
<v Speaker 2>you really need to win these series against these these

0:51:42.840 --> 0:51:44.600
<v Speaker 2>other opponents. I mean, you need to win them all.

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<v Speaker 2>Every game is important, but these are really going to

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<v Speaker 2>come into play for those that aren't. Don't know. If

0:51:52.640 --> 0:51:56.439
<v Speaker 2>you end up tied for the season series and you're

0:51:56.480 --> 0:51:59.480
<v Speaker 2>tied for the regular season for somebody in a wild

0:51:59.520 --> 0:52:03.160
<v Speaker 2>card spot, the next tiebreaker is your divisional record. And

0:52:03.200 --> 0:52:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the Dbacks are in pretty good shape there because of

0:52:05.239 --> 0:52:09.640
<v Speaker 2>their dominance over their Rocketies in Giants so far they

0:52:09.640 --> 0:52:11.600
<v Speaker 2>split with the Padres. But of course, you know they

0:52:11.640 --> 0:52:15.239
<v Speaker 2>need to do better against the Dodgers going forward, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to not undo all the good work that they've done

0:52:17.600 --> 0:52:20.120
<v Speaker 2>against the weak sisters in the NL West.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's not great. It feels like we kind of

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<v Speaker 1>play this game every year where these tie breakers seem

0:52:29.080 --> 0:52:33.360
<v Speaker 1>fairly likely to matter, and yet the Diamondbacks it feels

0:52:33.360 --> 0:52:36.319
<v Speaker 1>like they always lose the tie breakers that are the

0:52:36.360 --> 0:52:39.080
<v Speaker 1>ones that actually matter. We certainly saw this in twenty

0:52:39.120 --> 0:52:42.000
<v Speaker 1>twenty four the way that that season ended. They win

0:52:42.040 --> 0:52:44.439
<v Speaker 1>eighty nine games, but they don't make the playoffs because

0:52:44.480 --> 0:52:49.000
<v Speaker 1>of tie breakers. So it's still still fairly early. But

0:52:49.280 --> 0:52:52.240
<v Speaker 1>the Dbacks have not gotten off to a good start

0:52:52.280 --> 0:52:54.880
<v Speaker 1>in this regard. Speaking of not getting off to a

0:52:54.880 --> 0:52:58.960
<v Speaker 1>good start, Jack, the All Star voting process did not

0:52:59.120 --> 0:53:02.520
<v Speaker 1>go particular Billy well for the Diamondbacks. At least Phase

0:53:02.560 --> 0:53:05.719
<v Speaker 1>one did not. And I guess there there is no

0:53:05.880 --> 0:53:08.640
<v Speaker 1>Phase two for them because the Dbacks did not have

0:53:09.080 --> 0:53:13.040
<v Speaker 1>any of their players advance into Phase two. Corbyn Carrol

0:53:13.520 --> 0:53:18.880
<v Speaker 1>finished twelfth among NL outfielders in the voting. It was

0:53:19.000 --> 0:53:22.040
<v Speaker 1>just the top six that moved on to Phase two,

0:53:22.239 --> 0:53:26.120
<v Speaker 1>and fans will decide the three starting outfielders out of

0:53:26.120 --> 0:53:29.480
<v Speaker 1>that group. We're kind of used to seeing this, Jack,

0:53:29.880 --> 0:53:33.840
<v Speaker 1>it is a bummer, but this year with Corbyn finishing twelfth,

0:53:33.880 --> 0:53:37.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean, Justin Crawford of the Phillies finished eleventh. He

0:53:37.600 --> 0:53:42.839
<v Speaker 1>has a six thirty two OPS entering today, So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a bummer to see Corbyn not get the respect that

0:53:45.600 --> 0:53:46.400
<v Speaker 1>he deserves.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just a stupid system. You know, the

0:53:51.600 --> 0:53:53.879
<v Speaker 2>system doesn't work I.

0:53:53.800 --> 0:53:56.400
<v Speaker 1>Mean it's stupid. Yet Alejandro Kirk was one of the

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<v Speaker 1>finalists after playing thirteen games this season.

0:53:59.760 --> 0:54:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, you know, look the fan vote. I guess,

0:54:04.640 --> 0:54:06.600
<v Speaker 2>on one hand it's stupid. On the other hand, it's not.

0:54:06.680 --> 0:54:10.040
<v Speaker 2>I guess the fans that are more engaged with their

0:54:10.080 --> 0:54:13.440
<v Speaker 2>team and supporting their team, then they get the right

0:54:13.520 --> 0:54:16.319
<v Speaker 2>to have a bigger voice and who gets to play

0:54:16.320 --> 0:54:18.600
<v Speaker 2>in the All Star Game. I guess that's the way

0:54:18.680 --> 0:54:21.480
<v Speaker 2>they want it. I think it does a disservice from

0:54:21.520 --> 0:54:23.560
<v Speaker 2>the game. I think you should have the best players

0:54:23.640 --> 0:54:25.680
<v Speaker 2>in the game. I have a lot of thoughts about

0:54:25.719 --> 0:54:28.239
<v Speaker 2>the All Star Game. I'm going to just throw this

0:54:28.280 --> 0:54:30.040
<v Speaker 2>one out there. I think I might have mentioned it

0:54:30.080 --> 0:54:33.719
<v Speaker 2>on the show before. I think that they should have

0:54:33.760 --> 0:54:39.040
<v Speaker 2>the All Star voting take place after the Super Bowl

0:54:39.920 --> 0:54:43.439
<v Speaker 2>and up until about the middle of spring training, and

0:54:43.719 --> 0:54:49.520
<v Speaker 2>then play the All Star Game just before the season starts. Yeah.

0:54:50.280 --> 0:54:52.840
<v Speaker 2>And there's a few reasons for this. Number One, I

0:54:52.840 --> 0:54:57.000
<v Speaker 2>think you get a more complete view of players and

0:54:57.040 --> 0:54:59.560
<v Speaker 2>who they should be voting for. I saw online today,

0:54:59.640 --> 0:55:03.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, and very respected journalists say it should be

0:55:03.080 --> 0:55:05.200
<v Speaker 2>by the stats. You know who's performing the best, But

0:55:05.320 --> 0:55:09.640
<v Speaker 2>like what stats April stats May stats. You know, if

0:55:09.640 --> 0:55:13.520
<v Speaker 2>you're talking about one third of the season, that seems

0:55:13.520 --> 0:55:15.480
<v Speaker 2>a little short sighted. But then if you go by

0:55:15.640 --> 0:55:18.839
<v Speaker 2>last year's numbers and this year's numbers together, I mean,

0:55:18.880 --> 0:55:20.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, now you're pulling in last year and it's

0:55:20.760 --> 0:55:25.040
<v Speaker 2>not this year's all start team. Why not base it

0:55:25.120 --> 0:55:30.160
<v Speaker 2>off the full last calendar year. Put the best players

0:55:30.160 --> 0:55:33.839
<v Speaker 2>in the game. And oh, by the way, you'll have

0:55:33.920 --> 0:55:36.319
<v Speaker 2>a lot easier time. You do it, like a week

0:55:36.360 --> 0:55:38.879
<v Speaker 2>before the seed regular season starts, or six games six

0:55:38.960 --> 0:55:41.600
<v Speaker 2>days before the regular season starts, you'll be able to

0:55:41.719 --> 0:55:43.719
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of a way to welcome the fans back

0:55:43.760 --> 0:55:48.400
<v Speaker 2>to baseball. Here's a big splash, and you won't have

0:55:48.440 --> 0:55:50.480
<v Speaker 2>the problem of this picture can't pitch and that picture

0:55:50.480 --> 0:55:52.239
<v Speaker 2>can't pitch. It's easy to line a guy up for

0:55:52.280 --> 0:55:56.640
<v Speaker 2>one inning in spring training, right, and if you do

0:55:56.719 --> 0:56:00.000
<v Speaker 2>it five or six days before the regular season starts,

0:56:00.400 --> 0:56:02.439
<v Speaker 2>then you're able to get them. You know, the guy

0:56:02.440 --> 0:56:04.399
<v Speaker 2>can throw his one inning in the in the All

0:56:04.440 --> 0:56:06.759
<v Speaker 2>Star Game and then go down to the bullpen and

0:56:06.840 --> 0:56:09.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, get his up downs and go get some

0:56:09.160 --> 0:56:11.480
<v Speaker 2>pitches in there, and he can still make his first

0:56:11.480 --> 0:56:14.680
<v Speaker 2>regular season start. So I think, you know, and most

0:56:14.719 --> 0:56:16.640
<v Speaker 2>of the guys are all still healthy at that point

0:56:16.680 --> 0:56:19.400
<v Speaker 2>in time, and so you'll get to see all the

0:56:19.400 --> 0:56:21.719
<v Speaker 2>best pitchers and all the best players, and you won't

0:56:21.760 --> 0:56:24.600
<v Speaker 2>have the you know, top players begging out because they

0:56:24.680 --> 0:56:28.160
<v Speaker 2>got a slightly sore foot or handy because they're beat

0:56:28.280 --> 0:56:30.520
<v Speaker 2>up for half a season. Most of the guys are

0:56:30.520 --> 0:56:32.680
<v Speaker 2>coming out as from training healthy, So I think you

0:56:32.760 --> 0:56:35.520
<v Speaker 2>get the full complement of players and rosters, and you

0:56:35.640 --> 0:56:39.640
<v Speaker 2>get a better fan voting experience as well, and more

0:56:40.080 --> 0:56:42.879
<v Speaker 2>informed fan voting experience that way.

0:56:43.160 --> 0:56:48.680
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, rant Over, I like it. I've talked about that

0:56:48.920 --> 0:56:51.880
<v Speaker 1>exact approach with people in the past, and it definitely

0:56:51.920 --> 0:56:54.719
<v Speaker 1>makes a lot of sense. Maybe a little odd to

0:56:54.800 --> 0:56:58.200
<v Speaker 1>have the All Star Game more so reflect the season

0:56:58.320 --> 0:57:01.120
<v Speaker 1>prior than the current season. Like a guy could play

0:57:01.120 --> 0:57:04.320
<v Speaker 1>in the All Star Game, you know, in spring training

0:57:04.360 --> 0:57:06.480
<v Speaker 1>or right after spring training, and then have a terrible

0:57:06.520 --> 0:57:08.879
<v Speaker 1>season and it would just be like, what is guy

0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:10.759
<v Speaker 1>played in the All Star Game and then you know,

0:57:10.800 --> 0:57:14.120
<v Speaker 1>at a six hundred ops or something. But I mean,

0:57:14.400 --> 0:57:17.320
<v Speaker 1>I think that's totally fine. I think you'd rather you'd

0:57:17.400 --> 0:57:20.800
<v Speaker 1>rather have a full season of stats than you know,

0:57:20.880 --> 0:57:23.120
<v Speaker 1>look at half a season of stats as we do

0:57:23.240 --> 0:57:26.760
<v Speaker 1>right now. One thing that maybe they could tweak just

0:57:26.800 --> 0:57:31.600
<v Speaker 1>to avoid the Alejandro Kirk issue is require like a

0:57:31.680 --> 0:57:35.280
<v Speaker 1>baseline number of games or played appearances or innings pitched

0:57:35.360 --> 0:57:38.320
<v Speaker 1>or something in order for a player to be eligible.

0:57:38.800 --> 0:57:41.680
<v Speaker 1>It feels like guys who just don't play, or who

0:57:41.760 --> 0:57:45.720
<v Speaker 1>don't play enough games, like a significant number of games,

0:57:45.760 --> 0:57:48.640
<v Speaker 1>just get way too many votes. So maybe that's something

0:57:48.680 --> 0:57:51.640
<v Speaker 1>they could look at doing. But anyway, Corbyn Carroll is

0:57:51.680 --> 0:57:54.560
<v Speaker 1>not a finalist, could tell Marte is not a finalist

0:57:54.600 --> 0:57:59.400
<v Speaker 1>as well. The two second base finalists were Ozzy Albi's

0:58:01.120 --> 0:58:03.960
<v Speaker 1>and Bryson Stott, who has not had a good season

0:58:04.000 --> 0:58:07.880
<v Speaker 1>for the Phillies. And Ozzy Albi's ranks like sixth among

0:58:08.040 --> 0:58:11.240
<v Speaker 1>n L second basement and basically every category. So I

0:58:11.240 --> 0:58:14.439
<v Speaker 1>don't think there's a strong case for Katel Marte as

0:58:14.480 --> 0:58:17.720
<v Speaker 1>one of those finalists, but there's certainly not as strong

0:58:17.800 --> 0:58:21.280
<v Speaker 1>case for Ozzy Alvis or Bryson Stott either. So you

0:58:21.440 --> 0:58:23.760
<v Speaker 1>hope that at least one of the two finalists is

0:58:23.800 --> 0:58:27.080
<v Speaker 1>like a good candidate, but at second base it is

0:58:27.240 --> 0:58:28.520
<v Speaker 1>it is neither of those two.

0:58:29.640 --> 0:58:31.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, look, we're just going to have to accept

0:58:31.880 --> 0:58:36.000
<v Speaker 2>the fact that you know, either the league of the players.

0:58:36.040 --> 0:58:37.760
<v Speaker 2>You know, Corbyn Carroll is going in the All Star Game,

0:58:37.800 --> 0:58:41.280
<v Speaker 2>there's no question about that. He's just not going to start, yeah,

0:58:41.600 --> 0:58:43.360
<v Speaker 2>you know. And then the question is, as well, the

0:58:43.440 --> 0:58:47.480
<v Speaker 2>Dbacks have a second player. So I really think that,

0:58:48.040 --> 0:58:51.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, beyond Corbyn Carroll, the real discussion should be

0:58:52.760 --> 0:58:55.520
<v Speaker 2>who should everyone be advocating for it to be an

0:58:55.560 --> 0:58:59.640
<v Speaker 2>All Star on you know, this year and kind of

0:58:59.680 --> 0:59:03.240
<v Speaker 2>lobby to get that player selected by either the players

0:59:03.320 --> 0:59:08.320
<v Speaker 2>or by the league. Yeah, you know, And and that

0:59:08.360 --> 0:59:10.400
<v Speaker 2>could be our discussion. I mean, I we've kind of

0:59:10.440 --> 0:59:12.400
<v Speaker 2>talked about it. I mean, right now, you have to

0:59:12.400 --> 0:59:15.560
<v Speaker 2>think e Rod right with the season that he's had

0:59:17.080 --> 0:59:19.280
<v Speaker 2>so far, I mean, if he has starts, you know,

0:59:19.360 --> 0:59:22.520
<v Speaker 2>forget the Fip Pip Schmidt. You know, guy's got a

0:59:22.560 --> 0:59:25.000
<v Speaker 2>two three one or two two five whatever it is.

0:59:26.320 --> 0:59:30.680
<v Speaker 2>You know. So he's been the workhoorse, the stud of

0:59:30.840 --> 0:59:34.280
<v Speaker 2>the of the rotation, has been the most consistent guy.

0:59:35.600 --> 0:59:37.800
<v Speaker 2>You know. So I don't see a problem with that.

0:59:37.920 --> 0:59:40.360
<v Speaker 2>I think that it would be great for him. Just

0:59:40.440 --> 0:59:42.480
<v Speaker 2>we know that the National League is very deep. I

0:59:42.840 --> 0:59:47.000
<v Speaker 2>posted something the other day which is, uh, I take

0:59:47.040 --> 0:59:50.400
<v Speaker 2>the ra A nine runs against per nine innings and

0:59:50.440 --> 0:59:53.840
<v Speaker 2>the FIP base war and I averaged those two together

0:59:54.440 --> 0:59:58.360
<v Speaker 2>and so it's kind of like actual run prevention against

0:59:58.640 --> 1:00:02.240
<v Speaker 2>dominance and peripherals, and then you motion them together and

1:00:02.720 --> 1:00:05.800
<v Speaker 2>it always seems to pass a smell test when you

1:00:05.880 --> 1:00:09.120
<v Speaker 2>use that. And then you start tiering guys, and you know,

1:00:09.680 --> 1:00:11.760
<v Speaker 2>e Rod was certainly in the top ten. I think

1:00:11.800 --> 1:00:14.120
<v Speaker 2>he came in like sixth in the National League in

1:00:14.200 --> 1:00:16.800
<v Speaker 2>that doing it that way, either sixth or eight. So

1:00:16.840 --> 1:00:18.760
<v Speaker 2>he's like kind of right on the cusp because you know,

1:00:18.800 --> 1:00:21.800
<v Speaker 2>they can bring like six starters and then they can

1:00:21.840 --> 1:00:24.360
<v Speaker 2>bring like you know, eight or ten relievers or whatever.

1:00:24.360 --> 1:00:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Make sure they got enough pitchers on the roster so

1:00:26.720 --> 1:00:29.560
<v Speaker 2>that you don't have a disaster. You know, whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not even got in the game, who knows, But I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I just think that Erod at this point in time,

1:00:34.560 --> 1:00:37.960
<v Speaker 2>if you want to go by half season performance, I

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<v Speaker 2>think he deserves a spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think Irod has a has a compelling case.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe Nolan Arnado still has a shot, not so

1:00:48.520 --> 1:00:52.840
<v Speaker 1>much because Arnatto's numbers are great, but because the third

1:00:52.920 --> 1:00:56.360
<v Speaker 1>base class is just not particularly strong in the National League.

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<v Speaker 1>This year. Max Munci is definitely going to start. He

1:00:59.800 --> 1:01:03.040
<v Speaker 1>has in eight seventy three ops this season. But Alec

1:01:03.120 --> 1:01:05.800
<v Speaker 1>Boehm is the other finalist, which is also absurd. He

1:01:05.840 --> 1:01:08.680
<v Speaker 1>has not had a good season at all. He does

1:01:08.720 --> 1:01:11.040
<v Speaker 1>not deserve to be an All Star in general. And

1:01:11.120 --> 1:01:14.480
<v Speaker 1>you look at the ops rankings behind Max Muncy, I

1:01:14.480 --> 1:01:17.880
<v Speaker 1>mean it's Nick Gonzalez at seven to nineteen with the

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<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh Pirates, Matt Chapman of the Giants at seven fourteen,

1:01:22.200 --> 1:01:25.040
<v Speaker 1>Kyle Carros of the Rockies at seven to ten, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Nolan Arnado is right there at seven hundred. So

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<v Speaker 1>if Arnado rattles off a couple of good weeks, you know,

1:01:32.440 --> 1:01:35.600
<v Speaker 1>leading up to the All Star Game, I think it's

1:01:35.840 --> 1:01:39.160
<v Speaker 1>possible that he could have the second best OPS among

1:01:39.240 --> 1:01:42.840
<v Speaker 1>an l third baseman. Maybe there's a world that he

1:01:42.880 --> 1:01:45.840
<v Speaker 1>could still make the team. So we'll see what happens

1:01:45.920 --> 1:01:49.360
<v Speaker 1>with regard to the All Star voting situation. Unfortunate the

1:01:49.400 --> 1:01:52.160
<v Speaker 1>Corvin Carol won't start, but as you said, he is

1:01:52.400 --> 1:01:56.320
<v Speaker 1>a slam dunk to at least make the team at

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<v Speaker 1>the very least. Thank you to all of you for

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<v Speaker 1>being with us on this EPP episode For hanging out

1:02:01.760 --> 1:02:05.080
<v Speaker 1>with us for one of our longer shows. We hope

1:02:05.080 --> 1:02:08.760
<v Speaker 1>we've given you something to do on a bizarre night

1:02:08.920 --> 1:02:12.520
<v Speaker 1>where Diamondbacks Baseball has not happened. As always, it really

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<v Speaker 1>helps us out if you would drop alike on this video,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah for Gray Mantle four and anyone else who joined

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<v Speaker 2>of your questions here. Actually, I think we address most

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<v Speaker 1>to all of you for being here with us. We

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