1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,520
Speaker 1: They thought they'd be buyers in the NL Central. They

2
00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,320
Speaker 1: thought they'd be a prominent team in the NL Central,

3
00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:13,480
Speaker 1: and right now they are not. Welcome everyone to the

4
00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,439
Speaker 1: Monday edition of Fair Territory Jam Packed Show. Today. We

5
00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,119
Speaker 1: had a very lively weekend, to say the least, and

6
00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,120
Speaker 1: we've got a big week ahead, so let's get right

7
00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,920
Speaker 1: to it. The biggest story in baseball over the weekend, Yes,

8
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,760
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. The two injuries, Mooky Bets with the wrist,

9
00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,400
Speaker 1: Yamamoto with the rotator cuff. Two huge losses, no question

10
00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,640
Speaker 1: about it. These are two players with contracts worth a

11
00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:43,760
Speaker 1: combined six hundred and ninety million, and it's obviously bad

12
00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,920
Speaker 1: news for the Dodgers. You never want to see any

13
00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,000
Speaker 1: player get hurt. It's always disappointing. And I want to

14
00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,199
Speaker 1: start with a tweet from the Washington Post Chelsea James,

15
00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,040
Speaker 1: who had a tweet an emotion sentiment that kind of

16
00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,320
Speaker 1: reflected what all of us are thinking. Chelsea said, I'm

17
00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,920
Speaker 1: only barely exaggerating when I say I will consider it

18
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,480
Speaker 1: a surprise if a single hard throwing starter with a

19
00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,479
Speaker 1: regular workload makes it through this season unscathed. She's absolutely right.

20
00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,640
Speaker 1: Every picture it seems is getting hurt in one form

21
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,000
Speaker 1: or another. So Yamamoto is down. He had that huge

22
00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,080
Speaker 1: start when he was throwing as hard as he has

23
00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,240
Speaker 1: all season against the Yankees. Bets out as well. But

24
00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,760
Speaker 1: here's the key thing, and Andy McCulla wrote about this

25
00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:34,160
Speaker 1: today in The Athletic Neither injury is season ending. These

26
00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,640
Speaker 1: guys are both going to come back. As far as

27
00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,520
Speaker 1: we know right now, the Dodgers have an eight and

28
00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,360
Speaker 1: a half game lead in the National League West, and

29
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,959
Speaker 1: in this day and age with expanded playoffs, one, I

30
00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,720
Speaker 1: think their lead is safe. Two even if it wasn't,

31
00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,520
Speaker 1: they've got the cushion of three wildcards. The Dodgers are

32
00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,920
Speaker 1: going to be in the playoffs, They're most likely going

33
00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,400
Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs as the National League West champion,

34
00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,000
Speaker 1: and they're going to get and Yamamoto back. So the

35
00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,720
Speaker 1: losses are huge, and yet the losses at the same

36
00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,240
Speaker 1: time are ones that the Dodgers should be able to overcome.

37
00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,800
Speaker 1: But let's look at just what they are losing here,

38
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,040
Speaker 1: because Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are two of the

39
00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,920
Speaker 1: better players in the game. Mookie Bett's statistics for the season,

40
00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,919
Speaker 1: he was on an MVP track because of his move

41
00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,120
Speaker 1: to shortstop his offensive prowess. You see it right there.

42
00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,000
Speaker 1: Batting average three zero, four home runs, ten ops eight

43
00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,840
Speaker 1: ninety three. Yamamoto, Let's take a look at him as well,

44
00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,320
Speaker 1: because his stats were really good too in his first

45
00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:42,560
Speaker 1: season in Major League baseball fourteen starts, seventy four innings,

46
00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,760
Speaker 1: averaging over a strikeout per inning, with eighty four strikeouts,

47
00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,440
Speaker 1: just seventeen walks, and a two point nine to two er. Yes,

48
00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,960
Speaker 1: big losses, no question about it, but again, remember for

49
00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,960
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, it's all about October now. Another team that

50
00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120
Speaker 1: suffered a pitching in injury over the weekend but otherwise

51
00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,000
Speaker 1: had a great weekend would be the Baltimore Orioles. On Friday,

52
00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,760
Speaker 1: they received the news that Kyle Bradish will be out

53
00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,120
Speaker 1: again for an indetermined period of time. At this point,

54
00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,800
Speaker 1: he's having elbow issues and for the Orioles this could

55
00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,680
Speaker 1: not be more discouraging. If he needs to go on

56
00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,120
Speaker 1: the al again for a period of time. Actually he

57
00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,040
Speaker 1: is on the il again for a period of time,

58
00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,800
Speaker 1: then it's going to be quite a blow to what

59
00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,000
Speaker 1: could be a great, great top three for them. Again,

60
00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,840
Speaker 1: assuming he's out for a long period of time. I

61
00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,359
Speaker 1: don't know that he's coming back. They've already lost two

62
00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,680
Speaker 1: starting pitchers two season ending elbow surgeries, Tyler Wells and

63
00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,040
Speaker 1: John Means they do not want to lose Bradish because

64
00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,560
Speaker 1: with him they've got a top three of Corbyn, Burns, Grayson,

65
00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,400
Speaker 1: Rodriguez and Bradish. That's a really good group. All that said,

66
00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,680
Speaker 1: the Orioles had another big weekend potential World Series preview.

67
00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,960
Speaker 1: We had one last weekend with the Dodgers and Yankees,

68
00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,480
Speaker 1: another one this week with the Orioles and Phillies, and

69
00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,000
Speaker 1: the Orioles in a lively atmosphere of Camden Yards, won

70
00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,960
Speaker 1: two of three great series for them. And I want

71
00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,960
Speaker 1: to show you a comparison as they get ready for

72
00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,320
Speaker 1: a potential American League Championship Series preview with the Yankees,

73
00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,720
Speaker 1: about the Orioles and the Yankees and where they are offensively,

74
00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,960
Speaker 1: because this is a really interesting comparison. These two teams

75
00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,920
Speaker 1: are the top home run hitting teams in Major League Baseball.

76
00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,680
Speaker 1: The Orioles lead the majors with one hundred and fourteen

77
00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,159
Speaker 1: home runs. The Yankees are second with one hundred and ten. Now,

78
00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,440
Speaker 1: generally speaking, when you have big home run hitting teams.

79
00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,280
Speaker 1: They are high strikeout teams as well, but not in

80
00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,480
Speaker 1: these particular cases. The Yankees are eighteenth in strikeout percentage.

81
00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,320
Speaker 1: That's the eighteenth highest strikeout percentage in the game. That's good.

82
00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,360
Speaker 1: They're not that high, and the Orioles are twenty first.

83
00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,200
Speaker 1: So these two offenses are quite dynamic, they're quite good,

84
00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,279
Speaker 1: and it's really impressive to see what they've been doing.

85
00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,800
Speaker 1: One sidelight to this series, and I know it's only

86
00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,160
Speaker 1: a sidelight, but these teams, these two teams have two

87
00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,960
Speaker 1: of the top four pitchers by ear in the American

88
00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,520
Speaker 1: League right now, and let's look at it. We were

89
00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,320
Speaker 1: not going to see both of them in this series,

90
00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,520
Speaker 1: but we're gonna see one of them here. They are

91
00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,040
Speaker 1: the top American League ERA leaders. These are the guys

92
00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,400
Speaker 1: competing to start in the All Star Game right now,

93
00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,360
Speaker 1: and it's a hot race. The ERA leader in the

94
00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,240
Speaker 1: American League Louis Hil of the Yankees two point zero three,

95
00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,760
Speaker 1: followed by Danner Hawk of the Red Sox two point

96
00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,599
Speaker 1: zero eight, and then Corbyn Burns will not pitch against

97
00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,000
Speaker 1: the Yankees two point one four, Turik Scooble and Seth

98
00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,880
Speaker 1: Lugo after that. So the matchups for this series are

99
00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,560
Speaker 1: quite interesting, and yet they don't include either of the Orioles.

100
00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,840
Speaker 1: Two best pitchers, Burns and Grayson Rodriguez. We're gonna see

101
00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,719
Speaker 1: on Tuesday night Albert Suarez versus Nestor Cortez Junior. This

102
00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,640
Speaker 1: is in Yankee Stadium. Then on Wednesday, Cade Povich, he

103
00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,520
Speaker 1: came over in the Jorge Lopez trade. He's going to

104
00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:54,960
Speaker 1: face either Cody Petite or making his return his season debut,

105
00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:00,160
Speaker 1: Garrett Cole. And then on Thursday, Cole Urban against Louis Hill. Thatch.

106
00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,440
Speaker 1: A tremendous series coming up at Yankee Stadium. It's a

107
00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,000
Speaker 1: litmus test of sorts. It's only June, I get it.

108
00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,560
Speaker 1: But at the same time, it will be really interesting

109
00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,279
Speaker 1: to see these two teams go against each other at

110
00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,039
Speaker 1: this stage of the season. We've also got another series

111
00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,479
Speaker 1: this week that is going to be another potential ALCS preview.

112
00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,120
Speaker 1: It's the Mariners and the Guardians. Now, the Mariners are

113
00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,039
Speaker 1: the team that not enough people are talking about, but

114
00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,800
Speaker 1: should be the Mariners, not the Oriols, not the Yankees,

115
00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,240
Speaker 1: not the Dodgers, not the Phillies, not any other team.

116
00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,359
Speaker 1: The Mariners have the biggest division lead of any team

117
00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,159
Speaker 1: in baseball, not just any team in the American League,

118
00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,200
Speaker 1: not just any team in the Nation League. Biggest division

119
00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,320
Speaker 1: lead eight and a half games of any team. It's

120
00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,400
Speaker 1: their biggest lead since the two thousand and one Mariners

121
00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,240
Speaker 1: won one hundred and sixteen games, the biggest lead for

122
00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,640
Speaker 1: that franchise. And let's take a look at the AL

123
00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,520
Speaker 1: West standings, because I want you to see this visual.

124
00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:03,200
Speaker 1: It's really impressive how much of a cushion the Mariners

125
00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,479
Speaker 1: have built. Here are the AL West standings. The top

126
00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,839
Speaker 1: three teams, the Mariners forty three and thirty one, the

127
00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,120
Speaker 1: Rangers eight and a half games back, the Astros seven

128
00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,520
Speaker 1: straight appearances in the American League Championship Series. They are

129
00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,040
Speaker 1: nine games back. So how are the Mariners doing this? Well,

130
00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,080
Speaker 1: they've won sixteen of twenty one. That's one pretty good

131
00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,000
Speaker 1: impressive run. More important, I would say they're seventeen and

132
00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,200
Speaker 1: five against the AL West. And we all know they

133
00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,200
Speaker 1: have a tremendous rotation, fourth in the majors in rotation era,

134
00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,000
Speaker 1: behind the Yankees, Orioles and Phillies and heading that rotation,

135
00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,040
Speaker 1: actually I shouldn't say heading among the great starters the

136
00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,440
Speaker 1: Mariners rolling out right now is the guy who pitched yesterday,

137
00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,640
Speaker 1: Logan Gilbert. You get Logan Gilbert, three runs, he's winning, folks.

138
00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,120
Speaker 1: They are thirty three to zero in his career when

139
00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,640
Speaker 1: the Mariners scored three or more runs in a game.

140
00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,400
Speaker 1: That is really impressive. And it speaks to Logan Gilbert's

141
00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,640
Speaker 1: ability just to win the games that he should. They've

142
00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,760
Speaker 1: got Castile, They've got Gilbert, They've got George Kirby, They've

143
00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,120
Speaker 1: got Brian Wu. They got Bryce Miller. That is as

144
00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,120
Speaker 1: good a five, and it's youthful of five. Castillo is

145
00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,440
Speaker 1: the oldest of that group as you will see in

146
00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,720
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball. And yes, that series against the Guardians

147
00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,760
Speaker 1: will be another big one for sure. And here are

148
00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,960
Speaker 1: the matchups for that series as we get ready for

149
00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,160
Speaker 1: that one. It's running concurrently with Yankees Orioles. Tuesday Night

150
00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,080
Speaker 1: Tristan McKenzie versus Bryce Miller. Wednesday, Tanner Bidy versus Brian Wu.

151
00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,480
Speaker 1: Brian Wu skipped the start, he's had various physical issues

152
00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,880
Speaker 1: this year. And Logan Allen versus Castillo in the series finale.

153
00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,520
Speaker 1: So two great series in the American League on tap

154
00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:49,480
Speaker 1: for this week, Yankees Orioles, Guardians, Marriners. Zekeek is the

155
00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,720
Speaker 1: official ticket marketplace of Major League Baseball, so they have

156
00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,920
Speaker 1: you covered for all of your baseball ticket needs. With

157
00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,760
Speaker 1: over twenty eight million downloads, they're the number one rated

158
00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,240
Speaker 1: getting app. Baseball season is in full swing as we

159
00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,080
Speaker 1: all know, and you don't want to miss out. See

160
00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,079
Speaker 1: Geek has your tickets to every game and of course concerts,

161
00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,720
Speaker 1: festivals and more. Every ticket is backed by their buyer

162
00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,560
Speaker 1: guarantee and see Geek is the only site that lets

163
00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,760
Speaker 1: you return your tickets ahead of the event with swaps.

164
00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,160
Speaker 1: Use our code fair Fair for twenty dollars off tickets

165
00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,240
Speaker 1: at sea Geek. That's twenty dollars off your first purchase

166
00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,440
Speaker 1: with promo code fair. Make sure you click the link

167
00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,800
Speaker 1: in the description to download the app. Time now for

168
00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,600
Speaker 1: the inside dish. This is the part of the show

169
00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,920
Speaker 1: where I go inside a story I've written, or inside

170
00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,880
Speaker 1: a trend in the game or this week for the

171
00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,560
Speaker 1: first time, inside a comment I made on the previous

172
00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,640
Speaker 1: fair territory. Yes, I want to talk about a question

173
00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,280
Speaker 1: I answered from a listener, and it's an answer that

174
00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,040
Speaker 1: I wasn't fully satisfied with when the show was over.

175
00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,080
Speaker 1: In fact, I really wasn't satisfied with it at all.

176
00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,040
Speaker 1: The show is live, there wasn't much I could do

177
00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,240
Speaker 1: about it. We couldn't go back and tape it over.

178
00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,280
Speaker 1: And when things are live, whether on television or on YouTube,

179
00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,679
Speaker 1: whatever the case might be, sometimes you give an answer

180
00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,040
Speaker 1: that you're not entirely happy with. So I want to

181
00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,440
Speaker 1: try again talking about the future of Alex Cora and

182
00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,280
Speaker 1: this time give hopefully a better answer and give greater

183
00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,680
Speaker 1: context to what I was trying to say. The question

184
00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,839
Speaker 1: was at the time, Okay, Ken, which place, which team

185
00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,880
Speaker 1: do you think Alex Cora will wind up with next year. Now,

186
00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,360
Speaker 1: this is a hot topic, both in Boston and in

187
00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,680
Speaker 1: the industry, and it's something that we're going to be

188
00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,800
Speaker 1: discussing probably all season. Alex Cora is in the last

189
00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,800
Speaker 1: year of his contract, so we've talked about how he

190
00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,880
Speaker 1: could be this year's Craig Council, how a guy like

191
00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,720
Speaker 1: him could be a hot free agent, and how teams

192
00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,079
Speaker 1: with existing managers might even dismiss their manager to go

193
00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,440
Speaker 1: get him. The Red Sox are having a really good season.

194
00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,080
Speaker 1: Alex Korra is a really good manager. And when I

195
00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,000
Speaker 1: say the Red Sox are having a really good season.

196
00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,560
Speaker 1: I know they are only two games above five hundred,

197
00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,800
Speaker 1: but they just won two or three from the Yankees,

198
00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,160
Speaker 1: embarrassed them on Sunday Night Baseball. And they're doing this

199
00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,920
Speaker 1: with all of these players out Trevor's story and Tristan

200
00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,920
Speaker 1: Cassis and Lucas Giolito and Garrett Whitlock and on and on.

201
00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,079
Speaker 1: It's one of Cora's finest showings so far. And he's

202
00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,720
Speaker 1: had some pretty good teams in his past with the

203
00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,360
Speaker 1: Red Sox, so this is an impressive show by him

204
00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,560
Speaker 1: and only reinforces how good a manager he is. So

205
00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,199
Speaker 1: what are we talking about here? First thing we want

206
00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,640
Speaker 1: to talk about is that Alex Cora is not the

207
00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,880
Speaker 1: only manager who could be a hot free agent this offseason.

208
00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,040
Speaker 1: I failed to mention and I failed to give this

209
00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,360
Speaker 1: context when answering the question Thursday that Skip Schumacher of

210
00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,040
Speaker 1: the Marlins could be just as hot a name, well,

211
00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,079
Speaker 1: maybe not quite as hot, but pretty hot. Skip Schumacher,

212
00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,160
Speaker 1: as Bobby night Yale of USA Today report earlier this season,

213
00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,280
Speaker 1: had a negotiation with the Marlins during the offseason in

214
00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,640
Speaker 1: which they agreed to avoid the option year on a

215
00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,800
Speaker 1: contract he will be like Alex Cora, like counsel of

216
00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,439
Speaker 1: a year ago, a free agent, he too will be

217
00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,080
Speaker 1: a hot name now with Alex Korra. One thing that

218
00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,040
Speaker 1: I mentioned Thursday and I want to bring up again

219
00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,600
Speaker 1: because it's important, he might not even want to manage

220
00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,600
Speaker 1: next year. He is a guy that has talked a

221
00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:31,080
Speaker 1: lot about his family in recent times. Always Actually, he's

222
00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,880
Speaker 1: got a daughter who is finishing up her senior year

223
00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,480
Speaker 1: at BC this coming year at school year, and he

224
00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,040
Speaker 1: has two twin six year old sons. So while he

225
00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,480
Speaker 1: wants to continue managing, at some point, it's conceivable he

226
00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,520
Speaker 1: could take a year off. It's conceivable that he could

227
00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,520
Speaker 1: go to the front office. There are a number of

228
00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,760
Speaker 1: ways that he can go. Now. When I was asked

229
00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,640
Speaker 1: which teams might he go to? I listed three the Yankees, Dodgers,

230
00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:04,280
Speaker 1: and Cardinals, And upon further review, I'm not happy with

231
00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,880
Speaker 1: any of those teams as an answer. And here's why.

232
00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,160
Speaker 1: The Yankees and Dodgers are two teams that the Astros

233
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,199
Speaker 1: played in twenty seventeen in the postseason when Alex Cora

234
00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,680
Speaker 1: was a member of the Astros coaching staff, and what

235
00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,040
Speaker 1: happened in twenty seventeen. We all know what happened. The

236
00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,800
Speaker 1: Astros are found later by Major League Baseball to have

237
00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:28,439
Speaker 1: violated the rules and to have stolen signs electronically illegally,

238
00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,760
Speaker 1: and Alex Cora, as we reported in The Athletic, was

239
00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:36,360
Speaker 1: a mastermind behind that whole scheme. So remember, the Astros

240
00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,120
Speaker 1: beat the Yankees in the ALCS, they beat the Dodgers

241
00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,080
Speaker 1: in the World Series, and selling Alex Cora to either

242
00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,760
Speaker 1: of those fan bases might be a difficult thing to do.

243
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,680
Speaker 1: So there's a little bit of a flaw in that

244
00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,400
Speaker 1: initial theory that I had. Not saying it's impossible, and

245
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,920
Speaker 1: I'm not saying it couldn't happen. If, and again this

246
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,720
Speaker 1: is a big if the Yankees are Dodgers flame out

247
00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,280
Speaker 1: and decide a managerial change is necessary. I'm not sure

248
00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,080
Speaker 1: that would happen either unless it was a big flame out.

249
00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,080
Speaker 1: Remember Aaron Boone in New York, David Roberts in Los Angeles.

250
00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,720
Speaker 1: They're far more established than David Ross was last year

251
00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,040
Speaker 1: with the Cubs. It's a different scenario. So even if

252
00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,480
Speaker 1: the season does not end the way those teams want this,

253
00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,600
Speaker 1: certainly there's no guarantee that either team would make a change.

254
00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,000
Speaker 1: Both of those managers, while they've taken criticism over the years,

255
00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,760
Speaker 1: have done really good jobs. Boone in particular this year

256
00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,920
Speaker 1: has a great team and it's hard to see how

257
00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,840
Speaker 1: the Yankees could turn away from him. Roberts a little

258
00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,720
Speaker 1: bit different. The Dodgers still trying to win the World Series,

259
00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,160
Speaker 1: the first one in a full season since nineteen eighty eight,

260
00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,640
Speaker 1: and they've had disappointment after disappointment in October, and now

261
00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,840
Speaker 1: they have this star started team, albeit one with some

262
00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,760
Speaker 1: significant injuries right now. Then there are the Cardinals. I

263
00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,760
Speaker 1: listed them as well. Well, Alex Corey is not going

264
00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,920
Speaker 1: to Saint Louis as long as him Bloom is there.

265
00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,520
Speaker 1: And heim Bloom right now is in the Cardinals' front office.

266
00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,240
Speaker 1: They had worked together for a couple of years with

267
00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,640
Speaker 1: the Red Sox. They didn't get along all that well.

268
00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,960
Speaker 1: I can't imagine a Cardinals team with Hein Bloom having

269
00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,880
Speaker 1: any influence at all hiring Alex Cora. So if it's

270
00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,800
Speaker 1: not the Yankees, if it's not the Dodgers, if it's

271
00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,600
Speaker 1: not the Cardinals, where might Alex Cora go? As I

272
00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,320
Speaker 1: said when answering the question last Thursday, let's not rule

273
00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,880
Speaker 1: out Boston. It's not out of the question that Alex

274
00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,480
Speaker 1: Cora will leave Boston. And there's another team on the

275
00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,320
Speaker 1: East Coast, which is important to Korra because it's closer

276
00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,320
Speaker 1: to Puerto Rico, his home than obviously a team like

277
00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,960
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. That team on the East Coast is the

278
00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,560
Speaker 1: Toronto Blue Jays, and we'll see how their season ends,

279
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,960
Speaker 1: and we'll see just what happens with John Schneider and

280
00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,800
Speaker 1: that whole front office and the whole scenario there that

281
00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,400
Speaker 1: we've spoken about a lot that is kind of up

282
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,960
Speaker 1: in the air. So Toronto, I guess, would be a possibility.

283
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,120
Speaker 1: Though would you want to manage the Blue Jays over

284
00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,720
Speaker 1: the Red Sox? I don't know. So all of this

285
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,640
Speaker 1: has to play out, and we're still going to see

286
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,920
Speaker 1: a lot of things happen this season. We're still going

287
00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,080
Speaker 1: to see the Red Sox how their season plays out,

288
00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,920
Speaker 1: and all of these other teams that I mentioned, and

289
00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,360
Speaker 1: see how that plays out. But I did want to

290
00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,560
Speaker 1: give a better answer because I thought my answer was

291
00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,720
Speaker 1: insufficient and really didn't give the entire picture, and in

292
00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,320
Speaker 1: some ways was inaccurate as well. So there you have it.

293
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,040
Speaker 1: There's my Maya Kulpa. Even though it wasn't like something

294
00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,400
Speaker 1: I was really guilty of. I've done worse, But again,

295
00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,960
Speaker 1: this is something I wanted to clarify. Time now for

296
00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:33,920
Speaker 1: Grill and Ken the part of the show where I

297
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,760
Speaker 1: answer your questions. Hopefully I'll give a better answer than

298
00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,880
Speaker 1: I did last Thursday on that Alex Cory question. All right,

299
00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,880
Speaker 1: here we go. First question this week comes from This

300
00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:49,240
Speaker 1: is Great a sad Saya Suzuki enthusiast Tyrese Proctor Stan

301
00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,840
Speaker 1: and this person ask is it time for the Cubs

302
00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,320
Speaker 1: to start panicking? Not a bad question. Why? Because the

303
00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,840
Speaker 1: Cubs right now are thirty four and thirty eight, same

304
00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,840
Speaker 1: record under Craig Council presently as they had under David

305
00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,320
Speaker 1: Ross last year. At this time, and more importantly, the

306
00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,480
Speaker 1: Cubs are eight and a half games out of first place,

307
00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,439
Speaker 1: eight and a half games behind the Brewers in last

308
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,600
Speaker 1: place in the NL Central in last place, eight and

309
00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,760
Speaker 1: a half games behind the team that they stole the

310
00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,280
Speaker 1: manager from. Wow. Actually it wasn't a theft. Cred Council

311
00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,600
Speaker 1: was a free agent. So the Cubs have had some

312
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,680
Speaker 1: injury issues, no question about it. Than Brown of late

313
00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,840
Speaker 1: Jordan Wicks. But at the same time, they have not

314
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,000
Speaker 1: played the way we all thought they should play. The

315
00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,120
Speaker 1: twentieth in the Majors in runs scored runs per game.

316
00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,280
Speaker 1: That's not good. They have been for the most part

317
00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,639
Speaker 1: of disappointment. They also have some injured relievers. I get it,

318
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,200
Speaker 1: and those guys are gonna come back and supplement their bullpen.

319
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,400
Speaker 1: But yes, I don't know if panick is the right word,

320
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,639
Speaker 1: but they've got to be really concerned about where this

321
00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,560
Speaker 1: season is going. They thought they'd be buyers in the

322
00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,359
Speaker 1: NL Central. They thought they be a prominent team in

323
00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,280
Speaker 1: the NL Central, and right now they are not. For

324
00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,000
Speaker 1: more on the Cubs, check out North Side Territory, hosted

325
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,439
Speaker 1: by my colleagues at the Athletic Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma.

326
00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,840
Speaker 1: They'll be answering your mailbag questions. All right, next question,

327
00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,119
Speaker 1: Let's see what this one is. This one comes from

328
00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,960
Speaker 1: Tony Montalto, who asks maybe a question more appropriate for

329
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,879
Speaker 1: another time, but the current CBA will expire before we

330
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,840
Speaker 1: know it. This is true. Is arbitration still really the

331
00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,480
Speaker 1: best process to decide the salaries of players who are

332
00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,719
Speaker 1: beyond their renewed salary years and not on a contract

333
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,800
Speaker 1: that already buys out are good question, and it is

334
00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,200
Speaker 1: an appropriate question really at any time of year. Buster

335
00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,480
Speaker 1: only wrote recently about Josh Hater and how his arbitration

336
00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,359
Speaker 1: process with the Brewers led to his decision, if you

337
00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,639
Speaker 1: want to call it that, to not pitch more than

338
00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,200
Speaker 1: one inning while in his arbitration years, both sides agreed.

339
00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,560
Speaker 1: The players and owners agreed that the arbitration system is flawed.

340
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,040
Speaker 1: It is not the best system, and at the same time,

341
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,680
Speaker 1: the players will continue fighting for it, and they will

342
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:10,320
Speaker 1: continue fighting for it because it enables them to negotiate

343
00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,040
Speaker 1: their salaries in those years between third year of service

344
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,399
Speaker 1: and six years of service in a way that they

345
00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,200
Speaker 1: could not negotiate if they were under some kind of formula,

346
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,200
Speaker 1: some kind of thing that MLB determined with the union

347
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,920
Speaker 1: to set their salaries based on whatever formula they're using.

348
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,520
Speaker 1: The players want that right to negotiate. Now it's become

349
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,359
Speaker 1: more difficult for them to negotiate over the years. The

350
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,119
Speaker 1: teams now use this file and trial system where if

351
00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,760
Speaker 1: you file numbers for arbitration, you go right to the hearing.

352
00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,800
Speaker 1: That's kind of a difficult thing for players to overcome

353
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,280
Speaker 1: and to deal with at times. Yet at the same time,

354
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,280
Speaker 1: the players want this system. It does give them some

355
00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,919
Speaker 1: flexibility in negotiating, and I don't see that changing at

356
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000
Speaker 1: least as far as their desires now in CBA negotiation.

357
00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:02,159
Speaker 1: The CBA does expire in twenty twenty six. Anything can happen,

358
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,439
Speaker 1: but I don't see arbitration going away anytime soon. The

359
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,720
Speaker 1: final question, and this one comes from broad Street sufferer.

360
00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,000
Speaker 1: How much can you be suffering? You're watching the Phillies

361
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,359
Speaker 1: play this year? But anyway he asks or she asks,

362
00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,359
Speaker 1: Major League or Bull Durham. Well, I love both movies.

363
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,400
Speaker 1: Of course, any baseball fan loves both movies. But I'm

364
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,439
Speaker 1: gonna go with my favorite baseball movie to answer this question,

365
00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,040
Speaker 1: Field of Dreams. Field of Dreams to me is a

366
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,679
Speaker 1: cut above anything. I know. It's sappy and romantic and

367
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,520
Speaker 1: all that, but it gets me every time. Now to

368
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,800
Speaker 1: the actual question, Major League of Bull Durham. Bull Durham

369
00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 1: is probably the better movie. I think we all might

370
00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,440
Speaker 1: agree with that, But I love Major League Major League,

371
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,200
Speaker 1: which actually plays out on a regular basis in Major

372
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,399
Speaker 1: League Baseball we're seeing in Oakland right now. That's one

373
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,920
Speaker 1: of the great funny movies of all time. I want

374
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,439
Speaker 1: to thank everyone for their questions, thank everyone for watching,

375
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 1: for listening. You know where to find us by this point, YouTube, Apple, Spotify,

376
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 1: and we'll be back Thursday with our regular Thursday show.

377
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 1: Myself and Alana Rizzo. Have a great week everyone.

378
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,639
Speaker 2: Once today you can play the free BETAMGM Swing for

379
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,320
Speaker 2: the Fences game chance to win daily prizes. You play

380
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 2: as the Battery. You pick an area of the strike

381
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,640
Speaker 2: zone and then you see what happens. And BETEMGM sportsbook

382
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,840
Speaker 2: account holders who play the game, we'll have the opportunity

383
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,680
Speaker 2: to win a reward if they get a hit. Rewards

384
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,119
Speaker 2: include odds boost tokens, parlat boost tokens, and bonus bets,

385
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 2: among other rewards, and all of those rewards when you

386
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 2: get them expire in twenty four hours. Gambling problem or

387
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,000
Speaker 2: a concern Call one one hundred Gambling