1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. We 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: are one week away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get to today, Trek Scugle, 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, Nationals, trade hunter Goodman, who should buy? 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: Who should sell? But let's start with the biggest story 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: that will dominate the week. Of course, it's Trek Scugle. Now, 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: let me set the stage for you with the Tigers 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: and where they are six games under five hundred, six 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: back in the Al Central and three and a half 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: back in the wild Card race. They just lost two 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: of three to the Royals over the weekend, the Royals 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: being one of the worst teams in the Majors. Not 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: a great outcome for the Tigers at a moment when 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 1: they are trying to determine their future. Now, their playoff 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: odds are at about thirty three percent, And I'll refer 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: to playoff odds throughout the show because this is something 17 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: that front offices look at. So it's a one in 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: three chance. Yet I don't know if Scott Harris, they're 19 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: president of Baseball Opera, is simply going to base this 20 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: on their chances of making the playoffs. They've got the 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: Orioles at home for three, then they travel to Sacramento 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: to play the A's for three before the deadline. And 23 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: yet what I've reported with Will Salmon is that Scott 24 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: Harris has told teams we're going to need a controllable 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: starter if we're going to do this, and we're going 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: to need that on top of prospects. So that's a 27 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 1: trade you conceivably could do wherever you are in the standings, 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: because you could justify trading Schooble justifying quotes because you'll 29 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: be getting a starting pitcher back to cover his innings, 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: to be someone that you could count on in the rotation, 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: not to the extent of Trek Schouble, but someone who 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: really could help your team. So it's all going to 33 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: play out this week. I'm sure there's going to be 34 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: a lot of talk about Schooble one way or the other. 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: And yet the Tigers are in a position, like a 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: lot of teams, if they win games here, it makes 37 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: the decision I would expect to be that much more 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: difficult for Scott Harris and the Detroit Tigers. Now we 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: had a trade over the weekend. It was a fascinating trade, 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna start off talking about the Curtis Mead 41 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: for Connelly Early trade by saying that we all make 42 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: these lists who teams are targeting, who teams need, which 43 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: players could get traded. We all make them all the 44 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: big outlets, including mine the Athletic, and these lists and 45 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: these stories get read. And yet I say this all 46 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: the time, what we actually know about what's going on, 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: even the reporters like myself, it's a fraction of what's 48 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: going on. And this trade is a classic example of that. 49 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: I don't know that too many people had the Red 50 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: Sox trading Connolly early. I don't know that too many 51 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: people had the Nationals trading Curtis Mead, And yet here 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: we are now. My initial reaction to this trade when 53 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I heard it Saturday night was ah, man, I don't 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: know about the Red Sox giving up Connolly early, and 55 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: I believe that a lot of people had the same reaction. 56 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: But when you look at this, when you dig deeper, 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: it is really interesting. And here are the Red Sox. 58 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: By the way, let's talk about them. To start with. 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: They've won twenty two of twenty six. Their playoff odds 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: are now over seventy percent. It's a shocking turnaround, as 61 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: shocking as we've seen in the game in recent years. 62 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: So the Red Sox are in this position where we 63 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: know they need a right handed bat. They needed it 64 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: going back to the offseason. So how do you get 65 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: that right handed bat in this market with such a 66 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: short supply of those types of players, It's difficult to do. 67 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: What they did here was trade off their strength. They have, 68 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: unlike almost every other team except perhaps Seattle, a depth 69 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: of starting pitching, and with the emergence of Jake Bennett, 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: the return of Patrick Sandoval, the possible return at some 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: point of Gary Crochet, if not this season, certainly in 72 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: the future. Then when you have the ability to at 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: least entertain this and entertain it for a guy who 74 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: is similarly young and similarly under club control, under similar 75 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: club control. Now, Connie Early is a guy that a 76 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: lot of people, including myself, like, he started Game three 77 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: of the Wildcard Series last year. He's also a guy 78 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: who's had left elbow inflammation, he's been on the injured list, 79 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: and whose peripheral numbers weren't quite as strong as his 80 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: actual numbers this season. So it does give you some pause, 81 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: and you can say, if you're the Red Sox, all right. 82 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: We can do this because of our depth, even though 83 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: we like Connelly early, because we're getting that right handed 84 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: bat now. Curtis Meade kind of mirrors the Red Sox 85 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: in some ways, defaide by the Chicago White Sox at 86 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: the end of spring trading ends up traded to the 87 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: Washington Nationals. He's a guy who's kind of come off 88 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: the mat here and a lot of people are wondering, Okay, 89 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: he's had a great half season, but is it for real? 90 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: Is that eight hundred plus ops sustainable? I will say this, 91 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: Curtis Mead is a guy who was once a top 92 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: prospect in the game, at least for the Tampa Bay 93 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: Rays when he was there. Remember, the Tampa Bay Rays 94 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: acquired him way back when for Christopher Sanchez twenty twenty two, 95 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, twenty four. He was a top five 96 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: prospect in the Ray's talent rich system. So while this 97 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: looks like something of a risk, it's not as if 98 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: Curtis Mead has no pedigree. This season, he has outperformed 99 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: a guy that I thought the Red Sox should have signed. 100 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: Most of Red Sox Nation thinks the Red Sox should 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: have signed, and that's Alex Bregman. Does he sustain it 102 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: going forward, I don't know, but it's a reasonable bet 103 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: for the Red Sox to make, and I liked it 104 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: for them. I loved it for the Nationals as well. 105 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: The Nationals clearly need controllable starting pitching. It would be 106 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: nice if they had a bullpen too. They didn't have 107 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: to accomplish that in this trade. And if on the Nationals, 108 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: I know I'm a game out in the wild card standings, 109 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: and I know my playoff ods are somewhere around ten percent. 110 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: I still keep trying to do trades like this, trades 111 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: to help for now, perhaps once Early comes off the 112 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: injury list, and of course for the future. So the 113 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: big question now for the Red Sox, in my opinion, 114 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: is how this lines up defensively. What they can do 115 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: here is move Chad Durban to second and play Mead 116 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: at third, or what I think they should do, and 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: what Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic alluded to this morning 118 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: is play Mead at second, keep Derbin at third, where 119 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: he is above average defender. Mead has placed second in 120 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: the past, so fascinating trade. What they know what they 121 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: call a challenge trade in baseball. We don't know who's 122 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: going to win this thing, if anybody's going to win it, 123 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: or if anybody's going to lose it, or if both 124 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: teams end up happy or sad. 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They have won five of six and as 154 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: Chanderer own rights today in the athletic they're not going 155 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: to sell. There have been all these stories about them 156 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: selling early on Jodan Alvarez and more recently Josh Hater 157 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: and Jeremy Panya. No, not happening, was never going to happen. 158 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: That is not how the Astros owner Jim Crane rolls. 159 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: It is not how their general manager and the last 160 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: year of his contract, Dana Brown roles. It is not 161 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: what the Astros do. They're going to be convinced that 162 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: they can compete until really they can do it. No, more. 163 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: Now you look at them and you wonder, well, are 164 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: they being realistic here? That is a fair question. They 165 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: run differential minus forty seven, they're three games under five hundred, 166 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: their playoff odds are below thirty percent. They clearly need 167 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: an outfielder. They also could use, in my estimation, as 168 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: starting pitcher. But we know Jim Craine never wants to rebuild, 169 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: and we know Dana Brown is one of the more 170 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: aggressive gms in the game. So if you're the Astros, 171 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: you're looking at the division. No one's running away. The 172 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: Mariners can't get out of their own way. The Rangers 173 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,479 Speaker 1: are okay, but I don't expect them to do necessarily 174 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: a whole lot of the deadline. So therefore, if you're 175 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: the Astros, you're trying to still keep this thing going, 176 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: keep it going a little bit longer. All right. One 177 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: more thing in this first block that I want to 178 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: get to. A story I wrote this morning with Will Salmon, 179 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: and it's a story about Hunter Goodman and in reporting 180 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: in the recent days. In recent days, I discovered, as 181 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: did Will, that the perception of Goodman's defense around the 182 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: game is not good, that he seemingly has regressed and specifically, 183 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: his receiving is an issue, and this could effect, of course, 184 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: his trade value. Now the Rockies don't necessarily want to 185 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: trade him three additional years of control. He's cheap. He's 186 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: really good the majors and home runs. But at the 187 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: same time, maybe they max out when his value is 188 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: this high, when he has this much control, And the 189 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: question is can they get what they want with these 190 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: questions out there now? It's interesting about receiving, and that's 191 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: the act of catching the ball. For those who might 192 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: not be aware, it's not framing, it's not throwing, it's 193 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: not any of the other catching skills. It's purely receiving. 194 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: That is something that catching instructors will tell you is 195 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: relatively easy to correct. So if you put Goodman with 196 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: the right team, maybe they fix this in a hurry, 197 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: even though it's mid season. It's always difficult to trade 198 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: for a catcher at mid season, and maybe we're looking 199 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: at the best hitter at the deadline who gets traded. 200 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: I don't know that the Nationals are going to trade CJ. 201 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: Abrams at this point. Frankly, I don't know that the 202 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: Rockies are going to trade Hunter Goodman. But with the 203 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: injury to Shay Langelier's there is very little catching out there, 204 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: and it's going to be really interesting to see what 205 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: exactly theies do here, how they view Goodman going forward, 206 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: and how the rest of the industry views him as 207 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: well with these questions that have arisen due to his 208 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: defensive issues. All Right, with that, we are through one segment. 209 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: We're going to come back with kind of a who 210 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: should buy who should sell thing, even though that's an oversimplification. 211 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with the Inside Dish after this. 212 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: All right, time now for the Inside Dish, the part 213 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: of the show where I talk about something I've written 214 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: trend in the game or on this particular day, where 215 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: certain teams stand as we are one week away from 216 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: the trade deadline. I want to start with the Baltimore Orioles, 217 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: this team that I've written about at some length this season, 218 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: a team that can't seem to get out of its 219 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: own way. Playoff odds at about twenty percent, it's a 220 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: one in five chance. Swept the Astros in Houston coming 221 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: out of the break, and you thought, okay, here we go. 222 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: But every time you think here we go with the Orioles, 223 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: they sputter again. They then dropped the series in Boston. Admittedly, 224 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: the Red Sox are red hot, and then lost two 225 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: of three at home to Atlanta this weekend, both losses 226 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: coming in extra innings. This is a team that right 227 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: now is missing both of its catchers, Adlie Rushman and 228 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: Samuel Bossaio, two of their best players, and a team 229 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: that hasn't played crisply the entire season now. Their owner, 230 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: David Rubinstein came out last week endorsed Michaelias as president 231 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: of baseball Operations, said they still think they're going to 232 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. A lot of happy talk out of 233 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: the Orioles. At some point there has to be reality talk. 234 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: At some point. The owner has to watch the games 235 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: and watch what's going on. There are mistakes almost on 236 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: a nightly basis. This team doesn't seem to know yet 237 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: how to win, and maybe it never will. This group's 238 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: been together for some time now, so that's been the 239 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: case all season. I don't know that I expect them 240 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: to sell because they're still in this thing, of course, 241 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: like almost every other team in the American League. And 242 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: Mike Elias is the equivalent of Dana Brown in Houston. 243 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: He is a guy who you would think is under 244 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: some scrutiny, even with what the owner keeps saying. That said, 245 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: what's best for the organization might be to trade Trevor 246 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: Rodgers and Taylor Ward and go out again next year. 247 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: All right, Moving forward, the Saint Louis Cardinals, well, for them, 248 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: it was kind of nice while it lasted three and 249 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: seven out of the break, one and a half games 250 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: out in the wildcard race, but their playoff odds are 251 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: below twenty percent, and frankly, their president of baseball Operations 252 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: Heim Bloom, never wanted to buy anyway. So maybe the 253 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: Cardinals do something along the lines of what the Nationals 254 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: just did and try to kind of keep it going. 255 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: But at the same time, they've got a couple of 256 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: players on expiring contracts that teams will want. The reliever 257 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: Jojo Romero and the starting pitcher Dustin May Lars Nutbar 258 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: and outfielder with an additional year of control, also someone 259 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: who could command possibly a decent return. So they've got 260 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: young catching. I can see them making prospect for prospect 261 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: kinds of trades, but I don't expect them to be 262 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: a serious buyer, and they should. The Miami Marlins, my goodness, 263 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: the Miami Marlins. It wasn't that long ago. I wrote 264 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: a story saying they're keeping Sandy out Contra barring a collapse. 265 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: They're gonna go forward and try to add barring a collapse. 266 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: And since I wrote that story, you see it right there, 267 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: fishing for deadline help, Marlins likely to keep al Contra 268 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: add strategically. Since that story appeared, the Marlins have not 269 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: won a game. In fact, they've lost twelve straight twelve 270 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: straight games that they've lost, and right now you look 271 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: at where they are in the standings, it's still not 272 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: out of control for them. It's not a situation where 273 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: they cannot get into this thing, into the wild card, 274 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: but there are teams ahead of them. They're not playing well, 275 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: and I don't know that they'll trade contract who is 276 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: a favorite of the owner, who's under control for another year. 277 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: But I don't see them adding big at this point either. 278 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: So the Marlins have been quite a collapse. Even at 279 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: Triple A, they've had trouble. The Triple A team has 280 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: a losing streak of about ten or eleven games, I 281 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: believe as well. So for the Miami franchise. The last 282 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: couple of weeks have just been nothing short of a disaster. 283 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Pirates. Now, the Pirates are only four and five 284 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: since the break, but their playoff odds are pretty good, 285 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: about forty percent. They're second in the majors in runs 286 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: per game, second only to the Nationals. And it's the 287 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: difference between the Nationals and the Cardinals. The Nationals have 288 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: this ridiculous offense. If they can somehow support it with 289 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: bullpen help, they're in a pretty good spot. The Pirates 290 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: are almost in the exact same position, but with a 291 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: better rotation. So here are the Pirates. Not only is 292 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: their offense performing at an extremely high level, they've got 293 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: three players coming back some time in August, Spencer Horowitz, 294 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: O'Neil Cruz and Indie Rodriguez who will further bolster that offense. Now, 295 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: I asked one of their people over the weekend, might 296 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: you trade off your offense and ultimately get the pitching 297 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: that way, get the bullpen help that way. They don't 298 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: seem inclined to do that. What I believe they want 299 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: to do, what I've been told they want to do, 300 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: is trade off their prospects, some of their prospects, not 301 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: all of them, for that bullpen help. They've been seeking. 302 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: But if you look at what Ben Sherrington said over 303 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: the weekend, and I want to show you this quote, 304 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: it indicates clearly that they are a buyer. Ben Sherrington, 305 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: of course, being their President of Baseball Operations, he is 306 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: a guy. I'm sure he's their GM. I don't know 307 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: the titles anymore, these guys all with their titles. All right, 308 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: here's what Ben said. We know a lot about the team. 309 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: It's hard to imagine that much would happen in the 310 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: next week to eight days that would really shift in 311 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: one way or another. I think it's pretty clear what 312 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: we're going to try to do, and I don't expect 313 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: that an outcome day to day between now and then 314 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: is going to change it much. So the Pirates, Yeah, 315 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: they're buyers, and they should be buyers. They've got Paul 316 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: Skeen's They're only gonna have them for so long. They've 317 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: got this group of starting pitchers, Braxton Ashcraft, Jared Jones, 318 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: the whole gang. It's really good. You want to supplement that. 319 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: You want to make the playoffs, which is something you 320 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: haven't done since twenty fifteen. You want a winning season. 321 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: You've had seven straight losing campaigns. Let's go Finally, the 322 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: New York Mets. Now. I talked on the broadcast Saturday 323 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: about the Mets. I put out a video on the 324 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: Athletic about the Mets. I put there over under for 325 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: trades at six. And that's not even being that radical 326 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: or that crazy. Six should be the minimum probably for them. 327 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: The big question for me is not Lindor's I said 328 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: this on the broadcast, it's Luke Weaver. Luke Weaver is 329 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,479 Speaker 1: a guy with an additional year of control. The Mets 330 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: want to compete next season, of course they do. They're 331 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: not going to rebuild. Do you keep Luke Weaver and 332 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: ultimately make him a big part of your team next 333 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: year as he could be with Soto, Lindor, the kids, 334 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: benj and Ewing, the kids in the rotation, McLean and 335 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: Christian Scott? Or do you trade him knowing that reliever 336 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: performance is volatile, and knowing that Luke Weaver might not 337 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: be as good next year as he is this year. 338 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: Very few relievers are that good year to year. If 339 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: I'm the Mets, I get the right offer, yes I 340 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: would do it, but only for the right offer, because 341 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: if I'm the Mets, I'm taking another swing next year. 342 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 1: I've got money, I've got guys coming off the books, 343 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: I've got things I can do. Baby Boba shed is back, 344 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: if so good. But you can't simply ignore as well 345 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: all that has happened this season, and you can't ignore 346 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: the possibility of trading a reliever again, one of the 347 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: more volatile positions, the most volatile position in the sport. 348 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: All right, there is one place to be on trade 349 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: deadline day watching Foul Territory, of course. AJ Pridinski, Aeric Kratz, 350 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: and Scott Braun will be live all afternoon, speaking with insiders, 351 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: reading tea leaves and reacting to unfolding deadline drama. Join 352 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: us on the FT YouTube channel at one pm ET 353 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: and stay locked in through the six pm deadline next Monday. 354 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: Foul Territory Network, It's baseball the way it should be covered. 355 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: Time now for Brill and Ken, the part of the 356 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: show where I answer your questions. Let's not mess around, 357 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: let's get right to them. First question, this one comes 358 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: from Pippi fans. Whatever are the padres buyers or sellers? Now? 359 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: That is a question that is an oversimplification of AJ 360 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: Preller's complex mind. I don't know if their buyers are sellers. 361 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: I would expect they're going to be both. And AJ 362 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: Preller is, of course, as we know from years of 363 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: watching this, capable of doing anything at the deadline. Would 364 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: that include trading Mason Miller. Of course, it would include 365 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: trading Mason Miller. Do I expect them to do that? No, 366 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: because I expect that AJ Preller is going to try 367 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. Padres just swept the Marlins. Manny's 368 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: hitting now Jackson Merrill's hitting along with Tattis. Their offense 369 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: has come around since about mid June. They've got huge 370 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: rotation questions. They're essentially going to pitching chaos, which the 371 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: Tigers introduced two years ago, using basically two starters Michael 372 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: King and Walker Buehler, and patching it together from there. 373 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: But I expect that AJ Preller is going to try 374 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: to improve his team. But at the same time, he 375 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: could improve his team by perhaps trading off parts as well, 376 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: maybe Adrian murrayjone goes. There are any number of scenarios 377 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: that AJ Preller is going to entertain. He is essentially 378 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: a wild man at the deadline, unpredictable, and I'm not 379 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: going to dare predict what he might do this particular deadline. 380 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: All right. Next question, If not for oh, if not 381 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 1: Schooble for the Brewers, then who? Good question. If al 382 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: Contra gets traded, if the Marlins are willing to do that, 383 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: he is precisely the kind of innings eater the Brewers need. Now. 384 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: I don't expect that al Contra will get traded, but 385 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: think about a Robbie Ray or Freddy Peralta. Even though 386 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 1: he hasn't performed, maybe you put him back together with 387 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: the Brewers pitching group and it works there. I don't 388 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: expect that to happen, but there are starting pictures available, 389 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: and the Brewers, yes, I would like to see them 390 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: get one more simply because of the workload questions with Miserowski, 391 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: with Harrison, all of their pictures frankly, all right. Next question, 392 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: are the Reds shopping Ellie? The Reds are one of 393 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: the season's biggest disappointments. Now they offered Elie Dela Cruz 394 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: the richest contract in franchise history, not last spring, but 395 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: the spring before that. He turns it down. He's represented 396 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: by Scott Boord. That said, the Reds have a number 397 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: of players on expiring contracts, some of their bullpen, some 398 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: sprinkled around the team, others who are under shorter long 399 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: term control but some control beyond this season. Those are 400 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: the players that I expect them to entertain Elie Dela Cruz, 401 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: like Lindor if the Mets decide to do it, more 402 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: of an offseason move. So I don't see the Red 403 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: Sox shopping or trading Ellie Dela Cruz at this deadline. 404 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: Next question, Let's see what we got here. And by 405 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: the way, anything I say here, don't hold it against 406 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: me because so much will change. And I always tell 407 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: you guys this, our heads are going to spin with 408 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: some of the things. We're going to see things that 409 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: I'm not going to see coming, You're not going to 410 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: see coming, and even people in the industry are not 411 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: going to see coming. All right, from Foul Territory Show, 412 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: the question is what will the Diamondbacks do. The Diamondbacks 413 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: are kind of a sleepy good playoff contender right now. 414 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: They've had a decent run here, and even though they've 415 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: just lost two of three, they're going to try to 416 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: supplement or add a first basement that's been their biggest need. 417 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: They also could look to their rotation because their rotation 418 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: has people coming back Soroka and Zach Gallon, Ryan Nelson. 419 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: But it's also an area where you have physical questions 420 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: and you don't know exactly what you're going to get 421 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: from these guys. And then there is the bullpen. Now 422 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: they're deep in the bullpen, and they ultimately could trade 423 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: a reliever, but with Justin Martinez coming back, even there, 424 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: I would look to see if there's something they might 425 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: do to supplement it, because you don't know with Justin 426 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Martinez either. I failed to mention Corbyn Burns. He could 427 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: be back at some point, but again with all these guys, 428 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: you don't know what you're getting. So first base priority, 429 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: starting pitching, equal or close to equal priority, bullpen where 430 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: they can probably trade out of that would be on 431 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: the list. All right, maybe we have time for one more. 432 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: Let's see Dewey Okay, twins buyers or sellers. That's from 433 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: Army Killo boy. I say buyers, and they are right 434 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: in the thick of this thing. As again, every team 435 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: in the American League seems to be and they need 436 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: bullpen help. It's pretty clear. But I don't expect them 437 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: to trade Joe Ryan I don't expect them to trade 438 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: Byron Buxton. Their new control person, Tom Pohlad, has been 439 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: pretty vocal about wanting to make this team good again 440 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: after what they did last year at the deadline when 441 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: they were the biggest sellers by far, by the way, 442 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: that was something we didn't see coming. So that's where 443 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: I expect the Twins to be buying rather than selling. 444 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 1: Maybe they do a little of both, but I don't 445 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: believe that they're going to concede this and trade the 446 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: guys that I just mentioned. All right, I want to 447 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: thank everyone for watching, for listening, read us all week 448 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: in the Athletic foul Territory is coming up at one 449 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: pm Eastern. Hosts are whit Merrifield, Josh Harrison, and Scott Braun. 450 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: Where's aj still leading a hot Dog in Texas or whatever? 451 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: Hosts are those guys. We've got insider Robert Murray coming 452 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: on Twins First Basement Josh Bell. We can ask him 453 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 1: about buying or selling the athletic Spencer Nustbaum as well. 454 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: We're back Thursday, twelve thirty Eastern. Oh, they'll be action 455 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: by then. 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