1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: The meaning of life is whatever the editors tell us 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: it is, because if I wrote a story saying, well, 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: the meaning of life is this, the editor might say, Nah. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 2: It's not really that. 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone into the Monday edition of Fair Territory. Man, 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: do we have a lot to discuss this week. We're 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: getting into the part of the season where the topics 8 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: get a little meteor We're gonna talk about the Red 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: Sox first base situation. We're gonna talk about the Texas 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: Rangers and all that is going on with that club. 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: And we're gonna talk about the hottest team in the 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: American League, the Detroit Tigers. And I'm also gonna do 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: the inside dish on my new favorite player. We'll get 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: to that in a bit, but first the lead, and 15 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: let's start today with the Texas Rangers, because they were 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: in the news pretty much all weekend. So last week, 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: you might remember Chris Young of the Texas Rangers, their 18 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: general manager, told Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: this was I believe Tuesday, he said about his offense, 20 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm getting edgy, and rightfully so. It was almost as 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: if that was a warning shot. The way things played out, 22 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: what happened on Thursday. The Rangers demoted Jake Berger to 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: the minor leagues. Actually the news came out Thursday, the 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,639 Speaker 1: move happened Friday, and then on Sunday. Two major things 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: that happened with the Rangers. One, they dismissed their hitting coordinator, 26 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: Donnie Ecker, was part of their twenty twenty three championship run. 27 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: And they placed their center fielder or actually reserve centerfielder 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: at this point Leote Taveres on Outright Waivers. So two 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: people who contributed to the twenty twenty three championship effectively 30 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: could be gone. Ecker already is gone. Tavares, it remains 31 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: to be seeing what's going to happen with him. Outright 32 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: Waivers the way they work for a player with Tavares' 33 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: service time, he has three plus years of service. It's 34 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: like this, If he gets claimed, the team that claims 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: him assumes the balance of his four point seven five 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: million dollars salary. Not sure that's going to happen. More likely, 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: in my opinion, he doesn't get claimed, and then what 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: happens is he can elect free agent forfeit the rest 39 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: of his salary, or the more likely scenario, he goes 40 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: to the minor leagues and is off the forty man roster, 41 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: And what the Rangers might be doing here is trying 42 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: to create room on the forty man for someone else, 43 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: or they're thinking about promoting Evan Carter, who has been 44 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: in the minor leagues. He has been a big player 45 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: for them also in the past. The Rangers are an 46 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: incredibly disappointing team offensively for reasons that are kind of perplexing. 47 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: They added Berger and Jock Peterson in the offseason and 48 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: you thought, wow, okay, they're going to get back to 49 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: where they were in twenty three and yet entering Sunday's 50 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: game when they finally erupted against the Seattle Mariners, the 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: Rangers were thirtieth in the league and runs per game 52 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: they crept up the twenty ninth after that little eruption, 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: So you can understand why they're frustrated why the GM 54 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: Chris Young is taking action. But that said, as I 55 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: believe Tricia and I spoke about on Thursday, Young's actions 56 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: here being public and then doing these things are a 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: little bit unusual in today's game. In today's game, teams 58 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: generally are more methodical, more deliberate, trying to remove emotion 59 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: from the equation being efficient and all these great words. 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: It's pretty rare when you see kind of an emotional reaction, 61 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: and that's what we've seen. Is it warranted, Absolutely, it's warranted, 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: But again it is a little bit unusual in this 63 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: day and age. All Right, that's Texas. The Boston Red Sox. 64 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: On Friday, they suffered a terrible blow the loss of 65 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: Tristan Cassis, their first baseman, to season ending surgery when 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: he ruptured his betel attendant in his knee. Obviously, if 67 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: you saw the video, it was a really tough injury 68 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: to watch, tough news for Cast as a guy who's 69 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: trying to establish himself still as a quality major leaguer. 70 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: He has definitely shown flashes, but he's not there yet. 71 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: And now he's out for the season. So the question 72 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: becomes for the Red Sox, a team that is kind 73 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: of middling along here. They're eighteen and eighteen, Their bullpen's 74 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: been an issue. The question becomes what do they do 75 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: at first base? And there is no easy answer here 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: because they don't really have a plan in place for 77 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: a catastrophic injury like this. They have Romey Gonzalz as 78 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: their backup first baseman. He's going to be part of 79 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: what they do, at least initially short term. They've got 80 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: Abraham Toro to alternate with Gonzales. He's a switch hitter 81 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: who can maybe do some things, but he's basically a 82 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: fringe major leaguer. So the question then is, Okay, where 83 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: do they go from here? Do they stick with those guys, 84 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: do they go to the outside, do they try to 85 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: do something internally? A lot of people thought, well, Raphael Deverz, 86 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: that's the perfect place. Yes, but learning first base is 87 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: not an easy thing to do. You can't just put 88 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: a guy over there and expect that all of a 89 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: sudden he's going to be able to handle the footwork, 90 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: the cutoffs, the relays, the pickoffs, all of the different 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: things that go into playing first base. I actually asked 92 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: Keikey Hernandez about this recently, because he's been playing some 93 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: first for the Los ange Jos Dodgers, and he said 94 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: something that I did not realize that at first base 95 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: you have to move a lot more than in other 96 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: positions too. When a guy is on, you're bouncing off 97 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: the bag coming back, so it can be a little 98 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: bit challenging physically, or at least more challenging than certain 99 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: other positions in a way that you wouldn't expect. And 100 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: then people ask with the Red Sox, Okay, what about 101 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: their two big prospects, Roman Anthony and Marcelo Meyer. Why 102 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: not put one of them at first base? Same problem. 103 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: Neither one is a first baseman. Anthony's an outfielder. Mayor 104 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: is an infielder, but a middle infielder. And you just 105 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: don't do that to a top prospect in the middle 106 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: of a season. It's kind of a wacko idea, to 107 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: be perfectly honest. Now, if you remember last year when 108 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: Cassis got hurt, the Red Sox picked up Garrett Cooper 109 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: at one point, Dominic Smith at another, and they kind 110 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: of patched it together that way. Those guys presumably are 111 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: still available. Dominic Smith is in the Yankee system right now, 112 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: Garrett Cooper is in the Atlanta system, and I assume 113 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: they have opt outs in their contracts. So if the 114 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: Red Sox wanted to go get one of them, they could. 115 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: And I'll give you another name too. This guy's not 116 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: playing Bud. He's out there. Anthony Rizzo. Anthony Rizzo, remains 117 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: a free agent. I am quite certain it would take 118 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: him time to get into shape, but again, this is 119 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: a season ending injury to Cassis, and who knows, maybe 120 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: the Red Sox would want to take a shot along 121 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: those lines. As we've discussed with Rizzo, with Lance Lynn 122 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: when he retired, with JD. Martinez, David Robertson, these are 123 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: veterans who want to play for a certain price. So 124 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: who knows if the Red Sox would be willing to 125 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: meet Rizzou's price, and who knows if he'd be willing 126 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: to play at this point, But it's certainly something that 127 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: maybe they will explore. I don't know, I'm just speculating here. 128 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: So that's the Red Sox. Finally the hottest team in 129 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: the American League, a team that is suddenly hitting almost 130 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: as well as it's pitching, and that's the Detroit Tigers. Now. 131 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: The question with the Tigers coming into the season was 132 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: they find an offense. Now. I don't want to get 133 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: too excited about the weekend in which they scored thirty 134 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: four runs in four games against the Los Angeles Angels, 135 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: who are struggling, but the Tigers have done some impressive 136 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: things offensively right now they have seven players seven with 137 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: ops's over eight hundred. I'm talking about Torkelsen, Kerry Carpenter, 138 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: Hove Bias, Galabra, Torres, Riley Green, Dylan Dingler, and Zach McKinstry, 139 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: all over eight hundred. And when you look at the 140 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: Tigers injured list, there are still a number of offensive players 141 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: on there. Manuel Margo, Parker, Meadows, Matt Vierling, Weuncil Perez, 142 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: Jake Rogers. These are guys who aren't there right now, 143 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: and they're still doing all this. Obviously, Torkelsen's resurgence is 144 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: a big part of what they're doing. Riley Green is 145 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: a star in the making. Javey Bias, It's impressive what 146 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: he has done here, being willing to be a superutility guy, 147 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: bounce all over the field, and finally he is contributing again. 148 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: Isn't worth the six years one forty No, not yet, 149 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: but maybe it will be if he gets them ultimately 150 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: to a playoff and championship scenario. I want to show 151 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: you something about the Tigers that is a little bit different, 152 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: at least in terms of what they're doing right now, 153 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: when it shows in part why they've been so successful. 154 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: I want to look at their er and I want 155 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: to look at their runs per game, because the Tigers 156 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: are the only team right now in the top five 157 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: in both categories. So let's take a look. We'll start 158 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: with runs per game. The Cubs leading the majors in 159 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: runs per game. Obviously, they're almost at six per game. 160 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: Yankees at five and a half per game. That's a surprise, right, No, 161 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,959 Speaker 1: Wan Soto, they're still doing it. The Dodgers five point 162 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: three five, the Diamondbacks five point one eight, and there 163 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: are the Tigers five point one one, ranking fifth in 164 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: the majors in runs per game. Again, that would qualify 165 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: as a surprise. Era this was not a surprise, or 166 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: is not a surprise. We all knew the Tigers had 167 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: a dynamic rotation and a terrific bullpen. That is holding 168 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: true again in twenty twenty five, just as it did 169 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. You see the Padres, there are 170 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: two point seven five, the Mets following at two point 171 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: eight seven, then the Tigers two point nine to six, 172 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: the Royals, and the Astros. So the Tigers right now 173 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: look really good. Can they sustain this? I sort of 174 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: think they can. Can they be a team we see 175 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: in the American League Championship Series. I sort of think 176 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: the answer to that is, yes, the Detroit Tigers not 177 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: a surprise team necessarily because they were a playoff team 178 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: last year with that amazing run in the last two months, 179 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: but they're a team to watch out for. They're a 180 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: team that is perhaps better than we expected. For more 181 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: on Detroit's dominant stretch. Cody Stavenhagen, my colleague from the 182 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Athletic Karen Steckley, and Austin Jackson host Tiger Territory. Tiger 183 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: Territory drops multiple episodes each week on YouTube and wherever 184 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts, Subscribe, share, and rate five stars 185 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: to the entire Foul Territor network. 186 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: Well, where will Will Where? 187 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: Time now for the inside Dish, the part of the 188 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: show where I talk about maybe a story I've written, 189 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: a trend in the game, something else entirely, And today 190 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the guy I teased at 191 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: the top of the show, my new favorite player, and 192 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: he's Chandler Simpson of the Tampa Bay Rays. Now, going 193 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: back to spring training, I went to the Tampa Bay 194 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: Rays camp to see Chandler Simpson and to talk to 195 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: people about him. I was intrigued by a tweet I 196 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: had seen about a diving catch he had made and 197 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: somebody said, this guy's incredibly fast. I had not heard 198 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: of him. Full disclosure, I had not heard of him 199 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: at that point, but it was intriguing to me after 200 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: I read up on him that this player could be 201 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: rather interesting, a guy who makes contact like Luisa Ryes, 202 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: steals bass like Billy Hamilton, and had the potential to 203 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: play center field like Byron Buxton. So I went to 204 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: Raise camp, and I must say I have a great 205 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: day every day in my career. Every day I'm lucky 206 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: to be working in this job, and every day I 207 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: have fun or find something new and interesting. But that 208 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: day was one of the most fun days I can 209 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: remember because that day, as I walked around the backfield 210 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: at the Rays Complex in Port Charlotte, Florida, I've just 211 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: encountered an excitement about a player that I had not 212 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: witnessed too many times in my career. I talked to 213 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: all kinds of Raised people about Chandler Simpson and they 214 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: were all thinking, we've got something here, and I could 215 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: tell with the Rays it was like we've got a 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: new toy, and you know, the Raise They're the team 217 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: that gave us the opener and so many other innovations. 218 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: So that day, Kevin Cash told me, at every level, 219 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: people have scratched their heads about this guy. Is this 220 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: going to work? Is this going to play? It will play? 221 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: And then some That is what Cash said, and he's 222 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: referring to the fact that Simpson is a guy who's 223 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: incredibly fast and can get on base and makes incredible contact, 224 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: but has almost no that has been the knock on him. 225 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: I talked to the Rangers outfield and base running coordinator 226 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: Jared Samberg, and Jared told me that Chandler Simpson had 227 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: the best drive, work, ethic, and determination of any player 228 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: in the Rays organization. That's what he said. And then 229 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: their double A manager, Kevin Bowles, he addressed the issue 230 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: with the fact that so many people were critical of 231 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: Simpson's potential as a major league player. He said, I've 232 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: never seen a player so undervalued by the industry. Anyway, 233 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: the story was a lot of fun to write. I 234 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: spoke to Chandler Simpson as wealth great kid, nice guy, 235 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: and I asked him about being the fastest man in baseball. 236 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: At the time. Chishom Junior was in a debate about 237 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: whether he was faster than Bobby with Junior something like that, 238 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: and he just looked at me and said, I'm faster 239 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: than all those guys. So fast forward to now, Chandler 240 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: Simpson is in the major leagues. He joined the Rays 241 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: about two weeks ago. They're nine and six with him 242 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: on their club. They're playing other than they did without him, 243 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: even though they've had some good outfield contributions. He's in 244 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: center field. He is making things happen. And if you 245 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: were paying attention to yesterday's Yankees Rais game, you saw 246 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: two plays which demonstrated how dynamic and damaging to an 247 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: opponent this player can be. Let's look at them back 248 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: to back. The first one is Chandler Simpson scoring from 249 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: second base on an infield single, and this shows you here, okay, 250 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: there's the shortstop. He makes the play, but he doesn't 251 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: come up with the ball and boom, Simpson saw the 252 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: opening goes home right away. That was that. It was 253 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: an incredible play and it just shows you if you 254 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: don't make the play cleanly, this guy's going to do things. 255 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: You see his speed right there. The interesting thing about 256 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: this play besides just the sheer speed, was the instincts 257 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: that Simpson showed. Once that ball got away, he was off. 258 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: He saw the space, he saw the opening, even though 259 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: his stop sign was on. He saw that he could 260 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: make it, and he did. The second play with Simpson 261 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 1: yesterday was kind of a routine ground ball to the 262 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: right side. The Yankees were playing in somewhat of a 263 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: shift and in this case the shortstop as well. Parazza 264 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: got to the ball, but it didn't matter. It was 265 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: a relatively routine play. But again Chandler Simpson beat it out. 266 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: Here's the ground ball. You see, he's a left handed hitterer, 267 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: so he's got that advantage to start with. You see 268 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: Paraza get to the ball no problem, and boom. Chandler 269 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Simpson beats this play. Not easily, but he beats it. 270 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: This is the kind of thing this guy can do. 271 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: And what's so interesting about him in this era of 272 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: emphasis on exit velocity, when all players are measured it 273 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: seems by how hard they can hit the ball. Even 274 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: when a guy is slumping, well, he's hitting the ball hard. 275 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: It's going to happen for him soon. In Chandler Simpson's case, 276 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: it's better when he doesn't hit the ball hard. It's 277 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: better when he hits these soft ground balls. Mis hits balls, 278 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: gets off balanced and maybe doesn't necessarily do what he 279 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: he wants at the plate, but it's better that way 280 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: because the fielders cannot catch up with him. Yesterday he 281 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: had two balls he hit ninety five miles an hour 282 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: or above. Both were outs. Again, better off in the 283 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: eighty bileo at hour range or even less than that, 284 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: whatever it takes. He's also an excellent bunter, which is 285 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: a key skill for him given his speed. So people 286 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: continue to ask, what can this guy be. I had 287 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: someone tell me last week, someone I respect in the game, 288 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: a scout. He said, well, if he's a one war player, 289 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: that'll be really good. One war is nothing, it's not 290 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: much at all. It's barely contributing. I remember Keith law 291 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: saying when he rated Simpson. I don't know about maybe 292 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: a year ago, or maybe it was even this year. 293 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: Keith said, I kind of find it hard to believe 294 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: he's going to be a zero point five war player, 295 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: but we'll see zero point five again, barely above replacement Chandler. 296 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: Simpson can be more than that if he becomes a 297 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: player who can hit three hundred with say a three 298 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: point fifty on base and a three fifty slug and 299 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: a guy who is an average center fielder. He's got 300 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: some work to do there. He's got speed, but he 301 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have the defensive instincts that he displays on 302 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: the base paths. If he can be that guy, he's 303 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: a dynamic player. And the other thing about him that 304 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: is so fascinating. You can't measure all that he does 305 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: by war or any other metric. What he does disrupts 306 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: an opponent. He commands attention the moment he is in 307 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: the box, the moment he is on base. He disrupts 308 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: a pitcher in a way that other hitters simply cannot. 309 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: He forces teams to throw more fastballs because if you 310 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: throw a breaking ball, this guy's off. In Saturday's game, 311 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: he stole second and third coming off the bench was 312 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: a difference in that game as the Rays beat the 313 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: Yankees as well. So Chandler Simpson. If he can keep 314 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: this going, I'm not saying it's a certainty. It certainly 315 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: is not. But if he can keep this going, he's 316 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: going to be someone where wide and we're having a 317 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: lot of fun watching over the years Is he a 318 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: classic ballplayer for the year twenty twenty five? No, but 319 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: that is what makes him so fun and so interesting. 320 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: I'm a Chandler Simpson fan. I can't deny it. 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I love these kinds of questions, Mark, 352 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: thank you. First of all, he's not hitting four hundred. 353 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: I feel pretty comfortable saying that, as well as Aaron 354 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: Judge is playing as incredibly as he's performing, four hundred 355 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: is probably at a range, even though right now he's 356 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: at four twenty three. So then the question becomes, all right, 357 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: what about the triple crown first and home runs first, 358 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: in batting average first in RBI's He's not leading each 359 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: of those categories at this moment. He is leading an 360 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: average four to twenty three batting average, but in home 361 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: runs he's actually second to Cal Raleigh. Raley has twelve, 362 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: Judge has eleven, and in RBIs he's tied with Taoscar 363 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: Hernandez each has thirty three. Now, what is so intriguing 364 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: about Judge's season is that last season, if you recall, 365 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: he put together one of the greatest offensive seasons in 366 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: Major League history, and yet the month of April was 367 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: not very good for him. This year, he has started 368 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: off absolutely on fire, and he has maintained that as 369 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: we've gone into the month of May here. So the 370 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: one thing I do think is possible for him is 371 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: the triple slash triple Crown, and that is batting average, 372 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: on base percentage, and slug He nearly won that last year. 373 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: That's not really a thing, but it's certainly a measure. 374 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: Last year he was first and on base percentage, first 375 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: and slugging, and third in batting average. Bobby Wick Junior 376 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: was the league leader in batting average. I don't know 377 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: the Judge will ever have a three point fifty batting 378 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: average as good as he is, but it's going to 379 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun to see what kind of 380 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: history he can make this season. Because it sure seems 381 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: like if he stays healthy, he's going to do some 382 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: really special things. 383 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 3: All right. 384 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,719 Speaker 1: The next question comes from Brett, who says the Royals 385 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: are now seventeen and oh when leading after seven innings, 386 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: that's pretty impressive, a testament to their bullpen. It's early still, 387 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: but with their bats finally coming alive, how serious are 388 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: they as contenders this year? 389 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 2: Brett? 390 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: That's a good question. And if you recall, in our 391 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: opening segment, I showed you the top five in era 392 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: right now and the Royals were right there. The problem 393 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 1: is scoring runs, and even after this weekend when they 394 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: played well against the Orioles, they're twenty eighth in runs 395 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: per game twenty eight. That's third from the bottom. That 396 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: has to change right now. Their offense seems to be 397 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: Bobby Witt, a little bit of Michael Garcia, a little 398 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: bit of Salvador Perez. Pasquentino's been disappointing. They haven't gotten 399 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: much their home runs that's been a zero until they 400 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: hit those seven solo shots the other day against Baltimore. 401 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: So offensively, that's where they need help, and I don't 402 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: know where it's going to come. Necessarily, the outfield would 403 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: be the one obvious area. That's the one area where 404 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: they have a clear need. But when I say I 405 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: don't know where it's going to come, I mean as 406 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: far as the deadline, which players they can add, I 407 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: expect they will be aggressive. They have been aggressive since 408 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: the start of twenty four. Actually the twenty twenty three 409 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: to twenty four offseason. That's when they went out and 410 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: signed Lugo and Waka and did some really interesting things. 411 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: They've continued to stay aggressive through the offseason and into 412 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: the season. If you remember, they were a team that 413 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: bid on Anthony Santander didn't get him, but it showed 414 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: they were looking for that kind of player. They need 415 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: one more middle of the order type at the very least. 416 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: Otherwise I don't see them as a strong contender. I 417 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: do see them as a potential playoff team. And the 418 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: final question comes, oh, look at this. The final question 419 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: comes from Mark Kurrigg, who asks what is the meaning 420 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: of life now? Mark Curig, for those who don't know 421 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: who he might be, is a former baseball writer who 422 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: now runs the baseball site at the Athletic He is 423 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: our boss, He's the main baseball editor. And Mark asked, 424 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: what is the meaning of life, and I answered him 425 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: and a text yesterday. I often tease Mark and some 426 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: of our other editors about the editors taking writer's copy 427 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: and kind of putting their hands all over it and 428 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: changing words, hopefully not changing meaning, but doing things that 429 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: actually most of the time improve the stories greatly. But 430 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: we have fun talking about this. And I told Mark, 431 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: the meaning of life is whatever the editors tell us 432 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: it is. Because if I wrote a story saying of 433 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: life is this, the editor might say, Nah, it's not 434 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 1: really that you might want to say this, And that's 435 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: kind of how the process works. It's actually a great process. 436 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: I will say this too. At the Athletic, the editing 437 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: I've gotten has been the best of my career. And 438 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: that's no slight to anybody who has edited me previously. 439 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: But from the moment I joined in twenty seventeen, the 440 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 1: editing has been incredible. And once in a while there'll 441 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: be a mistake in the copy and someone will say 442 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: in the comment, don't you guys have editors? Yeah, mistakes happen, 443 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: Mistakes like that get through. I'm talking about good editing, 444 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: and writers know what I'm talking about here. Good editing 445 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 1: is when an editor can maybe adjust the structure, can 446 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: point to different things in the story that can be enhanced, sharpened, 447 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: points that can be made better. That's what good editing is. Yes, 448 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: good editing is also a good copy editing and catching 449 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: those mistakes and hopefully we don't make any, but they 450 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: happen from time to time. So I don't know what 451 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: the meaning of life is, Mark, but I'm sure if 452 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: I write a story worry about that tomorrow, which I'm 453 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: not going to do, you guys would have all kinds 454 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: of input on what the meaning of life actually should be, 455 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: not what ten thinks it should be. I want to 456 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: thank everyone for their questions, for watching, for listening. You 457 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: know where to find us, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, like us, 458 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: Subscribe to us and join us again Thursday for our 459 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: normal live show at twelve thirty Eastern. It will be 460 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: myself and Alana Rizzo. Have a great week. 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