WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off August 26th, 2022 (Ep. 583) 0:00:14.480 --> 0:00:17.600 Leading off starts right now and on the show today, 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.400 joining me, I'm Chris Welsh is Chris Clegg. It's the 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.280 Chris and Chris Show on a Friday edition. Right here 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.200 and leading off brought to you by bet MGM. Mister 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:26.760 Chris Cleig. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:27.480 What is up, buddy? 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:27.960 Oh? 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:28.640 Not too much. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:30.720 Good to be back for the regular Friday show, The 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:32.120 Chris Squared Show. 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:33.960 So looking forward to a good one. 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.080 Yeah, I don't think I know. What's this little Braves 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:38.159 banner behind you? 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:40.720 Are you? Uh? You Braves touting in front of us? 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:43.360 Oh? Yeah, the World World Series flag back there? 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:48.080 All time favorite brave Uh probably Chipper just growing up 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:49.120 that was like the thing. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.080 That's a boring answer, but it's just. 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.040 Kind of boring like you would have You would impressed 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:53.800 me if you would have went. 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:55.520 Like Andrew Jones and be like, oh yeah, it's like 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.160 a fun like little side like I think Chip. 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:58.440 But Chipper is the guy I. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.040 Get, you know, for a hot Lopez wasn't around long, 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.560 but I really liked him when he was in Atlanta. 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:04.360 He was fun. Had that season where he hit forty. 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.440 Three bombs in Atlanta, one of the most memorable Catcher seasons. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.840 I remember, and that was younger, so but Schipper was 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:10.720 just the guy growing up. 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.840 So my brain did when you went Hovey Lopez, I 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.800 was like the sink arm pitcher, like submarine pitcher. 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:17.839 What are we talking about? 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:20.479 But I just remind brain went when you said Hobveey Lopez, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:21.360 You're absolutely right. 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:22.399 What is the friends? 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.119 Hopefully you guys are having a fantastic week. We're gonna 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.640 end it out with some baseball action. Cleig knows some prospects, 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:30.600 and I wish we had a lot of prospects stuff 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.760 to talk about, though, you know, I could just present 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.280 it to you just right off the top real quick, 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:35.720 so we could get it out of the way. Cleig, 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:39.800 do you have any anticipation that within this next week 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.720 we're outside the window that we are going to see 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.200 Really this is about Gunner Henderson or Corbyn Carroll. I 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.360 think that's kind of the big speculative thing right now. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.880 Do you have any anticipation that we will see either one? 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.160 I actually think we will and Carol is the tough one, like, 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.760 when do we see him? I think we definitely see Carol. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.400 Based on the comments from the Diamondbacks GM, like it's 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.720 certain that he's coming up win. I don't know, but 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:05.080 I actually think Gunner gets the first call. So I'm 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.120 kind of speculating and stashing Gunner if you can this 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.079 week in anticipation that he does come up as early 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:12.440 as next week. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.560 And I don't think Corban Carrol's far behind him. 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:15.800 I'm glad that you said it like that. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:17.399 You phrased it in a better way that the question 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.120 would have been, is which one would you bank on 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.760 if they were coming up right now? Obviously think there's 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:25.400 a little leg up Gunner. Positionally, for fantasy, Corbyn Carroll 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.440 might be the end of the day. Just a little 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.079 bit more enticing diamondbacks could put him at a high 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.080 point of the order, be really aggressive on the stolen basis, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.880 so you know, that's how we do this stuff. I like, yeah, 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:37.760 I forgot, but that's the bet I'm gonna go with 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:39.440 Corbyn Carroll. I still think they're gonna get him. But 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.040 all those rumors were really you know, right there with 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.160 Gunner where it was like he's not a Jacksonville and 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:45.560 he's you know, blah blah blah, and then it's like 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.440 he's in the lineup, so don't worry, let's go through 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:49.080 some headlines. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:50.840 Kyle Stowers hit his. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.040 First major league home run in the bottom of the 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:57.080 ninth with two outs two strikes against Liam Hendrix to 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.160 send the game to extras. Baltimore eventually one, four, three 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.079 and eleven. The Orioles are now two and a half 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.359 games back on the AL wild Card. And wouldn't you 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.160 know it, Kyle Stowers, I believe was the number one 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.760 hit prop yesterday if you played that bad boy Kyle Stowers. 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.240 Just another continuation of just really good Baltimore Orioles guys 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.840 coming up. Are you hopeful in stashing Kyle Stowers or 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.320 do you think this is just it's kind of like 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:22.760 I think it's a second stint, so you know, is 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:24.240 this something that you actually want to run. 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.680 With or do you think this is very temporary? 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.920 I mean, I hope it's permanent, Like he really deserves 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:30.239 the chance just to be able to run with the 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.920 job at this point, like you know, they're trotting out 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.560 these guys in the outfield where it's kind of like 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.200 outside of Cittric Mullins, like the corner spots you have 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.600 Austin Hayes, like, let Stowers just run with the job 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.320 out there in right field and see what he can 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.280 do at this point, because I don't think he has 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:45.320 much left to prove in the minors. And we saw 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.600 him get the bump to Triple A last season and 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.680 then play pretty much the entire year in Triple A 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:51.840 this year and looks really solid. You know, we saw 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.360 him out in the AFL last year. Good bat you know, 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.920 I think he gets all really hard, makes good contact, 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.720 not gonna get a great batting average, but I think 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:01.920 the Orioles just run with it and see what he's got, 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.320 because I mean, he did make strides this season in 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:04.800 Triple A. 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:06.880 Was as far as contact and strikeout rates. 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.160 He's gonna give you a higovp type good chance to 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.640 score runs and even drive runs in depending on where 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:15.320 he's hitting that lineup. So I'm hopeful that the Orioles 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.880 will let Stours just run with it, but you know, 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:19.679 you never know with what they're thinking. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:21.120 He would like to see it. 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:25.120 Mister Paul Goldschmith homeward twice, bringing his season total to 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:30.960 thirty three and probably an eighty percent usage of our 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.520 home run calls yesterday, kiddos, we've got quite the bit 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.839 of change on the board. When we get there with 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:40.760 mister Paul gold Smith, but he remains two behind Kyle Schwarber, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.040 who also homered, who I called. But I didn't get 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.040 the two like like Andrew did yesterday, but I did 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.599 get one. Goldman is the first in the NL in 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.880 batting average at three thirty nine and RBI at one 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:58.039 oh five, and the triple crown remains within reach. Do 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.800 you think Paul gold Schmidt gets the triple crown? And 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:05.880 is there anybody even remotely close that could even challenge 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:09.600 this NL MVP? The odds aren't even funny right now. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.960 The number two is his teammate Aeronatto. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:13.320 It's similar to the NL. 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:15.240 Rookie of the Year award, where all that you can 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.359 monopolize each other. So that's almost kind of set. But 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.000 do you think you can hit this triple crown? I 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.400 love the triple crown, by the way. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.760 Yeah, it would be phenomenal to see and I certainly 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:29.479 hope so, But it's just so tough. I mean, you've 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.839 got him at the top of batting average, so he's 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.320 got that. It'd be interesting if he can hold off Freddy, 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.880 like Freddy's pushing him there, But he's got a healthy lead, 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.080 and I think that he can. 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.320 He's hot enough where he can pass Swarber. 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:43.760 And home runs at least, even though I think Schwarber's 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.360 due for a big weekend. I know he just had 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.160 a home run yesterday and I think it's gonna be 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.080 another big weekend for him. But man, you'd certainly love 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.679 to see him get that triple crown. And like you said, MVP, 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.080 I think he's kind of a shoe in for it. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:56.160 Yeah, it is a shoe. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.559 And this is a great question that bizarrezik Isa said, 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.080 next year redraft. Let's go redraft because dynasty. This isn't 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.240 like a question who would you rather have? You know, 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.800 I'm going to be working on my early season ranks 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.480 that are gonna be out in September for next year. 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:11.240 C Like, I know, you kind of get into that 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:11.679 same stuff. 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.640 Would you rather have? Do you think at this moment 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.640 Goldie or Vladen so tough? 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.760 But with everything we've seen, like the last two years especially, 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.200 it looks like Goldie's kind of here to stay. And 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.280 I know he'll be thirty five next year. I will 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.520 actually be thirty five to in this season, and you 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:30.599 wonder when the decline is coming. But it's really hard 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.440 to argue against the results. I mean he's putting up 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.440 some career best numbers across the board, so I kind 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:37.320 of lean Goldie. 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.719 Uh, the falling knife syndrome is always difficult to deal 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.560 with with when is it. 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:44.000 Going to happen? 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:45.760 And I don't want to catch the falling knife when 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.840 it happens. Vladim mcgre twenty six homers, four stolen bases 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.200 too eighty four this year, strike up percentage up a 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:53.640 little bit. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:55.919 Everything else is releve I. 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.080 Mean, the numbers are down last year, a little bit 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.040 of an anomaly if you just look at his career, 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.600 but otherwise he's actually kind of up this year over 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.680 his first two seasons in Major League Baseball outside of 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:13.280 last year. Man, if I'm answering that in a pure redraft, 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.840 I hate to be crazy reactionary, but I don't know 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.680 if I am gonna be able to go against Goldie 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.560 next year. He just looks too locked in. It's gonna 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:26.600 come down. Goldie's also not like built to be a 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:27.280 power hitter. 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:28.440 He just is. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.600 You know, He's always said that he's like he doesn't 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.679 hit for power, his doubles hitter, and the contact works 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:34.120 into it. 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.440 I'd like to see. I'd like to see a nice. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.200 Stretch out of Lad at the back end of the year. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.520 But I do think based on our expectations, we are 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.560 putting a bad season on flat when at the end 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.080 of the day, he's gonna have thirty plus homers, he's 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.640 gonna have a really good batting average, and I mean 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.480 really everything across the board. Like if you got ninety 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.880 ninety thirty two with a two ninety average, would you 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.800 be disappointed in really any player? No, but Vlad's gonna 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:02.400 get it simply because he's Lad. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.560 So I don't know. It'll be hard to bet against an. 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.600 L MVP who looks like he is locked in more 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.320 than any player has ever been locked in, You know 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:10.680 what I mean? 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.280 Yep, And you're right. 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.600 Vlad's made some strides, He's improved his contact rate, he's 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.360 improved his own contact. The only flaws he's just still 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:19.680 hitting the ball on the ground too much. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.880 So yeah, yeah, get back down to last year's levels. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:22.840 Those home runs come up. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.400 But yeah, I want to do a dive in look 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:30.480 because early season there was that big Toronto team effort 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.560 of like struggling against sliders. The whole team was Bashett 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.080 I think a Springer, Definitely Springer and Vlad they were 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.160 all struggling. You could get them on sliders, and I'm 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.480 curious that how that has adjusted, if at all, this 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:43.760 season and how pitchers. I just haven't looked at like 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.200 a month by month breakdown or how that he's. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:47.160 Attacked any pitching. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.640 On a very good positive note, Bryce Harper returns to 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:54.920 action today. I'm guessing way quicker than they thought based 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.400 on the rehabits. I mean, not that they're going to 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.920 keep him there long, but three homers in like two 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:00.880 or three days is going to do that to you. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:02.920 So though there has not been. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.560 The official thing, which is super annoying by the way, 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.960 because I cannot activate him in tout until they do that, 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:11.920 they have not taken him off the DL. 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:12.959 He's coming off. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:17.000 Of the DL and probably going to go on quite 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:18.800 the little run. And this is a huge, huge thing 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.240 here because there was that time period when he got 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.800 hurt clag that we kind of thought like he might 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:25.840 not be able to do anything for us the rest 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.640 of this season. But he's already shown good early power 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.040 in those minor league extents. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:30.960 And I think he's gonna come out swinging. 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.080 Yeah, I think he's got something to prove rest of seasons. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.400 So I'm pretty excited to see what he can do. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.800 And if the early re church or play or any incasion, 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.880 then I think granted for a big season for Harper. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.280 I worry about like that was my big worry was, 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.040 like where was the power going to be? Was it 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.320 going to be zapped or anything like that, And it 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.600 does not look like it's going to be sapped at all. 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:54.720 Maybe part of a home run call today. 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.719 On the injury front, Nester Cortes fifteen day I l 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.360 with a groin string groin injury out. Zach Wheeler placed 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.880 on the fifteen with a right forearm tendonitis. Ty France 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:06.640 left Thursday's game with a bruised right calf. 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:07.160 No bueno. 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.520 Kyle Tucker held out a Thursday's contest with a foot injury, 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.280 not believed to be serious. Still nursing all the little 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.880 injury tags that are out there. And you a Mankata 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.040 y'a Mancatta now was removed from Thursday's game due to 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:23.480 left hamstring tightness. All right, we're gonna play a game here, clegg. 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:24.200 Are you ready? 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:24.959 I'm ready? 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:29.880 You just scary stories? Yeah, sure, Okay, we're doing this. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:36.440 Here we go, Chris Clegg, would you dare pick up. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:40.520 Trevor Rodgers and put him in your lineup? Trevor Rodgers 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.560 in TRIPAA struck out twelve. 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:46.880 But is this a fools goold or is this a 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:51.920 move that you make? Would you damn pick up Trevor Rodgers? 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.360 Oh? Man, my light's back on. He's been. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.640 He was atrocious like all season, So we know what 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:04.160 rob just capable of, and we certainly saw that last night. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:09.360 Now it's that indication of people'll be moving forward. That's 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:10.280 tough to say. 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.480 And I really think he gets back to working that 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.040 change up, then we can see him be a solid 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:18.280 starter rest of season. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.000 I think I'm willing to pick him up. 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.160 I'm not sure I'm willing to run him out the 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.839 first start back, like, unless you just your ratio is 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:26.480 already shot. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.040 It's a great matchup. By the way, it was no 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:35.199 hit six, no hit innings. I believe twelve strikeouts, fifty 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:39.120 seven and eighty six pitches for strikes. But he's come 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.720 off of a almost sick era he had on the year, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.840 and it's fools gold, you know that's what he is. Like, 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:47.920 You're like Oh this looks so pretty. Kick it up 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:53.120 and it's just chocolate, or he's terrifying to me, all stupid, 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:55.720 lame Jose's side of turning off my life. But it's like, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.000 would you dare this is the thing that haunts or 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.559 save you? Because Trevor Rodgers is probably out there available 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:05.160 for everybody, and there is the thought that he might 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:07.880 come up next week and they might get him in 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.280 for a spot start or maybe just throw him back 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.560 in the rotation because there's a lot of positive things 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.160 that came out of Obviously there's no hit innings. You know, 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.320 you're commanding it left and right. Maybe he got that 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.040 big boost, but you know we're both insinuating that, like 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.080 if it goes wrong his playoff time, this is going 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:27.480 to screw you. I think this is a dangerous, dangerous 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.240 play that could pay off big or is going to 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.040 just set you off on your ratios for the rest 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:33.440 of the week. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:34.079 If it's early. 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.120 I agree, and he's lined up to face Tampa Bay 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:42.160 if all kind of goes as planned, So I don't know, 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.080 that would be interesting to be next Wednesday, is what 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.320 Fantasy pros has it. If he does rejoin the rotation, 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:52.440 there so, like you said, it's a major coin flip 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.480 could pay off, it could just totally blow up in 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:54.920 your face. 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.400 Only the people watching got any of that. They're like, 0:12:59.400 --> 0:12:59.840 why as well? 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.600 Whis just a lot of space in between his words. 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.640 I turned off the lights and I turned my flashlight on. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.400 It's a horrifying look for me. But would you dare Clegg? 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.960 You might? I might? Who are they playing on Wednesday 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.800 at Tampa Bay? Yeah? I might risk that one. I might. 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:15.959 I might do that. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.679 Uh, this is a fun fact, Sarah Lang. Thirteen runs 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.600 without a single home run where the Yankees most runs 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:26.800 in a game without homering since May eleventh. 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.200 Of two thousand and one. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.439 They had thirteen runs, zero homers versus the Orioles. And 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.680 this was the lineup. So the Yankees lineup in that 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:39.439 on that team had Chuck knoblock at DH, Derek Jeter, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:44.520 Paul O'Neill, Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez, Jor Pisada, David Chuzas, 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:49.520 Alfonso Soriano, Scopproaches with Mike Seed hitching. That was the 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.679 team that scored thirteen runs without a homer. But check 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:57.640 out this Orioles lineup. Brady Anderson Mike board aboard a borderic, 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.480 the lineup of Shields, Chris Richard, hal Ripken Junior, Greg Myers, 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.800 Melvin Mora. I loved Melvin Moore for some reason, Fernando Lunar, 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.520 Jerry Harriston with Willis Roberts like you look back on that, 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:11.880 you're like Jesus. That's like baseball royalty across the board. 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:14.760 I don't know why I was more interested in the 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.160 lineups when I looked at it than the actual stat. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.000 But that was a fun fact from Sarah Langs. 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.000 Yeah, that's pretty mild to see, and she look get 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.520 back as lots as crazy. You think it's been that long, 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.200 and it just shows you how quick times, you know, 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:29.240 times slow down. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:29.920 Wish it would. 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.840 In some ways, time keeps on tick and ticking when 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:37.600 you say into the okay, let's look at some stat heroes. 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.200 Paul gold Schmidt, as you know, went three for four, 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.280 hit two homers, five RBI with three runs, very good performance. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.960 Four for five for Manny Marco with two RBI. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.200 Two two runs. Josh Donaldson three for five, three rbs, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:51.800 four runs. Josh Donaldson. 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.120 I feel like I smacked Donaldson months ago, and ever 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.040 since then, it's just been go time. 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.360 She langleears three four with a homer and two RB No. 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:00.440 No. 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:00.520 No. 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:04.000 Nine, Dan Jason Homer, Mitch Hanneger two for four with 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.400 a homer and three RBI. Ian Happ three for four 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.600 with a couple of RBI himself. Anthony Santander was on 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:10.040 the board. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.160 Andrew Vaughan two for four with a homer. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.120 I feel like he's been just really quiet lately. And 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.920 Pete Alonzo a homer, two for four. Pete Alonzo or 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.240 Freddie Freeman next year. 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:20.560 I still think got Leen Freddie. 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:22.680 I just feel like he's just the safe bet, kind 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.120 of like Goldsmith, where they're just super safe, best to hit. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.320 So yeah, Alonzo's definitely pushed closer to that range, but 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.120 just the security of Freddy's really nice. 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:32.840 To have on the pitching side. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.240 Aaron Nola he went a full nine, striking out eleven 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.040 with five hits. Jacob de Gram went six, striking out nine. 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.000 He had like, dude, he had like eight strikeouts through five. 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.600 Or something like that. Then he had a little of 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:49.400 a wonky fifth inning. Lance Lynn six with eight strikeouts, 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:50.880 one and run, three hits in a walk. 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:53.960 Marco Gonzalez went six, gave up only four hits to 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.360 Coda Hudson seven and runs to seven I'm sorry seven 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.640 innings too and runs five hits with four strikeouts. Your 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:04.240 stat zero's Charlie Blackman oh for four with three strikeouts, 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:08.320 Austin Hayes and Sam Hilliard. On the pitching side, James 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.800 Kaprillian two and two thirds, eight earned runs, six hits, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.120 seven hits, six walks. Marcus Stroman gave up five earned runs, 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.080 Chris Archer gave up five earned runs, and Cutter Crawford 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.240 four earned runs. What's been up with Marcus Stroman? Are 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.040 you a big Marcus Stroman guy through the rest of 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:23.440 this year? 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:24.520 I'm not. 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.680 I've never really been like he seems like his value 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.400 kind of goes up and down where people get really 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.880 excited about him preseason, and he's he's kind of just 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.960 a guy for me. He doesn't strike out enough, and 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.680 it always seems like, kind of what the exception of 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.440 last season, that the era is just, you know, higher 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.960 than we would like, and that's kind of the case 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.920 this year. I know some of the perpherial numbers are 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.040 a little bit better, but still when you're getting a 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.240 four RA or higher in a twenty percent. 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.120 Kra just doesn't do much for me. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:52.680 I agree with you. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.080 I agree especially in these guys too, with like the Stromans, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.480 the Archers, this is a lot of the you expected crew. 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.640 Funny way funny when you look at the high end pitchers, 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.960 the guys have performed, You're like, hey, look there's Aaron 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.520 Nola and there's de Grom. There's a positive land. You know, 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.680 that's when we didn't talk about everybody has been you know, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.800 putting Lancelin out the past year here, but putting together 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:17.080 some big, strong performances could make him a really decent 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.800 cheap buy next year. Are you a by candidate on 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.240 Lanceln or do you believe some of the struggles this 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:23.159 year are just. 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:24.119 In his future. 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.720 It's a really tough one for me to evaluate, honestly, Like, 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.239 we've seen what he's capable of, and the stretch has 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.960 been really good as of reason, So maybe he was 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:34.760