WEBVTT - RTR's 2026 ALDS Preview 0:00:13.289 --> 0:00:19.590 It's time to raise the roof for our ALDS series preview, 0:00:20.190 --> 0:00:25.090 Rays-Yankees 2.0. This is the second time in the history 0:00:25.110 --> 0:00:27.820 of this podcast that we've done a podcast during a 0:00:28.380 --> 0:00:29.860 Rays-Yankees playoff series. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:31.320 Oh man, what a talk about. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:33.560 It's been six fucking years. 0:00:34.420 --> 0:00:36.780 That is crazy. That is insane. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.879 I forgot. It's been six years since we've been doing 0:00:39.900 --> 0:00:42.220 this damn thing. It literally, I mean, I didn't even 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.620 commemorate the fact that our literally like a month ago 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:47.500 was our six year anniversary doing this shit. 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.720 That's crazy. 0:00:50.020 --> 0:00:52.519 That series was just torture. Like I know we won, 0:00:52.780 --> 0:00:55.060 I know we won that series, but I'll never forget. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.820 Like I still get like anytime it games on TBS, 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:00.840 which honestly, which for the raise it isn't often, but 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.040 like anytime it games on TBS, I still get like 0:01:03.140 --> 0:01:06.420 flashbacks of that. Just the scoreboard and the music that 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:11.430 they play. Like, It makes me just naturally anxious just 0:01:11.510 --> 0:01:14.530 because of that series. And the ALCS that year, too, 0:01:14.550 --> 0:01:17.669 against the Astros. We almost choked it. But that series, 0:01:17.709 --> 0:01:19.910 I'll never forget. Watching it with one of my best 0:01:19.930 --> 0:01:22.899 friends who's a Yankees fan. It was torture for both 0:01:22.940 --> 0:01:24.899 of us, especially Game 5. But one of the best 0:01:25.180 --> 0:01:26.280 sports moments I've ever had. 0:01:26.660 --> 0:01:27.259 That's okay. 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:28.139 Thanks to Mikey. 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:32.440 Yeah, shout out Mikey Brasso. Really launched our podcast. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:35.670 That's our fucking guy right there. Literally, the dude that 0:01:35.730 --> 0:01:39.430 launched the podcast, Mikey B. We need to get him 0:01:39.490 --> 0:01:43.170 on the pod. I will find a way to get 0:01:43.209 --> 0:01:46.840 him on the pod. But welcome back to the pod. 0:01:46.900 --> 0:01:51.420 This is our 300th episode, which is also a big deal. 0:01:51.460 --> 0:01:52.200 That's a big number. 0:01:52.220 --> 0:01:52.620 That's crazy. 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:56.480 That's a big number. That's a big number. Big numbers. 0:01:56.480 --> 0:02:00.750 300 episodes of doing this, us three morons, talking Rays 0:02:00.790 --> 0:02:01.730 baseball for 16 years. 0:02:03.150 --> 0:02:06.059 Just look at our hats, everybody. If we have clips 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.980 out of this, just the three of us clowns wearing 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:09.560 the same hat. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:10.519 Let's go. 0:02:10.540 --> 0:02:11.020 Three of us. 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.000 Yeah, I'll make sure to get at the video part 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.359 of this just so people can look and see how 0:02:15.380 --> 0:02:18.750 stupid we look. But yeah, I mean, six years we've 0:02:18.770 --> 0:02:21.470 been doing this. 300 episodes. That's like 50 episodes a 0:02:21.490 --> 0:02:22.950 year for the most part. Did I get that? Yeah, 0:02:22.970 --> 0:02:26.870 that's like 50 episodes a year. So, pretty impressive episode. 0:02:27.470 --> 0:02:30.060 journey that we've been on and we're literally back at 0:02:30.090 --> 0:02:32.380 the exact same place that we were six years ago. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.440 Like not even joking. This is the exact same place. 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:41.359 Raise Yankees, ALDS. Unlike that ALDS, which was COVID, this 0:02:41.460 --> 0:02:44.160 ALDS will be in front of fans. So this is 0:02:44.220 --> 0:02:46.720 the first raise Yankee series to be in front of fans. 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.540 This is the first home playoff series to happen at 0:02:50.590 --> 0:02:55.250 the drop since 2023. Um, So it's been three years, 0:02:55.590 --> 0:02:57.290 and we don't want to talk about what happened in 0:02:57.330 --> 0:03:00.669 that playoff series because it took two games and it sucked. 0:03:01.590 --> 0:03:07.139 And attendance-wise, it will not suck tomorrow. Or I guess 0:03:07.180 --> 0:03:09.540 today because I'm going to be putting this out the 0:03:09.580 --> 0:03:12.100 day of Game 1. But it's not going to suck. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:13.280 I can guarantee that. 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.180 Yeah, we got a sellout for Game 1, which is 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.730 very impressive. Somehow, though, the Yankees fans are taking credit 0:03:20.770 --> 0:03:24.459 for this. They honestly believe they're going to be more 0:03:24.500 --> 0:03:30.140 than like 20% of the people in there, which I 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.600 would be surprised if it was more than that. It's 0:03:32.620 --> 0:03:35.240 going to be a lot of Rays fans. These people, 0:03:35.380 --> 0:03:39.040 they have an impression of Yankees fans, the Yankee games, 0:03:39.380 --> 0:03:42.760 like in the regular season. And that shit's just, you know. 0:03:43.260 --> 0:03:46.150 Rage fans avoid those games for a reason, because they're like, 0:03:46.330 --> 0:03:48.710 we don't want to deal with you and your higher 0:03:48.770 --> 0:03:51.610 ticket prices that you bring with you when you decide 0:03:51.630 --> 0:03:53.070 you all want to go attend a game. 0:03:53.530 --> 0:03:54.170 So guess what? 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.760 A lot of them just don't end up going, and 0:03:57.060 --> 0:03:59.780 they just let you take over. That's in the regular season, though. 0:03:59.820 --> 0:04:04.250 This is the postseason, and clearly you haven't seen Trottober 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:05.170 in a while, so. 0:04:06.330 --> 0:04:09.130 They've never seen Troptober. They've literally never seen it. 0:04:09.150 --> 0:04:11.150 I think they're going to be in for a real surprise, 0:04:11.190 --> 0:04:12.150 especially you, Mr. 0:04:12.210 --> 0:04:16.990 McFly, Marty McFly, on John Boy Media. Fucker. 0:04:18.510 --> 0:04:21.370 Wow, that's a lot of... Man, Joe's is getting some absolute. 0:04:21.390 --> 0:04:23.370 That guy, just a straight-out call-out. 0:04:23.670 --> 0:04:28.120 Jesus Christ! Hey, he did win the 50-50 jackpot. That 0:04:28.150 --> 0:04:32.370 dude has had success at the Trop. It also shows 0:04:32.410 --> 0:04:35.250 that people do win the 50-50 jackpot. I thought it 0:04:35.290 --> 0:04:37.809 was just like they do it and no one actually wins, 0:04:38.529 --> 0:04:40.029 but people do win the 50-50 jackpot. 0:04:40.790 --> 0:04:42.490 I didn't know that, but he kind of pissed me 0:04:42.570 --> 0:04:49.620 off earlier. Normally, I'm a fan of him, but it's okay. 0:04:50.060 --> 0:04:52.240 If you sift through some of the bad, you will 0:04:52.300 --> 0:04:56.580 find good, even though there is still bad and good. 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:58.960 The three amigos are here. The boys are here. Me, 0:05:00.779 --> 0:05:03.500 Evan and Gibby, we're all here to talk about raise Yanks. 0:05:04.260 --> 0:05:06.960 I think this is going to be like, it is 0:05:07.020 --> 0:05:11.770 a shame that this series is not the ALCS. Like 0:05:12.010 --> 0:05:15.490 this series is going to be in terms of quality 0:05:15.529 --> 0:05:18.669 of teams in terms of star players. This is the 0:05:18.710 --> 0:05:22.159 best series in the American league playoff wise. And it's 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.820 a best of five division series. And I think that 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:25.320 just sucks. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:30.000 Yeah, it absolutely should be best of seven. Um, I mean, 0:05:30.020 --> 0:05:32.420 it's arguably the second best series in the entire, I mean, 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.290 assuming the Dodgers and the Brewers meet in the NLCS, 0:05:35.330 --> 0:05:37.110 that's probably the best series that we could ask for. 0:05:37.130 --> 0:05:39.770 But other than that, I mean, this is arguably the 0:05:39.810 --> 0:05:45.170 second best, maybe the Brewers Padres or NLDS, but I mean, 0:05:45.190 --> 0:05:49.360 it is sad. Unfortunately, it's just the way it is. Um, 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.660 but I mean, either of these teams should, should have 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:55.660 a pretty easy time with whoever comes out of the 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:59.580 other bracket. Um, But yeah, no, it should be best 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.460 of seven. It's too bad. Like a game seven would 0:06:01.500 --> 0:06:04.479 be unbelievable. It would be torture again, but it would 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.580 be in terms of the fives, it would be awesome 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:11.169 and incredible, but oh, well it's the way it's the 0:06:11.190 --> 0:06:14.450 way it happens. And yeah, yeah, that's it. 0:06:14.970 --> 0:06:18.410 Yeah. And the other thing is we don't know rosters. 0:06:18.430 --> 0:06:20.570 We don't know lineups. We know the pitching matchups for 0:06:20.589 --> 0:06:24.810 game one. which is Garrett Cole against Drew Rasmussen. I 0:06:24.870 --> 0:06:27.250 believe Cam Schlittler is going game two. I don't think 0:06:27.290 --> 0:06:29.250 that the Rays have announced their game two starter yet. 0:06:29.750 --> 0:06:33.050 So we don't know necessarily what the Rays roster is 0:06:33.070 --> 0:06:34.690 going to look like. We don't know what the Yankees 0:06:34.750 --> 0:06:36.090 roster is going to look like. We don't know if 0:06:36.110 --> 0:06:38.229 Aaron Judge is going to be on or off the roster. 0:06:38.630 --> 0:06:40.810 Not like it matters because honestly, the Yankees are a 0:06:40.830 --> 0:06:43.690 better team without Aaron Judge. And like all these people, 0:06:43.950 --> 0:06:45.789 like I originally was like, oh, that's going to be 0:06:45.810 --> 0:06:47.750 a major, you know, thing that's going to hold the 0:06:47.770 --> 0:06:51.270 Yankees back. They're so much better without him. And it's, like, 0:06:51.310 --> 0:06:51.969 not even funny. 0:06:52.650 --> 0:06:54.790 Yeah, I mean, you just watch it in that Red 0:06:54.830 --> 0:06:58.070 Sox series. I mean, they had some hot bats. And 0:06:58.810 --> 0:07:02.200 it was really, like, not the expected Yankees formula that, 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:04.640 you know, they've relied on in the past, which is, 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.220 you know, just three true outcomes, just trying to get 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.060 a home run basically most of the time. But, I mean, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.790 this is a team that produced a lot of singles 0:07:11.830 --> 0:07:15.050 and just got batter after batter, wore out. 0:07:15.830 --> 0:07:16.710 The Red Sox. 0:07:16.470 --> 0:07:19.770 Pitching Peyton Tolley was out in like five, six innings 0:07:20.330 --> 0:07:22.730 on that first game. And then after that, they just 0:07:22.890 --> 0:07:26.050 opened up the scoreboard and then game two, I mean, 0:07:26.830 --> 0:07:29.730 same sort of thing happened where they just had an 0:07:29.770 --> 0:07:33.730 incredible distance in the end and the Red Sox weren't making. 0:07:33.510 --> 0:07:34.170 Up that ground. 0:07:34.290 --> 0:07:39.620 So yeah, I mean, they've, they played very sound defensively. 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:43.980 I mean, That hasn't been the case in series against 0:07:44.140 --> 0:07:48.190 us in the regular season, but of course, a lot 0:07:48.230 --> 0:07:51.830 of guys back from injury, they've kind of turned it 0:07:51.890 --> 0:07:56.510 around defensively this season. I will say their outlier series, 0:07:56.570 --> 0:08:01.890 like when they play us, but maybe they have kind 0:08:01.930 --> 0:08:07.250 of solidified that. So this is a much scarier Yankees 0:08:07.310 --> 0:08:10.680 team than I would have been like maybe a month 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.460 or two ago because they weren't as hot and they've 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.940 kind of used this, uh, wildcard series to get hot. 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.370 So that's the only thing I worry about going into 0:08:20.390 --> 0:08:24.690 game one is who's more baseball ready. Uh, who's ready 0:08:24.730 --> 0:08:29.250 to get out ahead on this series. Um, and so 0:08:29.310 --> 0:08:32.630 hopefully the Razor is super motivated to really win at 0:08:32.700 --> 0:08:37.140 home because I think those Yankees away games will be the, 0:08:37.220 --> 0:08:42.400 probably their toughest challenge, uh, winning either of those games would, 0:08:42.620 --> 0:08:45.809 would be really tough for the race. So getting a 0:08:46.570 --> 0:08:49.069 good start at home would be super important. 0:08:49.750 --> 0:08:50.010 Yeah. 0:08:50.150 --> 0:08:54.969 Yeah. The Yankees handled the Red Sox a hell of 0:08:54.990 --> 0:08:57.650 a lot easier than I thought they would have. I mean, 0:08:58.540 --> 0:09:00.439 I didn't take anything in that, in that game, but 0:09:00.660 --> 0:09:03.100 they're in the series, but like the Red Sox, I 0:09:03.140 --> 0:09:06.730 always thought had pretty good value and, and, I honestly 0:09:06.750 --> 0:09:08.730 thought the Red Sox would have won that series, but 0:09:08.890 --> 0:09:11.550 I couldn't have been more wrong. The Yankees absolutely dominated 0:09:11.570 --> 0:09:13.210 them in every facet of the game. 0:09:13.290 --> 0:09:16.550 I think we overestimated the Red Sox a little bit. Yeah, 0:09:16.570 --> 0:09:17.510 the Red Sox, they. 0:09:17.590 --> 0:09:20.130 Yeah, because they were in demon mode like two months ago. 0:09:20.150 --> 0:09:21.790 They might have just had one really good month. 0:09:24.670 --> 0:09:26.929 I did see the peak of demon mode, and I 0:09:26.970 --> 0:09:28.330 was like, oh my god, this is. 0:09:28.370 --> 0:09:31.030 Yeah, that was a scary team. But yeah, I mean, 0:09:31.050 --> 0:09:33.150 they've really cooled off. They cooled off at the end 0:09:33.170 --> 0:09:34.720 of the season. I mean, you kind of saw it, 0:09:34.929 --> 0:09:40.850 and then... yeah going into this series yeah definitely not 0:09:40.890 --> 0:09:42.530 producing the runs needed to. 0:09:43.230 --> 0:09:46.430 Well their bullpen I mean their bullpen was performing at 0:09:46.470 --> 0:09:48.590 a level that just was not sustainable I mean they 0:09:48.610 --> 0:09:51.429 were locked down in that month and a half um 0:09:51.950 --> 0:09:53.510 I mean like you said Alex that series against the 0:09:53.890 --> 0:09:58.690 Rays after right after the all-star break they basically handled 0:09:58.770 --> 0:10:00.520 us easily I mean they swept us in before they 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:02.280 mopped us, but one of those games I guess we 0:10:02.300 --> 0:10:06.360 could have won, but they handled us. But I think 0:10:06.380 --> 0:10:08.439 you're right. I think we did overestimate the Red Sox 0:10:08.500 --> 0:10:11.320 coming in. I think they might have just had that 0:10:11.380 --> 0:10:12.840 good month and a half, and they were a pretty 0:10:12.900 --> 0:10:17.990 mediocre team in general. Like, Roman Anthony getting injured was unfortunate, 0:10:18.070 --> 0:10:20.800 but I mean... he only missed one game. So it 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.380 wasn't like that was the reason why they lost the series. 0:10:23.540 --> 0:10:26.810 The Yankees just dominated them. And you're right. The rest 0:10:27.150 --> 0:10:29.590 versus rest debate is always one of those things like 0:10:29.630 --> 0:10:31.450 that comes up with the team who has a long 0:10:31.910 --> 0:10:35.890 layoff versus a team who doesn't, who's coming off a 0:10:35.910 --> 0:10:38.830 game like what they played Wednesday night. So they, I mean, 0:10:38.850 --> 0:10:40.950 they still have two full days of rest, which is 0:10:40.970 --> 0:10:43.250 kind of annoying. I think our game one should have 0:10:43.270 --> 0:10:46.150 been on Friday, but just to give us a little 0:10:46.190 --> 0:10:48.430 bit more of an advantage considering we were the one seed, 0:10:48.590 --> 0:10:54.540 but Um, no, yeah, I, I think the Yankees rotation 0:10:54.580 --> 0:10:57.120 scares the hell out of me. Their rotation is so good. 0:10:57.210 --> 0:11:00.430 It's so deep. The lefties that they have, we are 0:11:00.470 --> 0:11:02.849 not great against lefties. It is nice that they're playing, they're, 0:11:02.910 --> 0:11:05.390 they're going righties in game one and two, obviously Schlittler 0:11:05.450 --> 0:11:08.589 is the Cy Young, the Cy Young winner. So that's 0:11:08.650 --> 0:11:11.170 not ideal, but I'm almost at the point where it's like, 0:11:11.210 --> 0:11:13.980 I'd rather face him in a right-handed pitcher than a lefty. 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.260 Cause we're just not very good at that versus lefties. Um, 0:11:16.980 --> 0:11:18.880 In terms of the roster, I think they're due at 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:20.500 10 a.m. tomorrow is the time? 0:11:20.780 --> 0:11:21.370 Yeah, yeah. 0:11:21.370 --> 0:11:24.110 10 a.m. is the roster, I guess. I don't know 0:11:24.130 --> 0:11:25.689 if the reveals are going to happen then, but at 0:11:25.730 --> 0:11:27.309 least that's the deadline. Okay. 0:11:27.590 --> 0:11:30.010 And we got good news about our roster. Likely, like, 0:11:30.670 --> 0:11:32.300 Tyler Wells will be on it. 0:11:32.650 --> 0:11:33.069 Likely. 0:11:33.210 --> 0:11:37.670 He's said he's good to go. Garrett Clevenger is also healthy. 0:11:37.730 --> 0:11:40.070 He's ready to go. And Chandler Simpson, who had that 0:11:40.110 --> 0:11:43.360 foot injury, he had the foul tip off the foot. 0:11:44.100 --> 0:11:45.040 He said he's ready to go. 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.370 So... Clevenger I'm not as feeling as great about. He 0:11:48.390 --> 0:11:52.599 didn't really have a great season overall. I would rather– 0:11:52.690 --> 0:11:55.010 I guess it depends on how many lefties and how 0:11:55.030 --> 0:11:56.650 many righties they're going to throw in the bullpen. Because 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.100 if you look at lefties that they have, I mean 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.059 outside of Cam Boozer, I'm guessing that they'll use Seymour 0:12:02.100 --> 0:12:04.860 as a bullpen arm. And then I don't trust Steven 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.280 Matz enough in order to use him. So between him 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.800 and Clevenger, I'd rather use Clevenger. 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:14.980 Yeah. But I think getting Tyler Wells back is– gigantic 0:12:15.050 --> 0:12:18.059 i think he's a perfect seven eighth and i mean 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.020 seven and eighth or seven or eighth inning guy like 0:12:21.059 --> 0:12:23.179 he's the perfect setup guy especially in the playoffs like 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.200 we we couldn't i we could maybe win this series 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.640 without him but i don't think we could like actually 0:12:29.100 --> 0:12:30.640 go to the world series or win the world series 0:12:30.660 --> 0:12:32.860 without him he's a guy you did you desperately need 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.600 so getting him back him he said he's feeling great 0:12:36.660 --> 0:12:40.890 so um Yeah, that's huge, and I expect all three 0:12:40.910 --> 0:12:42.890 of them to be on the roster tomorrow. But I agree. 0:12:42.910 --> 0:12:45.110 I don't really want to see Clubinger in high leverage 0:12:45.130 --> 0:12:45.890 situations either. 0:12:45.990 --> 0:12:48.010 Yeah, he needs to be low leverage, and then I 0:12:48.030 --> 0:12:49.870 don't know where to put Seymour. I'm assuming Seymour will 0:12:49.890 --> 0:12:54.230 be low leverage too because they'll probably throw three starters out. 0:12:54.809 --> 0:12:58.929 So probably Martinez. Not in this order, but Martinez, Freddie, 0:12:59.350 --> 0:13:02.670 and Drew because we haven't heard if Shane's healthy or not. 0:13:02.730 --> 0:13:06.080 So I'm just going to assume that he won't because 0:13:06.100 --> 0:13:07.950 we haven't heard any updates on him. He's not going 0:13:07.970 --> 0:13:11.089 to be on the ALDS roster. So then, I mean, 0:13:11.130 --> 0:13:13.410 from that point, like, I don't know. I mean, I 0:13:13.429 --> 0:13:15.390 guess you bring Jax on in some sort of way 0:13:15.410 --> 0:13:16.850 because he can be used as a reliever. 0:13:16.990 --> 0:13:20.730 I mean, you could kind of do a tandem of 0:13:20.809 --> 0:13:23.250 Jax doing two or three innings opening and then Seymour 0:13:23.290 --> 0:13:25.959 getting two or three innings. And, like, the bulk were 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:27.340 kind of the bulk. 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:28.800 Yeah, I mean, if they need to, that's not a 0:13:28.860 --> 0:13:32.930 horrible way of thinking about it. Yeah. Before, Gibby, before 0:13:32.950 --> 0:13:35.740 I get to you, Evan, I do agree with you wholeheartedly. 0:13:35.770 --> 0:13:38.459 The Yankees rotation is really, really good. And they've shown 0:13:38.500 --> 0:13:40.359 that they've been really, really good. And even guys that 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.339 aren't at their best right now still have pitched well 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.939 against the Rays. Like, you know, Radon is not having 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:50.080 an insanely career year season. Same thing with Cole. And 0:13:50.100 --> 0:13:52.720 yet both guys have had their fair share of success 0:13:52.780 --> 0:13:56.100 against the Rays on the mound. So, you know, those 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.239 guys are going to be tough cookies to crack if 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:59.680 the Rays want to continue on to the ALCS. 0:14:00.700 --> 0:14:03.400 Yeah, I'm thinking every total is going to be six 0:14:03.420 --> 0:14:07.180 and a half. Every game is going to be a 3-1, 3-2, 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.579 4-3 kind of game. And it's going to be... I 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.240 think it's going to be another one of those torturous 0:14:12.260 --> 0:14:15.420 series where it's just every pitch you're kind of just hanging. 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.179 You're sitting on the edge of your couch. It's going 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.960 to be fun, like man-in-the-arena type mentality. I'm very glad 0:14:21.980 --> 0:14:24.340 that they're playing in this situation, but it's going to 0:14:24.780 --> 0:14:26.000 be pretty nerve-wracking baseball. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:30.290 Yeah, I mean, Gibby, like... Do you think that this 0:14:30.350 --> 0:14:36.620 is a series that will likely go five games? 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.600 I want to say, I mean, I think it will 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:44.360 be a torture series, like Evan was saying. And a 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:51.510 game five ALDS is truly pure torture every at-bat for 0:14:51.550 --> 0:14:55.870 both sides of... for both fan bases. 0:14:56.110 --> 0:14:58.210 So, I mean. 0:14:58.820 --> 0:15:02.420 I could see it definitely going five, but I feel 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.500 like one team might just take it one way or 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:09.110 the other, do like a 3-1 series win, maybe end 0:15:09.130 --> 0:15:12.550 it by game four. And that could be either team. 0:15:12.710 --> 0:15:16.310 I mean, I could see either team having an outcome 0:15:16.350 --> 0:15:20.170 like that. But there's also the potential for it to 0:15:20.390 --> 0:15:22.310 go to game five, obviously. 0:15:24.130 --> 0:15:26.390 With, you know, the two... It's going to be hard 0:15:26.410 --> 0:15:27.570 for the... If the Rays. 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.000 end up winning two home games, it's going to be 0:15:31.020 --> 0:15:33.470 really hard for them to win one of those at 0:15:34.180 --> 0:15:39.290 Yankee Stadium. I feel like that's probably the potential. It'd 0:15:39.310 --> 0:15:44.730 probably be two games, two games, and then Rays at 0:15:44.790 --> 0:15:49.470 home for game five. If it did happen, I think 0:15:49.510 --> 0:15:54.090 it'd be really hard for the Rays to win at 0:15:54.130 --> 0:15:58.110 Yankee Stadium. I think the pressure is more on the 0:15:58.150 --> 0:16:01.730 Rays right now to defend the Trop because the Trop 0:16:01.790 --> 0:16:09.690 has been this great home stadium for the Rays. I mean, 0:16:10.370 --> 0:16:13.410 they have the best home record in all of MLB. So, 0:16:13.430 --> 0:16:18.050 I mean, the pressure is almost on us to win 0:16:18.100 --> 0:16:20.980 those two games. So, I just hope they do win 0:16:21.010 --> 0:16:23.140 one of those two games or both of those games 0:16:23.260 --> 0:16:26.600 just because... it's going to be hard, you know, going 0:16:26.620 --> 0:16:31.680 to Yankee stadium. So yeah, I, there's definitely potential for 0:16:31.740 --> 0:16:35.150 a game five, but I could also see just a 0:16:35.190 --> 0:16:38.830 team either three O in or three one in the other. 0:16:38.850 --> 0:16:42.690 And that goes for either one. I honestly, right now, my, 0:16:42.750 --> 0:16:44.720 my opinions are, this is a coin flip. 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.220 Like, cause I fully agree. 0:16:48.460 --> 0:16:49.140 I fully agree. 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.070 That's just how it goes with, with the Yankees. I mean, 0:16:52.110 --> 0:16:54.790 we only beat them in the season series, like seven, six. 0:16:55.410 --> 0:17:00.090 So like, yeah, like you're sometimes they're hot. Sometimes they're not. 0:17:00.210 --> 0:17:02.390 And sometimes we get them when they're not hot. I 0:17:02.430 --> 0:17:05.760 think they're hot right now. So, uh, definitely a tough team. 0:17:05.859 --> 0:17:06.280 Definitely. 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.780 This is the ale decider. I think, you know, I 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:12.520 know no knock on the gardens of the white socks. 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.730 I do like both of those teams. It's just, you know, the, 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:20.270 there's a lot of winds concentrated, uh, in this one 0:17:20.390 --> 0:17:24.090 ALDS match. So I really do think this proves who 0:17:24.150 --> 0:17:29.169 the best AL team is and who will probably represent that, uh, 0:17:29.810 --> 0:17:31.130 the AL in the world series. 0:17:31.190 --> 0:17:32.450 So, yeah, I agree. 0:17:32.490 --> 0:17:32.970 Yeah. 0:17:33.070 --> 0:17:37.190 It's this, or it's basically all to the teams. They're 0:17:37.210 --> 0:17:39.370 going to treat this like this is the ALCS. I mean, 0:17:39.790 --> 0:17:42.270 I wouldn't be surprised if we're bringing out extra starters. 0:17:42.540 --> 0:17:45.560 If there's a game five, like, and you're just bringing 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.219 out your best guys to burn your best guys that 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.080 you have a game five. 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.500 With these two teams would be truly insane. 0:17:52.580 --> 0:17:56.960 Just because like we talk about freaking Yankees, bullpens insane, 0:17:57.700 --> 0:17:59.920 or they've been insane the last like month or so. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.280 And then the raised bullpen has been truly locked in. Um, 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:07.699 so yeah, it's just going to, it's too, it's unstoppable 0:18:07.740 --> 0:18:10.560 force and a movable object. So if it goes to 0:18:10.580 --> 0:18:12.920 game five, it's going to be one of the most 0:18:13.460 --> 0:18:17.369 traumatic moments, October 10th to ever exist. 0:18:18.070 --> 0:18:20.810 I agree with you on that. Evan, do you think... 0:18:20.710 --> 0:18:22.609 I mean, I don't think that there's going to be 0:18:22.630 --> 0:18:25.929 a sweep. I think it feels unfathomable that there's going 0:18:25.950 --> 0:18:26.750 to be a sweep in this year. 0:18:26.790 --> 0:18:28.190 Yeah, I don't think it's going to be a sweep. 0:18:28.270 --> 0:18:31.010 I think the Rays win 3-1. I think we win 0:18:31.030 --> 0:18:34.389 in 4. I think, like I said, every game is 0:18:34.410 --> 0:18:36.530 going to be close. And I think just the most 0:18:36.590 --> 0:18:41.330 important thing, I just think the little things... I know 0:18:41.390 --> 0:18:44.409 it's as simple as... It doesn't sound very complex, but 0:18:44.430 --> 0:18:45.960 I think it's going to come down to the little things. 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:47.439 It's going to come down to base running. It's going 0:18:47.460 --> 0:18:49.060 to come down to stolen bases. It's going to come 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:49.359 down to. 0:18:52.109 --> 0:18:54.409 Who can tag up in the most opportune ways. 0:18:54.450 --> 0:18:54.810 Bunts. 0:18:55.170 --> 0:18:57.910 Yeah, like bunts, exactly. Defense, I think. 0:18:58.230 --> 0:19:00.450 Hitting and run, sack flies, things like that. 0:19:01.109 --> 0:19:04.060 It's a runner on second with no outs, a leadoff double. 0:19:04.180 --> 0:19:06.399 How do you get him in? And I think the 0:19:06.460 --> 0:19:09.800 Rays do that better than anybody in the MLB. Just 0:19:10.020 --> 0:19:12.600 the way that we are able to... This team is 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.320 built to win a series like this, to win these games. 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:16.810 I mean, they did it all season, to win. 0:19:18.470 --> 0:19:21.790 Games that are going to be dogfights. They're going to be... 0:19:22.470 --> 0:19:25.300 I predict these games to be games in which runs 0:19:25.340 --> 0:19:27.240 will be hard to come by. And this team is 0:19:27.300 --> 0:19:34.060 built to succeed in those games. And defense. I think 0:19:34.100 --> 0:19:36.020 defense is going to be obviously huge. I think that 0:19:36.180 --> 0:19:37.830 kind of goes without saying, but I think it's an 0:19:37.980 --> 0:19:40.270 overlooked part of the game where I think the Rays' 0:19:40.310 --> 0:19:44.390 defense is unbelievably good. The Yankees' defense, I'm not entirely 0:19:44.609 --> 0:19:46.530 sure it might be good, but I'm not gonna lie 0:19:46.550 --> 0:19:48.710 in that series in yeah. 0:19:48.490 --> 0:19:51.010 The bronx they look really bad when they play us 0:19:51.290 --> 0:19:54.639 that's the thing every other every other series they look good. 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.080 And it wasn't smart like i think that the game 0:19:57.100 --> 0:20:00.520 that we clinched the division that the taylor was walls 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.220 bunt no idea what they were doing on defense like 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.940 i think that would that like the the the um 0:20:06.730 --> 0:20:10.670 I think it was Spencer Jones playing center. He didn't allow, 0:20:11.070 --> 0:20:14.530 but he didn't throw over to third after Chandler Simpson 0:20:14.550 --> 0:20:19.840 tagged up at second. That was able to score. Those 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:21.600 are the type of small things that I'm talking about. 0:20:21.940 --> 0:20:24.880