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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another edition of Crush City

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Speaker 1: TERRITORYM Channel the room along with Tyler Stafford and Josh Reddick.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna we're recording this with five games left in

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Speaker 1: the first half of the regular season, but we're gonna

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Speaker 1: skip to the good part and hand out some first

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Speaker 1: half awards for this surging Astros team in a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But Josh, we have not had you on since the

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Speaker 1: sweep at Dodger Stadium. I know how much you enjoy

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Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium and Dodger.

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Speaker 2: Very perfectly timed, very perfectly time podcasts.

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Speaker 1: I know how much you enjoy Dodger Stadium and Dodgers fans,

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Speaker 1: and you know, opening old wounds from one announcer, what

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Speaker 1: was your overall takeaway from what the Astros did at

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Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium this past weekend, sweeping them with a combined

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Speaker 1: score of twenty nine to six.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm gonna leave out some expletives, but you know,

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Speaker 3: it was fantastic to watch and be able to witness that,

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Speaker 3: and not only just that, you know, giving them their

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Speaker 3: butt whopping in the first one. You know, that goes

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Speaker 3: down in the record books for you know, Dodgers as well,

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Speaker 3: So that's something that they can always look back at

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Speaker 3: so that'll be pretty great to have. But you know, overall,

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Speaker 3: and you look at everything like Jose Altuve just overcoming

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Speaker 2: You know, we've both been there when.

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Speaker 3: It's sold out and everybody's booing and everybody's calling you

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Speaker 2: Every one of them up. Every game is just what.

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Speaker 3: A great storybook and how how great Lee rewarded that

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Speaker 3: Altuve gets to be because of how great of a

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Speaker 3: up like Ken Rosenthal was fishing for everything to get

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Speaker 3: out of Jose al Tuve and he just kept it

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Speaker 2: Sorry, Tyler, I took the first pun for you in

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Speaker 4: You're you're stepping on my territory, man, what are you doing?

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Speaker 3: And and it's just a fan base to be clear.

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Speaker 3: Like when I played there, it was great. Everybody internal

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Speaker 2: Pretty uh, pretty upsetting. And then you go and suck

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Speaker 4: Uh, Josh, I don't want to bring up old wounds here,

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Speaker 4: but did you hear what Oral Herscheizer said on the broadcast?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Oh yeah, it's like they almost know what's coming.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, of course, there's always there's always if you're a

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Speaker 3: And I guess Oral is in his old age is

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Speaker 2: So you know, let him do what you gotta do.

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Speaker 2: You got to ease the pain somehow. You got to

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Speaker 3: By all means, you know, explain to me how a

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Speaker 1: But you know, Josh, I feel like we've asked this before.

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Speaker 1: But since you brought up Altuve, you were on the

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Speaker 1: I think it's one night. Is that something that that

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he does deep down, but he

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Speaker 3: So just just how great of a player is all

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Speaker 2: Know, pushed his way. He's going to just walk through

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Speaker 4: Josh, I know you knew this already, but I had

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Speaker 4: to google Chandler's sat word there, and invective, according to

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Speaker 2: I read the one year junior college. I was playing

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Speaker 1: But you know, they don't. They don't teach English at

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Speaker 4: And know, you know, I was in the business for

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Speaker 4: And then it has a second word here that I

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Speaker 1: Vitriol.

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Speaker 4: No, I know, vitriol, vita perationeration.

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Speaker 1: Because it's a it's a Latin word. It's a Latin word, Latin.

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Speaker 1: Of course.

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Speaker 3: I mean, right, I have no idea what any of

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Speaker 3: I remember taking public speaking one O one got one hundred,

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Speaker 2: Class nice, yeah, and then your general obviously classes. But

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Speaker 4: Like adminton sneaky, tough to play. It looks like you

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Speaker 4: I'm glad you got a good.

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Speaker 1: Education paid for too. It was paid for, and now

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Speaker 2: Between them to the Red Sox. They taught me a lot.

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Speaker 4: I made a C in public speaking at a Lee

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Speaker 1: Speaking of people that did not make c's, let's give

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Speaker 1: We're recording this before the Astros played the Guardians on

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Speaker 4: But I mean, he he's on pace for a seven

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Speaker 2: I agree to you don't take anything away from Esack.

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Speaker 3: But I think the average, the batting average, plays a

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Speaker 3: Out ridiculously, and what he's done in transition from you know,

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Speaker 1: had an agreement to send him to the Brewers that

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Speaker 1: ended up falling through. Zach Scott says that when he

439
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Speaker 1: he was with the Red Sox they got close to

440
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Speaker 1: a three team trade with Adrian Gonzalez going from San

441
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Speaker 1: Diego to Seattle, Felix going to the Red Sox, and

442
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Speaker 1: some Red Sox prospects including Josh Reddick going to San Diego.

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Speaker 1: Uh the Mariners GM slept on it and decided that

444
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Speaker 1: they didn't want to move Felix. So in another world, Josh,

445
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Speaker 1: you could have been a Padre.

446
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Speaker 3: Imagine playing there every day. Seventy five sunny weather, good weather.

447
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Speaker 4: You would have had about eight home runs in that

448
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,760
Speaker 4: ballpark though, Yeah, that's that would have been a rough one.

449
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

450
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Speaker 3: But then I go hit thirty on the road at

451
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Speaker 3: Dodger Stadium Coors Field, Arizona.

452
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Speaker 2: Kidding me take the day off against Kershaw. That was

453
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Speaker 2: prime Kershaw. Daddy ain't playing against that. No, been fun though, Yeah,

454
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Speaker 2: there you go.

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Speaker 1: You would have been in a Felix Hernandez trade. Think

456
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Speaker 1: about that.

457
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,560
Speaker 3: That was sick along with Justin Masterson. Justin Masterson was

458
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Speaker 3: no joke of a prospect in his day.

459
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Speaker 4: There you go, Josh. I just pulled up your Baseball

460
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Speaker 4: reference page. Do you know what nicknames it has listed

461
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Speaker 4: for you on there?

462
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Speaker 2: There's multiple, I do know.

463
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Speaker 3: The first one is probably mister Irrelevant? Yeah, and maybe

464
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Speaker 3: red Dog.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there you go. I don't know that, Dad, did

466
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Speaker 4: people call you mister irrelevant?

467
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 2: Springer came up with that nickname? Okay, So they didn't

468
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Speaker 2: really call me that.

469
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Speaker 3: It just became a funny story because I think it

470
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Speaker 3: was like around All Star time and I was having

471
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Speaker 3: a pretty good season. I was hitting ninth that year,

472
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Speaker 3: so like I was the best ninal hitter in the league,

473
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Speaker 3: Like I think I had the third best numbers for

474
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Speaker 3: right fielders or something like very consideration, good consideration for

475
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Speaker 3: an All Star game. And I didn't even get on it. Obviously,

476
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,960
Speaker 3: George just goes red. Look around the clubhouse, there's like

477
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Speaker 3: seven all stars.

478
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Speaker 2: Look around the league.

479
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Speaker 3: You're just irrelevant, like obviously joking maybe, but no, just

480
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Speaker 3: joking around. And it kind of stuck, and you obviously

481
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 3: Brandtley jumped on board with that, and it kind of

482
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Speaker 3: became a running joke. So it became my player's weekend nickname.

483
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Speaker 3: It'll be funny and to continue it. So that's why,

484
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Speaker 3: that's why it became a baseball I love this. We

485
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Speaker 3: should do a random red fact every day. We do this,

486
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Speaker 3: like it seems like something always comes up.

487
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Speaker 2: I loved that.

488
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Speaker 1: I miss I missed players. I missed the Players Weekend

489
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Speaker 1: when they when you guys could choose what you could

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Speaker 1: wear on your jerseys. That was That was the only

491
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Speaker 1: like redeeming quality about Players week and everything else was

492
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Speaker 1: trying to like do the weird uniforms and stuff. But

493
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Speaker 1: I missed the nicknames on the back.

494
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Speaker 2: I thought it was great. Minus the black and white uniform.

495
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Speaker 1: Here that was weird. That was a weird that felt.

496
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Speaker 3: Like the old black and white cartoons of the triangle shape. Guys,

497
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Speaker 3: whatever they were calling, what they were called, that was

498
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Speaker 3: so awful, Like the first year was great, Like even

499
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Speaker 3: ours looked great. Like the dark blue with the astros

500
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Speaker 3: and orange and orange sleeves, like that was cool.

501
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Speaker 2: And you can still do your name like just keep

502
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Speaker 2: it simple.

503
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Speaker 1: Remember when, Remember when were you on the team. When

504
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Speaker 1: Dallas Kikele wore David Byrd on the back on the

505
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Speaker 1: back and everyone thought it was a little dicky. Everyone thought, yes,

506
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Speaker 1: tweety home the home clubhouse attendant at dyke In Park

507
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 1: and they had to Dallas had to like do a

508
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Speaker 1: whole scrum to explain it.

509
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Speaker 2: It was hilarious.

510
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Speaker 4: Wow, Tyler Rewards, we have Tyler.

511
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Speaker 1: I'll give you the floor.

512
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Speaker 4: Hold on, let me get prepared. You guys gonna set

513
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Speaker 4: me up. I gotta put my chain on.

514
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Speaker 2: I'm about to say time out. You text you always

515
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Speaker 2: stay strapped, but it ain't on until now.

516
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Speaker 4: So well, no, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna waste

517
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Speaker 4: it for other people. I gotta put it on. Whenever

518
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Speaker 4: we start talking about the Rookie of the Year.

519
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Speaker 1: Ryan Gusto mm hmm, or Colton Gordon short probably short

520
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Speaker 1: is not a rookie.

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Speaker 4: He has ricky energy, so it counts.

522
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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 4: Camp Smith rules. I've never been wrong about anything. I'm

524
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Speaker 4: gonna live forever. Uh. Cam Smith is awesome. He is

525
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Speaker 4: so good. He's not just the astros Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if you saw, but like a couple

527
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Speaker 4: of weeks ago, even when we pulled it up on

528
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Speaker 4: the show, I think his odds were like plus fourteen

529
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Speaker 4: hundred to win Rookie of the Year, and Jacob Wilson

530
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Speaker 4: was like minus five hundred. So you know, it's basically

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Speaker 4: you're just burning money. And he is now at plus

532
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Speaker 4: like one fifty, so he is. He is right there

533
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Speaker 4: with Jacob Wilson. He's been Thanks Tyler.

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Speaker 2: I can't bet on baseball, but thanks.

535
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Speaker 4: Well, you know, I'm helping you out. I can't either.

536
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 4: I live in Texas, so we're all in the same

537
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Speaker 4: boat here.

538
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Speaker 2: But I legally can't.

539
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Speaker 4: But go on there you go. But yeah, I mean,

540
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Speaker 4: he he's been so good. He had a swing change.

541
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Speaker 4: He you know, he moved up in the box a little.

542
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Speaker 4: He changed where he was positioning his feet and since

543
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Speaker 4: then has just taken off and again we've talked about it,

544
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Speaker 4: but it's still few. Like you know, he almost he

545
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 4: reminds me of you know, whenever somebody gets a puppy

546
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 4: and it's like a big dog and they just have

547
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 4: the giant pause and you're like, I know you're not

548
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 4: big yet, but we can tell like that that's coming.

549
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Speaker 4: That's what cam Smith feels like to me, where it's

550
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Speaker 4: like he still isn't even putting up power numbers like

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Speaker 4: he's he's doing all of this with line drives to

552
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Speaker 4: right field and the occasional home run that hold pull,

553
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Speaker 4: but I mean the power is there. He's looked incredible

554
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Speaker 4: in right field, which we talk about it all the time,

555
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Speaker 4: and it still hasn't talked about enough that he just

556
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Speaker 4: magically decided to learn right field a month before the

557
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Speaker 4: season started and is one of the better outfielders in baseball.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's just it's incredible. There's no one who

559
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Speaker 4: could have envisioned it going this well, this quickly, and

560
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Speaker 4: just absolutely rookie the year end really has has been

561
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Speaker 4: holding down the middle of the lineup for the last month.

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Speaker 4: With with the inconsistencies you've seen from Jiner and Christian

563
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Speaker 4: Walker and obviously you're on not being there. I mean,

564
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Speaker 4: this guy is just you pencil him in and the

565
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Speaker 4: two or four spot and he's just gonna come up

566
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Speaker 4: and put up graded bats with runners in scoring position.

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Speaker 4: I think he's in like the top ten in baseball

568
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Speaker 4: UH for ops in UH with runners in scoring position.

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Speaker 4: Like he just he's been awesome. It's been a ton

570
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Speaker 4: of fun to watch Josh.

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Speaker 1: Is that the next step in his game is the

572
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Speaker 1: more consistent power because obviously we've seen he can pepper

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Speaker 1: up the middle into right field with line drives, and

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Speaker 1: we've seen the approach with two strikes. It's gotten better.

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Speaker 1: But you know, he had he had a few pull

576
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Speaker 1: side homers in the last home stand, obviously against the Cubs.

577
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Speaker 1: But is that the next step for him offensively is

578
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Speaker 1: finding a more consistent power stroke and maybe staying up

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Speaker 1: the middle, staying true to his approach, but being able

580
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Speaker 1: to pull some pitches, pull some pitches into the left

581
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Speaker 1: center field gap for some extra basis.

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Speaker 2: I think so.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the consistency for him has been just steadily improving,

584
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Speaker 3: So I mean, who knows what we could be getting

585
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,919
Speaker 3: into here in the next month. Maybe he figures that

586
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 3: out as well. But you know, I think he's just

587
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 3: got to get those one pitches where you kind of

588
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 3: one pitch in it bat where you can kind of

589
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: let loose, you feel like you can let loose before

590
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,239
Speaker 3: you get to two strikes to kind of get your

591
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 3: homer pitch, and then after that you can go right

592
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Speaker 3: back to what he's been doing. I feel like if

593
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 3: maybe just something like that could be implemented, maybe, but

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Speaker 3: you know, he's still young, and if he's finding success

595
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Speaker 3: in something, I don't think I would really worry about

596
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 3: him changing that. That could be something he could focus

597
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 3: on in the offseason, I believe, because we know it's there.

598
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 3: It's obviously there, So I just think if it stays

599
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 3: off his mind, then I think he's going to be

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Speaker 3: better for it going into this season and then maybe

601
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Speaker 3: work on that mental side of things and figure that

602
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Speaker 3: out for next season. I just don't want him try

603
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: to see anything drastically change for him right now, because,

604
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 3: like we said, he's doing a great drug carry in

605
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 3: the middle of this lineup without the power numbers, and

606
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Speaker 3: he's driving in runs.

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Speaker 2: Like he said, he's one of the best in baseball

608
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Speaker 2: with runners. His scoring positions.

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Speaker 3: So I'm not changing anything or worried about even talking

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Speaker 3: about that right now.

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Speaker 4: His last fifty games, first off, the Ashers are thirty

612
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Speaker 4: four and sixteen in those fifty games, but he is

613
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 4: hitting three nineteen with an eight thirty two OPS. He's

614
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Speaker 4: just been one of the best players in baseball for

615
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Speaker 4: the last fifty games.

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Speaker 3: Grazy, keep shooting the fast ball away, get a hanging

617
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 3: off speed pitch, hammered.

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Speaker 2: That thing over the fence. Nothing wrong with that approach.

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Speaker 1: And that's what it's been really like, he if it's

620
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: all of his pulse side power, has been like on

621
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Speaker 1: hanging breaking balls that he's gotten out in front on,

622
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Speaker 1: and there's been some center cut fastballs he's just timed

623
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: up very well and gotten gotten around and pulled it.

624
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Speaker 1: But I mean, that's all. And again that's what I

625
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: meant when I asked, was if that's the next step

626
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Speaker 1: in his game, Like, we're not looking at this from

627
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Speaker 1: like an immediate like next two months thing. You're looking

628
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Speaker 1: at I mean, you have five more years of this guy.

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Speaker 1: I know that Ice you, Tyler. You have five more

630
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Speaker 1: years to watch Cam Smith and go to the zoo

631
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Speaker 1: with him. But and as this evolves for the next

632
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Speaker 1: five years. You do wonder like the next step is

633
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: probably untapping the power more. And it doesn't like you said, Josh,

634
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Speaker 1: it doesn't have to come this season. It can come

635
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Speaker 1: next year in the your afterc because they're doing pretty

636
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Speaker 1: well right now with him staying inside and staying in

637
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Speaker 1: his approach and staying in that kind of up the

638
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: middle to the right approach.

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Speaker 3: Oh god, that's that's the only thing he has to

640
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 3: work on is being more consistent on power. I think

641
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 3: the thing he focuses on this year is, you know,

642
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: which is crazy to talk about becoming a better outbuilder

643
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 3: because as great as he is, there could be.

644
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Speaker 2: You know, there's improvement that everybody can make. I mean,

645
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter if your first year a nine year event. Like,

646
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: there's always something to work on. So getting his little crow.

647
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Speaker 3: Hop transition, you know, transferring the base all to get

648
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 3: quicker throws, I think it's something he can definitely get

649
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: better at balls at the wall or something he's going

650
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: to have to figure out. Excuse me, just by repetition,

651
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 3: I mean getting those bounces and playing off of that

652
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 3: and just.

653
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Speaker 2: Kind of getting the ball in a little quicker off

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Speaker 2: the wall.

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Speaker 3: Know some games that I've covered on the pre and

656
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Speaker 3: post game about getting the ball and then taking that

657
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 3: step and throwing. His arm is mid nineties, Like he

658
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 3: has plenty of arms and just grab that baseball with

659
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 3: the bare hand and chunk it back in, especially with

660
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 3: pain painting.

661
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 2: His arm is very strong too.

662
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 3: I don't think you worry about even getting the ball

663
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 3: to somebody like A'll two even du bond, like you

664
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 3: can get just throw it in there in that general area,

665
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 3: let them adjust and get it in. You know, that's

666
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 3: your that's your job as an output, get it in

667
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 3: as quickly as possible and.

668
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 2: Let them do the rest.

669
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: So other than that, the man is set in the

670
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 3: in the skill department.

671
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 4: Did you know he batted ninth ten games this year.

672
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, because I mean there was a stretch where it

673
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: was really like.

674
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 4: It's crazy, like.

675
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 2: This might be the sign to sending down.

676
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not really like he's been so good.

677
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, And one thing on him and the outfield, Josh,

678
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: Like there are some times and again this is this

679
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: is we're talking more of like a career evolution here,

680
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: not even more of an end season thing, but like

681
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: there are some times where like he saies the cutoff man.

682
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: There are some times where I know they have to

683
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: remind him, like, look that runner at second base. We're

684
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: in a three run game. That runner at second base

685
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Like if you get a ball, throw it

686
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: to the second base to keep the trail runner from

687
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 1: going an extra ninety feet. There's just things that in

688
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: game he still has to be reminded of, or things

689
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: that may speed up on him. But again, he is

690
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: twenty two years old playing a position that he had

691
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: never played before March of this year. So if that's

692
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: all they have to work with him on, like getting

693
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 1: him experience of, like that's where you throw the ball

694
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: in this situation, this runner doesn't matter. This run does matter.

695
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,239
Speaker 1: Like knowing where to how to hit the cutoff man.

696
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 1: They've talked a lot about and Josh maybe can speak

697
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: more to this, but his throws tend to sail. He

698
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: tends to throw a ton like with a lot of care,

699
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: and they want more like low line drive throws straight

700
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 1: to Dubon or Payina or whoever's the cutoff man, because

701
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: if you sail the throw to the cutoff man, that

702
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: just means extra movement for them, And it doesn't matter

703
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: how strong their arm is the Really, it is not

704
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: going to be great.

705
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's important. You know.

706
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 3: I was always the guy who tried to be one

707
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 3: step ahead of that. You know, letting the tail runner

708
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 3: not score in that situation is you can still come

709
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 3: up firing, but you better fire it low because.

710
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 2: You mean, you might get a little back door.

711
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 3: You know, outfield assists free out if he thinks you're

712
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 3: trying to come up and throw.

713
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 2: That guy out. But you have to make sure you

714
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 2: throw it nice and easy.

715
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 3: But at the same time, this guy's learning, so it

716
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 3: might be better for him to just come up nice

717
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 3: and easy to get it back in. You don't throw

718
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 3: the ball hard every time come up, work on just

719
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 3: trying to hit your guy, and you know it's baseball,

720
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 3: you know, just throw the baseball right, it's easy.

721
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 4: This game's easy with runners in scoring position. This year

722
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 4: he is hitting three sixty eight with a one thy

723
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 4: eighteen ops insane, Like.

724
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 2: He's make up for the overthrow of the cutoff.

725
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 4: I think it makes it up.

726
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: I think they're all right, yeah, I'll take it.

727
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean that's just something he can work on,

728
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 3: you know, batting practice.

729
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 4: The overthrowing, the dang league right now.

730
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: That is that is there is, Josh, I know you

731
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: love talking about war, but I have to update the

732
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,399
Speaker 1: people because there there there's draft pick compensation involved here

733
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: if Cam Smith, if Cam Smith wins Rookie of the Year, UH,

734
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: the Ashers get a first get a comp pick in

735
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: next year's draft. Going into today Wednesday's game against the Guardians.

736
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: In on Baseball References version of War, Cam Smith is

737
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,839
Speaker 1: second among all rookies to Carlos Narvaia's the catcher for

738
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: the Red Sox, and then according to Fangraft's version of

739
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: the War, UH, Cam Smith is third among all rookies

740
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: behind Jacob Wilson of the A's is going to start

741
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: the All Star Game at shortstop, and Narvaia's so firmly

742
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: in the running, probably not there as the winner yet,

743
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: but again he's got he'll have way more meaningful games

744
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: than Jacob Wilson to get on people's radar. And then

745
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 1: Narvaia's with the Red Sox. He's been great all year

746
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 1: and he's going to play obviously meaningful games too. He

747
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: plays a pretty important position at catcher two, so doing

748
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: it as a catcher is obviously you know, a feather

749
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: in his cap. But yeah, cam Smith certainly in the

750
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: running has put has really established himself as a legitimate

751
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: American League Rookie of the Year candidate. He did win

752
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 1: even maybe better than winning American League Rookie of the Year.

753
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: He won Crush Shitty Territory first half astro Rookie of

754
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: the Year. So congratulations to him.

755
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 4: And look, I'll give mine away to one person and

756
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,280
Speaker 4: one person only.

757
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 2: I feel like that would be the one.

758
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 1: Uh huh, Well, we'll give the last two awards of

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Speaker 1: So there are I don't know how many qualified hitters

781
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Speaker 1: there are in Major League Baseball. It's around one hundred

782
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: and seventy I just got it, one hundred and seventy

783
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: three qualified hitters in Major League Baseball. None of them

784
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: have had a higher increase in their batting average from

785
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: last season to this season than Jake Myers. Jake Myers.

786
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: Jake Myers hit two nineteen last year. He is hitting

787
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: three h eight heading into today's game against the Guardians.

788
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: There's only two of those one hundred and seventy three

789
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: qualified hitters that have had a higher increase in their

790
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: on base percentage from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five.

791
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: That's Will Smith and mikel Garcia. Jake Myers is thirty's

792
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 1: increases on base percentage from two to eighty six in

793
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four to three sixty nine this season. I

794
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,919
Speaker 1: think it goes without saying that, uh that you know,

795
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: Jake Myers is the most improved player on the Astros

796
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: team this first half, and it you really I never

797
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: thought I would say this in the preseason, and it

798
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: kind of speaks to why he's going to get this award.

799
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: Like you, you really do ask yourself at points where

800
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: the Asters would be without Jake Myers. He's completely changed

801
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: the dynamic of their lineup and helped them stay afloat

802
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: as Diaz and Walker have scuffled, as al two Va

803
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,959
Speaker 1: has been streaky and they've had injuries around the team.

804
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 3: Just another guy who filled in the middle of the

805
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 3: hole sometime so that the middle of the lineup when they

806
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:15,799
Speaker 3: needed it too.

807
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 2: He's been great and too whole before.

808
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 3: This just bouncing every He's actually been great everywhere everywhere

809
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 3: they bounce Hi around where these you know, remember what

810
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 3: a three week stretch where seven eight nine was consistent

811
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 3: of Jake Myers, Cam Smith and mostly Mauricio dubond and

812
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 3: they were the whole offense for the whole team for

813
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 3: the better part of three weeks. So no matter where

814
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 3: you put this guy, he's got two knocks, he's driving

815
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 3: in a run, he's scoring a run, and there's probably

816
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 3: a bag in there somewhere.

817
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 2: So no matter where you put this kid, he's producing.

818
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 3: In my goodness, when you talk about those numbers of

819
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 3: the improved numbers, I mean, good lord, one hundred and

820
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 3: seventy three hitters, that's a lot of freaking hitters.

821
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I mean not to mention his defense, Yeah,

822
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 4: I mean, he's just so consistently great in the outfield,

823
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 4: and it's allowed the Astros to play basically anybody in

824
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 4: the outfield because you know that you know you've got

825
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 4: Jake Myers in the middle. I mean they literally have

826
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 4: played most of the season with Jose Altuve playing left

827
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,399
Speaker 4: field and Cam Smith and right And they went into

828
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 4: the season with that plan, whether it was Smith or

829
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 4: Dezenzo or McCormick or whoever in right field, but knowing

830
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 4: that they could take a chance on guys in the

831
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 4: corner of the outfield not being as good defensively because

832
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 4: you knew that you could rely on Jake Myers defense.

833
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 4: So the fact that he is hitting as well as

834
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 4: he has just exponentially increases his value because you already

835
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 4: knew what you were going to get defensively from him.

836
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: And don't don't rule out either, Like Jake has kind

837
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: of found his like voice this season just being able

838
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 1: because I mean, Josh, you can beat to this, Like

839
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: it takes a lot for like Jake Myers to tell

840
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: jose Al Tuve what to do. I guess, like that's

841
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: a that's a simple way of putting it. But like

842
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 1: Jake Myers is a guy that came into this season

843
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: trying to hang onto his roster spot and JOSEL. Tuove

844
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 1: is gonna end up in the Hall of Fame in

845
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: fifteen years or whatever. And like it, Jake Myers is

846
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: now helping jose Al Tuove become a better outfielder. And

847
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: that can be a that can be a daunting task

848
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: for anyone, especially someone like Jake, who Jake's not the

849
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: most vocal guy in the world. He is certainly not

850
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: the guy that's going to you know, demand you know,

851
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,280
Speaker 1: attention or anything.

852
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 2: Like.

853
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: He's very soft spoken, likes to stay kind of out

854
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: of the limelight, but to see him be able to

855
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: have that comfort of helping out al Tuve learn a

856
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: new position, help out a prospect in Cam Smith who

857
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows like there were points or I

858
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: mean we've said they're hitting the balls in center field,

859
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,320
Speaker 1: like Cam Smith could be taking Jake Myers's job maybe

860
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: like in a couple of years. Like to have that

861
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: selflessness first of all, and then to have that confidence

862
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: to be able to help both of these guys to

863
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: learn the position for the betterment of the team. I

864
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: think that speaks volumes through Jake Myers as a teammate

865
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: and a person as well.

866
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:14,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, and as a player.

867
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 3: I mean, when you really have no choice with two

868
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 3: guys who've never touched the outfield, you better you better

869
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 3: find your voice because it's gonna one make your job

870
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 3: a lot easier if you get them better.

871
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 2: So it takes a lot of stress off you.

872
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 3: But you know, when you're the only guy out there

873
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 3: that can help, you know they have no other option

874
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,839
Speaker 3: but to come to you if they need to, And

875
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 3: you know at that point you're getting to be a player.

876
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 3: Where after you realize you've got that roster spot, like

877
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 3: you're the center fielder, You're you're the control.

878
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,839
Speaker 2: You control everything, like you even control the shortstop, who

879
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 2: controls the infield and everything else. And you know that's

880
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 2: baseball one.

881
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 3: Oh one, who has pop PLoP pority. Shortstop and center

882
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 3: fielder and center fielder rules over everybody. So you got

883
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 3: to make sure you're moving only him. You know, you

884
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 3: got to move other guys if you need to. You know,

885
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,720
Speaker 3: you move pain out of the way if something happens.

886
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 2: So yeah, it just shows him growing as a player.

887
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 3: And ultimately, like I said, it's going to make his

888
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 3: job way easier if he can make the guys around

889
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 3: him better because he just takes his workload off and

890
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 3: that's something he's done and who knows, maybe it helped

891
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 3: him focus on becoming the better hitter that we've seen

892
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 3: him turn into.

893
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 4: Is he gonna play to night Chandler?

894
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,879
Speaker 1: I don't think they need. I think they I don't know.

895
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 1: I would be I would not be surprised.

896
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 4: He wasn't in like a cast till yesterday.

897
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: Right, Okay, now it's six and a half, but they

898
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:30,359
Speaker 1: have a six and a half game.

899
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 4: I gotta ask these things. Sometimes it's right calf tightness

900
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,240
Speaker 4: and they show up and a leg's been hampy taked.

901
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what they're probably doing. He's coming in,

902
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 2: getting in the hot tub.

903
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 3: We're a hot pack. They're stretching and massaging it, and

904
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 3: then they're icing it, and then they're compressing it. So

905
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,479
Speaker 3: he's probably going to do some light run. We'll probably

906
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,800
Speaker 3: some Chandler, some video jig Myer's running some bases today,

907
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 3: some light running bases or some light running in the outfield,

908
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 3: and then go from there.

909
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they would prefer to not use him,

910
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: but because again they've given themselves a luxury with having

911
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: this cushion in the division where they don't have to

912
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 1: like play players that are eighty five percent like they can.

913
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 1: They can wait till he's back to one hundred. But

914
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised either way. But if he's not playing,

915
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: I would not be that concerned because it does not Again,

916
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:21,840
Speaker 1: I know we've said this a million times with the

917
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,479
Speaker 1: Astros and their injuries. This one really does not seem

918
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: like it's anything bad.

919
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 4: Like Jake was.

920
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,760
Speaker 1: I saw him in the clubhouse yesterday. He was walking fine,

921
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: like there's no noticeable limp. He's fine.

922
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 2: It was what's a couple more days gonna hurt.

923
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 3: You want to be all Star break, like, you don't

924
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 3: you want to risk even bumping up any more inflammation,

925
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 3: hang out, get the extra day's resk, come back, finish

926
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 3: the second half.

927
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: And not even that, like not even just the altar break.

928
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: Like you have an off day on Thursday. So even

929
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: if you sit him out these next two games, give

930
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: him five days off, and then like you can play

931
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: him in this Ranger series this weekend. The Ranger series

932
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: is it's a more consequential series. Given the opponent, you

933
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: could really bury them in the division race. So maybe

934
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:03,840
Speaker 1: they do that. Maybe they just play him one of

935
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: these next two games, has an off day Thursday, and

936
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,800
Speaker 1: then he's ready to go for that weekend series against

937
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 1: the Rangers. So maybe that's what they do. I'm not sure.

938
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: Last award, I changed it like on the fly, because

939
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: we originally had a comeback Player of the Year, and

940
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,960
Speaker 1: like I mean, Lance is obviously Lance McCullers would obviously

941
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 1: get that that that award, But I think one that

942
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: has maybe some more candidates and one that we can

943
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: talk about is Reliever of the Year Josh Hater. Obviously,

944
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 1: like let's let's take Hater out of it, because I

945
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 1: mean Reddick gave him the cy young.

946
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 2: I said second, Okay, I didn't give it to him.

947
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: I mean it could you you could, really, there could

948
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: be so many different guys you could pick for this.

949
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: I mean, Brian Abray you has been incredible as the

950
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 1: setup man. He's got a higher ERA plus than Josh Hater,

951
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:56,240
Speaker 1: just as we just as Tyler told us, Bennett Susa

952
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,319
Speaker 1: is now the seventh inning guy, and after.

953
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 4: Susa is just crushing it out there that that guy

954
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 4: is nails. I mean, I feel like you could give

955
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:14,320
Speaker 4: the reliever of the year to Doublepen just everyone. Yes,

956
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 4: the the whole bullpen turns into just a giant transformer

957
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 4: of an incredible bullpen. I like we talked about it

958
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 4: earlier in the year.

959
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,879
Speaker 2: But Power Ranger would be a better one.

960
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 4: Power Ranger Yeah, what's it called? When they look I

961
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 4: don't know. I wasn't some nerd. That's not true. I

962
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 4: was waking up early before school because they showed two

963
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 4: episodes of Pokemon.

964
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 3: Early negatively about any of the Power Rangers, especially Tommy.

965
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 4: Okay, excuse me, uh but I mean to me, the

966
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 4: strength of the Astros Bullpen as silly as it sounds,

967
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 4: is they don't have a white flag guy. There's not

968
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 4: a guy in the bullpen, and that they just go like, oh,

969
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 4: we're we're kind of giving up on this game. Put

970
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 4: this guy in, you know, save him for just games

971
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 4: that don't match. Like there's nobody in that bullpen that

972
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 4: jogs out and you're just gone. Then there's nobody that's

973
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 4: just like, ah, what you know that Ashers are giving

974
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 4: up on this game. Like everybody that comes out you

975
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 4: expect to get out. They've just been so good this year.

976
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, and like they're they do like I will say,

977
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: like they do have mop up guys. Their mop up

978
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 1: guys are just better. Yeah, other teams mop up guys

979
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,280
Speaker 1: Like I mean, you I don't want to name names,

980
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: but if you watch his team intently, like you know

981
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: who the lower leverage relievers are. You know the guys

982
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: that Joe Aspata is not going to pitch in a

983
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 1: game that they're ahead. You look at last night, like

984
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,399
Speaker 1: you can look at how he used the bullpen last

985
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: night against the Guardians, And those are the relievers I'm

986
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: talking about, Like they're good, Like they're not going to

987
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: come in and get just blown up. They're not going

988
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: to come in and give give up, you know, four

989
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: or five runs and make it an insurmountable margin. It's

990
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: you know, these mop up guys are giving up one

991
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: or two runs an outing, and it's like if they

992
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: come in in a one run, if they come in

993
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 1: down a run or down two runs, you only give

994
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: up one or two runs. It's still like a three

995
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: four run game, where like blooping a blast, a couple

996
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:26,359
Speaker 1: of walks in a homer like, you're still a swing

997
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: or two away from getting back into it. So yeah,

998
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: that is something to be That is a luxury that

999
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: I think fans should enjoy is that even the mop

1000
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: up guys on this team are pretty damn good.

1001
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 2: Striking other places.

1002
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 4: Hector Narris is striking out eighteen guys per nine innings

1003
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:49,399
Speaker 4: in his one whole inning as an Astro. So watch out,

1004
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 4: Hector Narris. Welcome back.

1005
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 1: He is here for vibes.

1006
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 2: Man like he could get it third time, right t

1007
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 2: third time.

1008
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 1: Like he is vibes guy to a t.

1009
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 4: The Jed Lowry Memorial mid season Astros acquisition.

1010
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,760
Speaker 2: That comp Yeah, Jed, Jed got the miles.

1011
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 3: I don't know about the player comp definitely not the

1012
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 3: same vibe they are.

1013
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 1: No, no, no, no. I like Jed a lot. Uh,

1014
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 1: I love especially since I think once Jed stopped playing,

1015
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: I think we got along a little better, just because

1016
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: when you're in, when you're in season and you're in

1017
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: that you're in the grind. It's a little different. But

1018
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: I like Jed a lot. But yeah, Jed, Jed may

1019
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: have had Did he have three different tenures at the Astros?

1020
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 2: I think I think it was three trades, wasn't it.

1021
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, he just kept going back and forth. Uh, Today's

1022
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 4: he tried to he tried to fight bo Porter. That

1023
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 4: was fun.

1024
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 1: Were you on that ace team when he was.

1025
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 3: That was the That was when we put like ten

1026
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 3: up in the first against Kozart and he freaking bunted.

1027
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jed, Bro, you can't do that just because you're

1028
00:48:57,680 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 2: the only guy out of knock. Like, bro, you got

1029
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 2: eight seven more innings. You didn't get your knocks.

1030
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: And you know, and this was the most Jed Lowry

1031
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: excuse ever. You know what his excuse was.

1032
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:08,880
Speaker 2: It wasn't the sixth inning yet or something.

1033
00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: No, he said the Ashlers were shifting him. He said,

1034
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 1: he said, if they're allowed to shift roles. They were like,

1035
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: he was like, if I'm allowed if why am I

1036
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: not allowed to play the game? If they're allowed to

1037
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: play the game when they're down ten runs, which.

1038
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 3: I probably knew that at the time, and now that

1039
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 3: you think about it, like, yeah, you know what, he's

1040
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 3: absolutely right, like, screw you.

1041
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 2: Why should I take Amber still count? Yeah? Yeah, should

1042
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 2: I take that? Absolutely? Okay, that gives a little more

1043
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:36,320
Speaker 2: perspective to it. If you're gonna shift me in that

1044
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 2: something I absolutely deserve.

1045
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 4: Actually, yeah, hit, I kind of have Lowry helmet vibes

1046
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 4: with the with the head on. Yeah.

1047
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: He hit one of the bigger home runs in Astra's

1048
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,720
Speaker 1: history too in twenty fifteen. Remember that game, and Josh,

1049
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: I don't think you were on the team, Tyler. Remember

1050
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 1: that game in Anaheim against Houston Street. Yeah, when they

1051
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: were like clinging to a playoff spot, they go in there.

1052
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: I think they're on the line right yea, the line

1053
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,040
Speaker 1: in Angels does a huge homer off Houston Street to

1054
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 1: kind of keep them afloat in the wild card race.

1055
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,839
Speaker 1: That like saved their season almost so Jed Lowry good

1056
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: good former astro to to reminisce on. I don't think

1057
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 1: he would have won any first half awards on this team.

1058
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: Don't think he would have cracked the lineup on this well,

1059
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:22,359
Speaker 1: who knows. At this point with all these injuries, Jed

1060
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:26,840
Speaker 1: Lowry are probably hitting sixth and behind behind rookie of

1061
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 1: the behind rookie of the first half, Cam Smith. We'll

1062
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 1: hand out some second half awards when the season's over,

1063
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: but until then, keep following us, keep listening, keep coming

1064
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,719
Speaker 1: back to hear everything about the Astros and kind of

1065
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: how they're going to finish up this first half with

1066
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: two more against the Cleveland Guardians and then three this

1067
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: weekend against the Texas Rangers before the All Star break.

1068
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 1: You can as always follow me on x at Chandler Underscore, Rome,

1069
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:55,040
Speaker 1: Josh is at at j Red Dub Deuce, and Tyler's

1070
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,840
Speaker 1: at Tyler C. Stafford. Please, as always rate and review

1071
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,160
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1072
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,840
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1073
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:09,320
Speaker 1: channel so you can get notifications every time we post

1074
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,759
Speaker 1: a new episode. We'll be back later this week with

1075
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:15,879
Speaker 1: a pretty special guest to talk about some different things

1076
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: that have happened with the Ashers in the last couple

1077
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 1: of years. And kind of how the trade deadline has

1078
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:22,200
Speaker 1: formed the Astros. So we will be back this week,

1079
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. See you later, guys.

1080
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:49,320
Speaker 4: Bye,