WEBVTT - What's wrong with Jesús Luzardo? 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.200 Hi, this is Jason Utah. Welcome to the Philly Show. 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:11.799 Ruben Tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd's lucky. It's a Philly Show. 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:16.480 It's Friday, June sixth, twenty twenty five. Guys. 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:19.919 The uh the Phillies have lost six out of the 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.799 last seven games. They lost a two to one nail 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:30.040 bier on Wednesday. Mcabel pitches well though, and then Thursday 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:32.120 series finale. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:33.040 Jesus is Arta. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.720 I don't know what's going on, guys. How are you 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.560 guys doing? First of all? Second of all, I mean Ruben, 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:40.440 you were in the booth. 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.000 How you watching echo? What is going on right now? 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.080 I mean that's exactly I'm looking over at tom like 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:52.479 the entire time, like, oh my god, crazy it It 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:57.120 is amazing. And the interesting thing about it is, I 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.720 mean it's happening early in the at bats. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:04.760 It's early, and often it is barrel. 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:11.320 Contact, like hard, hard contact, and it's happening like almost 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.360 on every fastball. And then there are other pitches that 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.360 are he's getting whacked around on. He's left some you know, 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.520 breaking stuff and some change ups up. 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.320 In the zone. 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.720 But I was talked to some guys yesterday about it 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.040 and like he's a sinker ball pitcher, like he's got 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:33.000 really really good movement typically, and his fastball right now. 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.160 Seems really sort of flat. 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.480 I mean, it's ninety seven, but it doesn't have like 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.280 the action on it at the plate that it has 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:46.440 had in the early part of the season. And they're 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:51.120 getting good looks. For the life of me, I cannot 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.400 believe how good the swings are. 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.560 Against him over the last two outings, and everything's on 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.760 the barrel, and it just strikes to me that they 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:04.400 they're picking something up that they know every pitch is coming, 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:09.639 or many of them, and he might be tipping him 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.720 either that or something's happened. 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.800 In his delivery that's allowing him to be a little 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.880 bit flatter with his stuff overall. And it's just staying 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.840 in the zone too long and not doesn't have the 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.280 same sort of life at the zone such that it 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:30.080 takes it off the barrel. It's it's I mean, I'd 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:31.959 have to go back and look at tapes to see 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.880 what's going on. I'm sure that Caleb Cotham and Rob 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.640 Thompson and so many others are doing that right now, 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:41.399 and I'm sure that the player himself is going what 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.200 in the hell is going on too? And it sounded 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:48.480 like after the postgame interviews that's exactly where he was right. 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.040 It's it's been incredible. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:58.320 I cannot think of another situation where we've seen a 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:02.640 picture on course for the All Star Game and maybe 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.119 to start the All Star Game and then to absolutely 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.320 you know, it's like a you know, a bungee jump. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:14.160 He's just fallen and it really does look like they, 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.520 at least in Toronto, it looked like they knew what 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.560 was coming. I mean, Bashett sold out on that swing. 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.200 He looked like he knew what was coming. 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:23.440 You know. 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.480 I tend to think we always talk now about tip 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:27.960 and pitches, and I think it's. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:29.840 A lot rareer. 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.360 It's a lot more rare than people think, but we 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.040 always say it. It's like, you know, you get almost 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:41.760 tired of hearing it. But something's amiss. He has eclipsed 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.720 his innings totals from last year. Maybe that's affecting his 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.280 finish in that last little. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:50.000 Bit of life. But Hitters look awfully comfortable on this guy. 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.720 And when Hitters starts seeing guys squaring it up, squaring 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.200 it up consistently over and over, they all get confidence. 0:03:56.240 --> 0:04:00.000 That confidence ripples through a batrack, and you know they 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:05.240 the previous start in Philadelphia, these guys pay attention, and 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:10.200 then in this start in Toronto. Personally, I think the 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.640 hitters look super comfortable, and I think you start there 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.200 moving the feet, you got to crowd them, come up 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.080 and in. You've got to put something in the back 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:24.280 of these hitters' heads that you're not gonna get too 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.000 comfortable against me, because hitting, you know, you have to 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.160 be comfortable to hit. And if you can upset that 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.000 level of comfort, you can have more success as a pitcher. 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.760 Something's got to be done there as they dig into 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.640 this and find out what is going on. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.920 Jesus is our in his first eleven starts, I mean, 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.320 sixteen runs and sixty seven innings, last two starts twenty 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.440 runs and five and two thirds innings, two point one 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:55.719 five era. Last Friday, when we recorded an episode last Friday, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:58.480 the Reese Hoskins episode, he had a two to one 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:04.960 five era. Now it's four to four six. First pitcher 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.599 in baseball history. It allowed twenty earned runs in fewer 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.480 than six innings in a span of two starts. Now, Jim, 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:14.559 you mentioned you haven't seen something like this. A guy 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:18.520 go from cy Young candidate NL All Stars, started to 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.479 have two starts like this. I went back and I 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.760 looked at the last time the Phillies pitchers that have 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.279 allowed eight or more runs, because he allowed eight on 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:30.000 Thursday against Toronto. The last Phillies pitchers to allow eight 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:34.719 plus runs in consecutive starts. And I thought this list 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.080 was kind of interesting. So the last Phillies pitcher to 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.040 do it was Aaron Nola in June of twenty sixteen. 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.719 Now remember Aaron Nola in twenty sixteen. A month later, 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.159 he went on the injured list at elbow and did 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.320 not pitch the rest of the season. So that was 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:54.960 Aaron Nola bad elbow. The last pitcher before that was 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.479 Roy Halliday April May of twenty thirteen. Yeah, well he 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.880 was you remember now he made those two starts, he 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:03.160 went on the injured list. 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:04.480 Had right shoulder surgery. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:09.440 The last pitcher before that was Adam Eaton in July 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.520 of two thousand and eight. Those are the last two 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.320 starts he ever made for the Phillies. He made two 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.680 relief appearances after that and then never pitched for the 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.200 Phillies again. So those are the last three Phillies pitchers 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:23.280 to have back to back performances like this, and all 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:29.799 three of those guys Nola elbow, Halliday shoulder, Adam Eaton, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:31.960 he was probably just washed up at that point. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.320 I mean, well, health is the first Health is the 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.440 first thing we think of with when we see a 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.120 guy have two starts like Lozaro. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.120 Okay, there's an injury. Is he healthy? 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:44.200 But you know the big telltale on health is Velo 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:48.599 and he was humping ninety eight yesterday, so you know 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:49.600 what gives. 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.240 Yeah, I mean it could be a health issue. I 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:56.840 don't think it is. I don't think he's complained about it. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.400 I don't think he's talked about it. I don't think that. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.840 Having just looked at the stuff, the ball coming out 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.280 of his hand. Now it's a little flatter, but it's 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:11.760 still stuff, and you know, obviously there's something going on. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:13.840 He knows he needs to fix it. He knows he 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:19.440 needs to fix it fast because you know he needs. 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.600 You know, he's a competitive kid man. I mean, this 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.560 kid wants to do well. He's a great kid. 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:30.520 We've got a chance to chat with him, and you 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.760 know he has a high expectation of himself. He changed 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.680 things up by going with the corn Rows to Jeddie 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:42.240 because he's a very superstitious kid as well. So you know, 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:47.800 it's it's it's mind boggling. There's something going on. They'll 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:51.280 figure it out. The Phillies are smart. The kid is 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.760 a smart kid. He's an athletic kid, and if there's 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:57.760 adjustment needs to be made, he'll figure it out. But 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.920 something does need to get figured out because. 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:02.440 It's not sustainable. 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.680 Obviously not sustainable if he continues a bitch like that, 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:09.320 and it really does put a little chink in the 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:13.920 armor there as far as the as far as the 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.680 overall quality of that starting rotation. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.160 No question. And the foundation of this team is that 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:21.120 starting staff. 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.400 And now you start. Yeah, now you've got. 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.720 The world's longest sprained ankle, and you got you know, 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.880 you know, Wheeler attending to his family, which is which 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.960 is fine, but you know. 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.240 You don't have a hit or doesn't have his base, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:39.280 his foundation. He's got nothing. This team doesn't have his 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.520 starting rotation, its foundation. It's it's in trouble. 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:44.240 Yeah, I agree with that. 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:51.280 You know, last Phillies pitcher to low twenty runs or 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:56.480 more in consecutive appearances was Dutch Schlessler in nineteen thirty one, 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.000 a couple of relief appearances. 0:08:58.040 --> 0:08:58.640 Believe it or not. 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.320 You know, back in the day, He's got as would 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.320 come in the third inning and pitch eight inning or 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.400 seven innings, six innings in an extra inning game. Last 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:09.040 Phillies pitchered allow twenty twenty runs or more in consecutive 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:13.240 starts Ray Bengi in nineteen thirty So, I mean, we 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.559 haven't seen something like this. Twenty runs are more in 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:20.839 consecutive starts by the Phillies pitcher in almost one hundred years, 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.680 which is you think of? I mean, yeah, you just 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.600 think of all the guys they have pitched on one 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:29.360 hundred years and Jesus Zardo Ray Bengi and. 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.480 The bullpen had to suck up all those innings. Yeah, 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:33.840 on Thursday, haven't. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.880 Now after this evening they have to have a bullpen 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:38.320 game with chill Ross starting. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.160 And that's uh, that's problematic. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.319 All this starting push, all this starting pitching after we've 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.280 been talking about for the last two weeks. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.640 Now they have a freaking bullpen game. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:54.679 Exactly right, Hey, guys, this weekend, the Phillies are in Pittsburgh. 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:56.880 But if you're looking for something to do. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:10:00.840 Swing by my neck of the woods, Swing by Delco. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.840 People say Delco is a lot, and they're right. We've 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:07.240 got a lot of everything. Family fun festivals, great restaurants 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.880 and bars, gardens, history, trails, and outdoor activities. 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What do you think? 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.640 Well, Ruben, I wanted to ask you this and Jim 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:13.680 Jim as well. 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:18.000 And the offense is that I think that what they 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.160 scored six runs in the first game of that series, 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.559 they scored four runs. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:28.439 In the final Let's do the masks, thanks Jim. Four 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.240 runs in the final twenty sixth innings. 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.400 And I want to ask you guys about it. About 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.280 the leadoff hitter right now. Bryson sid this is a 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.840 guy that we've talked about, can be a three hundred hitter. 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.480 We have talked about him. You know, he would make 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.160 a lot of sense in the leadoff spot. They've won 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:44.960 a lot of games since he moved in the leadoff 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:52.160 spot in mid April. But since May one, Bryson Stott 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:56.720 is batting one ninety six, two home runs, eleven RBIs 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:58.559 five eighteen ops. 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.079 He has a two point fifty on base percentage in 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:08.199 that span. And I'm wondering, do we start talking about 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.600 making a change in the leadoff spot. I mean, he's 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:10.880 seen it. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.000 He sees a lot of pitches, which is great, but 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.960 you also at some point have to have some production 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.400 up there. And he's he's absolutely he's been scuffling for 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:18.880 more than. 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:19.320 A month now. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.880 I've be an advocate of him being in a one 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.640 role forever, and I really think that he has the 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.839 tools to do it. But he's going through a month 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.360 long slump right now. That that has heard him that 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.920 I mean, they it's amazing that they did so well 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:41.959 in May, just in general without any real production from him. Again, 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.240 I still have some confidence that he can, you know, 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.280 bounce back. But if in the next you know, a 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:52.240 week or ten days or whatever, he doesn't get going, 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.800 then I'll just go ahead and slide Turner up there 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.000 and let him roll with the way Turner's. 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:01.440 Been swinging the bat. He's been in all the whole field. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.760 I'm I'm a little shocked that that Bryce is not. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.960 That Bryson has not you know, continued to develop, because 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.680 I think he still has those tools and and those 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.760 abilities and bat the ball skills and the base running ability. 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:23.280 But you know, they're seeking wins and they need to 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:27.400 do that by with production, and uh, they're not getting 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.120 it right now. I would stay with him for another 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:32.720 couple of weeks and see how that goes, and continue 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:38.160 that sort of platoon against lefties and righties. But you know, 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.200 he has not, he has not come through lately. I 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.560 think he's much better than he's shown in this past month. 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.520 But he also has to get it done because it's 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:51.640 a it's a production business, and if you're not getting 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:55.120 the production done, then it becomes very, very difficult to 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:56.160 win baseball games. 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.560 I would not stick with him for a couple more weeks. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.280 I would do something this weekend. I mean, and I'm 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.080 a patience guy. I think patience is a very very 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:12.440 valuable virtue in baseball. I think it's needed. It's just 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.840 because of the nature of the sport. Every day there's ups, 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.400 there's downs. A lot can be dictated by the guy 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.360 on the mound that night, and sometimes you just tip 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:23.360 your hat. And but as much as I would advocate 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.280 for some patience, I do think there's a time when 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.720 the manager says this ain't good enough, and you know, 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.280 shake things up and trade. Turner is getting on base, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.560 he's using the whole field. He's figuring out ways to 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.720 get on on first base, which is, to me, the 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:40.880 job of a leadoff me. I think I'm not saying 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.560 I would sit start, but I would. 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:43.240 I would shake that. 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.480 Lineup up, get Turner up top, move, move Stot down. 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.720 Like I said, this ain't good enough, and you know 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.120 they've lost. They've had a tough little stretch here. This 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.440 is about the time last year. It's exactly the time 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:58.600 last year when they went into a tough stretch. I 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.520 think you need to nip it, and I think you 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.840 need to send a little message. And you know it 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.080 won't I don't think it'll hurt. 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.040 More on Scott valid point, Yeah, more on Stott right 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:10.800 after these words ft fan by. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:14.480 Now you know, if you're buying, selling, trading collecting cards, 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.000 Arena Club is the spot. We've been talking about them 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.440 all season long. But I do want to focus on 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.960 the slab pack experience crats. Since you've been ripping some 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.280 slab packs digitally and what happens. 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.160 I mean, as a kid, you wanted to rip open 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.120 the packs. 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Now it's interesting. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.520 So the expected numbers, right, and the expected batting average, 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:40.240 that's basically just what they expect you to hit based off. 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.160 Of exit velocity, launch angle and those types of things. 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.520 Expected numbers off the fastball in April was too eighty seven, 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.720 expected off the fastball in May was two ninety seven. 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:54.440 So if you if you wanted to, you could say, 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:58.480 maybe he's run into some bad luck in May, some 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.560 balls didn't find hole or he hit him right at guys, 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:05.320 and maybe there's certainly something to that, but you know, 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.200 there's been some at bats recently that you certainly could 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:08.679 have been a. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:09.520 Lot better, I guess. 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.119 So I just wanted to throw that out there in 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.800 terms of bryce and size, is this offense continues to struggle. 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.280 So the offense in the last two games, he went 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:22.040 five for thirty one in each game. Ten for sixty two. Wow, 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:25.960 ten for sixty two. I think those are the right numbers. 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.639 I'm not big numbers, guys, but that's pretty much. I mean, 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.360 you're not getting it done. But ten for sixty two 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.720 with this kind of lineup, and you know, they faced 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.359 some decent pitching. Those guys are you know, yeah, but 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:39.960 they have to be able to hit good pitching and 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:42.639 that's you know, that's part of being a good but 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.000 ball club and it starts to strike. This is a 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.960 good test because they are again they're going to face 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:53.840 Skins again in Pittsburgh and see how they handle him again. 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.159 I mean, Skins pitched brilliantly against him last time, and 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.199 he's a brilliant pitcher. But they're gonna have to make 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:01.879 some adjustments. I guess some other guys have got to 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:03.879 face and there's some good pitching. They have to make 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:07.600 adjustments and do some damage against those guys too. So, uh, 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.080 I am concerned about this offense because it's not rolling 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.199 the way you would expect it to roll right now. 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:15.720 And this was a good test after playing those poor 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.080 teams and some of those really bad bullpens. Now they're 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:21.800 playing some a little bit better teams and they're not producing, 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:25.159 and uh so there should be some level of concern. 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.879 And I'm sure there is that front office and the 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.840 people in uh, you know, in the coaching staff. I'm 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.080 sure that they're thinking, Okay, why are we not playing 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:36.600 better baseball. Let's let's kick it in gear a little bit. 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.800 And uh, you know they're gonna have to you know, 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:41.320 they're gonna have to do that. They're gonna have to 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.080 gear up and and uh and make some adjustments and 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.000 and perhaps make some changes because in the back part 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:52.159 of that lineup right now, it's almost dead water and 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:53.760 they're not doing a whole lot. 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.840 It's not uh, it's not happening at the back end 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:57.639 of that lineup. 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:02.080 After Casianos right now, who's been really consistent. You got 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:04.800 to give some love to the guy because he's been 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:06.760 one of their most consistent. Is didn't close to three 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.960 hundred and or if not three hundred and beyond that, 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:16.200 they're getting nothing, like literally almost nothing, and they need 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:18.480 to have some more production from the back end of 0:20:18.560 --> 0:20:22.720 that lineup because it's been it's been light, super. 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:27.760 Light left left field, left field, center fielding, no left field, 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:29.440 center fielding, catcher, not get much. 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:32.600 Yeah, Max, Max Kepler in the last month has bet 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:35.800 in one sixty eight. So, uh, you know this and 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:38.320 that's and that's not well, he's he's faced a lot 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.240 of lefties in that time. It's almost exclusively against right handed, 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:43.600 right handed pitching, which he's supposed to, which he came 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:45.960 here to kind of like blow up and and and 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:49.040 that hasn't happened. So yeah, no doubt the offense they need, 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:50.399 they need to get it going. And this kind of 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.199 plays into the whole wall they you know, who did 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:52.960 they beat a. 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.159 Couple of weeks ago. They beat all these bad teams 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:56.520