WEBVTT - Eduardo Rodriguez Owns Dodgers Again, Carries D-backs to Huge Series Win Over LA

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part

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<v Speaker 1>Friedman alongside Jack Summers and Jack. Diamondbacks did pretty well

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<v Speaker 1>against the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend. Could they

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<v Speaker 1>have had a sweep? Yes, maybe we will discuss later

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<v Speaker 1>in the episode, but they still win the series on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday and Eduardo Rodriguez has had quite a few good

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<v Speaker 1>games for the Diamondbacks this year, but Jack this one,

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<v Speaker 1>considering the circumstances the opponent, it might have been his

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<v Speaker 1>best outing of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep waiting for, you know, the collapse to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and it just isn't happening. I mean, this guy what

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<v Speaker 2>a stud I mean, you know the outing that he

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<v Speaker 2>had today, one hundred and fifteen pitches. I know you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go into his whole stat line, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>what everybody's focused on. I mean, you know, nobody's thrown

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fifteen pitches for the Diamondbacks this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Erod had one hundred and five. Is his previous season high.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's only the fifth time in the Tory Leavello

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<v Speaker 2>era that a pitcher has thrown one hundred and fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>or more pitches, you know, and Tory had four relievers down,

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<v Speaker 2>as he said in the post game. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>one comment I made was, Hey, if things had gone

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<v Speaker 2>sideways for e Rod in the seventh or Clark or

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<v Speaker 2>Ginkel didn't, you know, have success closing out the game,

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<v Speaker 2>there would have been criticism about picture usage and whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not to pull them and all of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But we don't know what we don't know, And in

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<v Speaker 2>this case, we didn't know that Tory had four relievers

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<v Speaker 2>completely unavailable today, probably at least one other that had

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<v Speaker 2>rather stay away from so great stuff today.

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<v Speaker 1>What a stud Just to set the stage for e

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<v Speaker 1>Rod going back out there for the seventh, I was

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<v Speaker 1>pretty convinced that Erod was done after six. He was

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<v Speaker 1>at ninety seven pitches. It was like, all right, this

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<v Speaker 1>is typically around where Tory would pull someone. We figured

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<v Speaker 1>that Taylor, Clark, Kevin Ginkel, and Juan Mario were all available.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess Juan Mario might not have been available. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he was among the four starters or the four relievers

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<v Speaker 1>that Tory said were not available for him. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety seven pitches. He goes back out there for the

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<v Speaker 1>seventh inning, and the way Tory described at post game,

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<v Speaker 1>it was basically, if Erod gave up a base runner

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<v Speaker 1>that was going to be it. He was going to

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<v Speaker 1>go to Taylor Clark out of the bullpen and try

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<v Speaker 1>to one plus Taylor Clark and have him finished the

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<v Speaker 1>seventh inning and go the eighth, which would have been

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<v Speaker 1>a tall task. And the seventh inning didn't start great

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<v Speaker 1>for e Rod. Keith Hernandez put on a heck of

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<v Speaker 1>it at bat, who was eleven pitches is when all

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<v Speaker 1>was said and done. But eventually Erod wears him down,

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<v Speaker 1>gets him to fly out, and then he made relatively

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<v Speaker 1>quick work of Miguel Rojas a three pitch ground dot there.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Otani comes up, and it's like, oh, man,

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<v Speaker 1>if he could get through Otani a left on left

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<v Speaker 1>matchup and then pass it off to the bullpen for

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<v Speaker 1>the final two innings, that would just be huge. And

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<v Speaker 1>sure enough Erod did exactly that. Otani went oh for

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<v Speaker 1>four in this game. He had just won hit the

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<v Speaker 1>entire weekend, and yeah, it was. It was really impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>And this was not just Erod dominating the Dodgers in

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<v Speaker 1>this one Jack, this was e Rod putting on a

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<v Speaker 1>show against the Dodgers throughout the season. Twenty four innings

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<v Speaker 1>this season in four starts against la an era of

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<v Speaker 1>one point eighty eight, I believe is where it landed.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you include his August thirtieth start from from

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<v Speaker 1>last year, he's been on a nice little run here

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<v Speaker 1>against the Dodgers for a while now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you know, it's just funny. We all tend

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<v Speaker 2>to look at things like head to head batting stats,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for the hitters that they're going to face.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's it's natural to look at them. We all, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>so and so's you know, done this against this picture.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you look at the Dodger numbers against e Rod,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's startling. There are six batters that all

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<v Speaker 2>played today that have over it had came into the

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<v Speaker 2>game over one thousand ops, some over twelve hundred, fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifteen hundred, Ki k Hernandez, Miguel Rojas, Andy

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<v Speaker 2>Pajes fifteen plus, fourteen plus, twelve plus, and in Freddie Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>shohe Otani and Tiasco Hernandez all well over one thousand

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<v Speaker 2>to eleven hundred ops against e rod All in significant

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<v Speaker 2>app bats twenty six thirty, two thirty two. So I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you look at that and you say, oh boy, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he must have been lucky to get through all this.

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<v Speaker 2>Sooner or later, these guys are going to get him again.

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<v Speaker 2>But if, as Jesse just said, if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>you know, what he did over his last five starts

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<v Speaker 2>dating back to August thirtieth of last year, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>one and a half era. And if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>his career prior to August thirtieth of last year, e

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<v Speaker 2>rod z Era was well over seven against the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he had six starts and like a seven

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<v Speaker 2>point four something eer. And then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>starting from August thirtieth last year, he's dominated them. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean not just been pretty good. He's dominated the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>all this year and even back to August thirtieth. So

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<v Speaker 2>canfredict baseball, but it also is a good lesson on

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<v Speaker 2>some of those head to head stats based you know,

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<v Speaker 2>batting stats against pitcher don't mean a whole lot, even

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<v Speaker 2>when there's twenty five thirty played appearances in eleven twelve

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<v Speaker 2>hundred ops, and yet you know that can be turned

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<v Speaker 2>on its head for a full season.

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks starting pitching overall is extremely good over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon fought on Saturday, seven scoreless innings. We already talked

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<v Speaker 1>about Marri Kelly in our last show five and two

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<v Speaker 1>thirds of one run ball there. It was a one

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<v Speaker 1>point three seven era for the Diamondback starting rotation in

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<v Speaker 1>the series, and I think that is pretty clearly the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest reason that they come away with a series win.

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<v Speaker 1>Some other e Rod notes here Jack. The final lines

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<v Speaker 1>seven innings, five hits, two runs, two walks, nine strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 1>the one hundred and fifteen pitches. As you said, there

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<v Speaker 1>were a couple of key moments that stood out to

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<v Speaker 1>me for him. In the top of the fourth, it

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<v Speaker 1>looked like things were maybe getting a little shaky. Tommy

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<v Speaker 1>Edmund hit a really hard line drive that was caught

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<v Speaker 1>to start that inning. Then Mookie Betts walked on four pitches,

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<v Speaker 1>and then e Rod threw first the first two pitches

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<v Speaker 1>out of the zone to Kyle Tucker. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>two to zero count. There kind of felt like the

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<v Speaker 1>wheels were coming off for him a little bit, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Gabby comes out for a mound visit and e

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<v Speaker 1>Rod throws strike one to Tuck, strike two to Tucker,

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<v Speaker 1>gets Kyle Tucker to fly out, and then he struck

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<v Speaker 1>out taoscar Hernandez to end that inning. Diamondbacks had a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a defensive mishap in the six as well.

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<v Speaker 1>You really could argue that Erod should have only given

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<v Speaker 1>up one run in this outing. With Freddie Freeman at

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<v Speaker 1>first and two outs in the sixth, Kyle Tucker hit

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<v Speaker 1>a double down the right field line, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly a model sequence of events in that spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Corby and Carroll got to the ball relatively quickly, but

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<v Speaker 1>he bounced the throw to Ildemar Vargas as the cutoff man,

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<v Speaker 1>and Vargas seemed like kind of surprised. I guess that

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers were sending Freddy Freeman to begin with. His

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<v Speaker 1>throw to home plate I think was a two hopper,

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<v Speaker 1>not really competitive at all, and Freddie Freeman is a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of things still at this stage in his career,

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<v Speaker 1>a good base runner is not one of them. Nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks able to at least limit the damage, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's because e Rod came out and struck out. The

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<v Speaker 1>next hitter was able to get out of that jam.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was a little concerned, I mean to throw

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<v Speaker 2>from Carol. I mean the ball bounced kind of right

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<v Speaker 2>in front of Argus. I think he kind of was

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<v Speaker 2>surprised and he kind of had a hot back to

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<v Speaker 2>get it, and that may have been why he kind

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<v Speaker 2>of hesitated. And then he, as you said, didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>a good throw off. So a couple of bad throws

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<v Speaker 2>and a really poor relay overall. We've talked about before

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<v Speaker 2>how Corbyn's arm might you know, was sore to begin

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<v Speaker 2>the season. It might have that looked like a sore

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<v Speaker 2>arm throw to me, so, you know, and Vargas was

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<v Speaker 2>out there pretty far. That was the other thing that

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<v Speaker 2>really stood out to me was how far out Vargas

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<v Speaker 2>went for that throw. Yeah, you know, it wasn't like

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<v Speaker 2>he was ten feet behind the infield dirt. He really

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<v Speaker 2>got out there while Corbyn was going into the corner

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<v Speaker 2>and digging it and it was such a short distance

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<v Speaker 2>to cover. So that's to me why it was so

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<v Speaker 2>shocking that the ball bounced and he couldn't get it

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<v Speaker 2>to him on the fly. So something to keeping on

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<v Speaker 2>with regards to Corman in his arm. You know, hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>there's no injury there, but he had a sore arm

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<v Speaker 2>early in the year and he kind of worked through it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it may have red its head again.

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<v Speaker 1>E Rod in that spot, despite the extra run scoring there,

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to work out of the jam. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was tia Oscar Hernandez, the next hitter that

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<v Speaker 1>he just blew away with fastballs, and I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of cool Jack that E Rod's fastball velocity

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to get higher as the game was going on.

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<v Speaker 1>He averaged ninety two point four in the sixth and

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<v Speaker 1>then ninety three point three in the seventh. Those are

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<v Speaker 1>his two highest fastball velo innings of his entire outing,

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<v Speaker 1>and those are the last two innings that he pitched.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course the seventh inning he started at ninety

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<v Speaker 1>seven pitches and finished at one hundred and fifteen. He

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<v Speaker 1>was still pumping it in there at ninety three miles

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<v Speaker 1>an hour. So the pitchability right now with e Rod

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<v Speaker 1>is excellent. He was twenty two for twenty eight first

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<v Speaker 1>pitch strikes, just five of the seven and teen balls

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<v Speaker 1>in play by Dodgers' hitters. Were hard to hit. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>the strikeouts are what they are. He had nine of

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<v Speaker 1>them today to kind of boost his strikeout rate a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. But he just knows how to pitch. And

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of feels like we just got to throw

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<v Speaker 1>the analytics out the window at a certain point, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>because he just continues to go out there and do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we don't have to throw him out the window,

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<v Speaker 2>but we can note their improvement, right. I mean, his

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<v Speaker 2>FIP dropped in this game to three point eighty four

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<v Speaker 2>and that's compared to his ER two point seven, So

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, it's getting close to under a

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<v Speaker 2>run difference and you know whereas before it was like

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<v Speaker 2>over a two run difference. And the RA has gone

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit, but the FIP has come down significantly,

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, that's kind of what you were hoping for, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Not that his RA ballooned and that was what closed

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<v Speaker 2>the gap and regressed to the mean, but that his

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<v Speaker 2>FIP actually improved and that's what we're seeing. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>hat tip once again to Dwaughter Rodriguez. You know, where

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<v Speaker 2>would the Diamondbacks be without him? That's a cliche at

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<v Speaker 2>this point, but he's just been a phenomenal stud for

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<v Speaker 2>this team, and they're very, very lucky to have him.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, there's only you know, there's still a couple

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<v Speaker 1>months left in the season and maybe things could change.

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<v Speaker 1>But if the season were to end tomorrow, Eduardo Rodriguez

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<v Speaker 1>is the most valuable player on this team, right, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean that's I think that's where I land right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean it's either him or Gabby, right, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of those two. And you know, you can

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<v Speaker 2>make arguments either way, because Gabby's great, not just that

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<v Speaker 2>he's hitting, but I mean, you know, he's he's catching

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<v Speaker 2>good ball games, he's handling pitcher as well. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's grown a lot, I think in those areas of

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<v Speaker 2>his game. I think he's calling better games. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's just the way he's handling pitchers is really improved.

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<v Speaker 2>I Mean we've all known he's had the physical tools

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<v Speaker 2>that he can throw, and you know, he's pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>at framing and all of that. But I'm more impressed

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<v Speaker 2>with how he's controlling the games. And like you talked about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the timing getting out there talking to him,

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<v Speaker 2>you Rod, when he did I mean that may be

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<v Speaker 2>a standard time to get out there and talk. But

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<v Speaker 2>maybe more so with a rookie or a young pitcher

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<v Speaker 2>and less so with a veteran. But Gabby can march

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<v Speaker 2>out there whenever the heck he wants. At this point,

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<v Speaker 2>he's the guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Gabby has been extremely valuable for the Diamondbacks as well.

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<v Speaker 1>He had an RBI double in this game. Not a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of offense for the Diamondbacks overall in this one,

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<v Speaker 1>but they got just enough, and we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>get into the chaos of Saturday here in a moment,

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<v Speaker 1>but before we do, the Diamondbacks did get just enough

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<v Speaker 1>offense in this Sunday game. Kaateel Marte had the big

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<v Speaker 1>blow in the first inning, a two run home run

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<v Speaker 1>against the left handed pitcher no surprises there. Katel feels

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<v Speaker 1>like he's done pretty much all of his damage offensively

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<v Speaker 1>against lefties for the past couple of months at this point.

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<v Speaker 1>But a big swing there for Katel Marte and then

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<v Speaker 1>Dbacks come right back. In the bottom of the second,

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Locklear led off that inning with a bloop double

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<v Speaker 1>down the right field line. Ryan Waldschmidt then laid down

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch, which I'm sure made you very happy, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>And it worked out amazingly well because Justin Robleski threw

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<v Speaker 1>it away and Walt Schmitt winds up advancing to second.

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<v Speaker 1>Locklear scores, and then the d Backs score another run

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<v Speaker 1>later in the inning, Gabby Moreno hit an RBI double,

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<v Speaker 1>So the d Backs had a four to nothing lead

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<v Speaker 1>through two innings of this baseball game. And I think,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly given the way that last night's game ended and

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<v Speaker 1>the emotional let down that all of that was, Tory

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<v Speaker 1>referenced this in his press game. In his postgame press conference,

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<v Speaker 1>it was pretty impressive to see the d Bacs just

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<v Speaker 1>go out there and start laying it on Justin Robleski

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<v Speaker 1>right away.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was great knocking him out of the game

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<v Speaker 2>until you got to the Dodgers' bullpen, which was a

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<v Speaker 2>little odd, but yes, it was awesome to see the

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<v Speaker 2>fast start. We kind of half expected that four runs

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<v Speaker 2>would not be all they would get on the day.

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<v Speaker 2>You figured to end up with at least five or six.

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<v Speaker 2>They did miss some opportunities to tack on I think

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<v Speaker 2>they ended up over seven with runners in scoring position.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a tough weekend in that regard. As Jesse

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<v Speaker 2>pointed out to me, I had tweeted out a chart

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<v Speaker 2>pre and post May twenty fifth, but that was a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit skewed unintentionally because it did overlook the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that the batting numbers with runners in scoring position up

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<v Speaker 2>until today, even despite last night, were still like two

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three for the month of August, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>about two thirty seven for July. So it wasn't like terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the one sixty two in June that really

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<v Speaker 2>tanks the numbers, and so.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, to you in June, oh gosh, yeah something.

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<v Speaker 2>I won sixty one sixty something. Don't exactly quote me,

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the one sixties, but you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean from They had a walk leadoff walk by Walt Schmidt,

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<v Speaker 2>which was nice to see because he hasn't been getting

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of walks lately on top of other things. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>the big home run the other night was more than

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<v Speaker 2>made up for that. But it was just nice to

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<v Speaker 2>see him draw based on balls. And then Heraldo Padomo singled,

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<v Speaker 2>and then that was it for the Diamondbacks offense. Fifteen up,

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen down. The minute they got Robleski out of the

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<v Speaker 2>game and all the right handed believers one after another

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<v Speaker 2>came in. That was it. Fifteen up, fifteen down for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the game. You know, obviously because of

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<v Speaker 2>the work that was done by Iron and then Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>Clark and Kevin Ginkle. My heavens yet, I mean pumpkin

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven ninety eight mile an hour fastballs. He was

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<v Speaker 2>feeling it, you know, kind of got away from the

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<v Speaker 2>slider and just here it is, here's my fastball. Hit

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<v Speaker 2>it if you can, and they could not. He did

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<v Speaker 2>a really great job in the ninth inning, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all's well, that ends well on that score. Kind kind

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<v Speaker 2>of do raise my eyebrows a little bit at the offense.

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<v Speaker 2>They just still struggle against right handed pitching.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, today's game was sort of a perfect encapsulation of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Right I mean, they did awesome against Justin Robleski. They

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<v Speaker 1>were six for sixteen with three walks against him. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like a five hundred on base percentage basically while he's

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<v Speaker 1>in the game. And then Corbyn Carroll strikes out. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the last batter that Robleski faces. Predictably, Dave Roberts being

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<v Speaker 1>pretty aggressive, he goes to his bullpen there in the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth inning. And yeah, as you said, the Diamondbacks didn't

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<v Speaker 1>manage a single base hit even a base runner the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the way. And I liked at these numbers

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<v Speaker 1>again before the game, and they still shocked me. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I knew the Diamondbacks had significant splits comparing, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>facing lefties versus facing righty's, but I'm not sure I

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<v Speaker 1>saw it. I knew it was quite this significant. Entering

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<v Speaker 1>today's game, the d Backs had a two to seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six average a seven to eighty one OPS against lefties

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<v Speaker 1>this season. They're one twelve WRC plus against lefties, ranked

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<v Speaker 1>fourth in all of baseball entering today. You flip it

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<v Speaker 1>around against righty's, the d Backs were hitting two thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one with a six eighty three OPS against righty's entering today.

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<v Speaker 1>Those numbers, of course, have only gone down after the

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<v Speaker 1>for fifteen or oh for fourteen. In this one. The

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<v Speaker 1>d Backs have an eighty eight WRC plus this year

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<v Speaker 1>against rights, which is tied for dead last and all

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<v Speaker 1>of baseball. And while, as you said, all as well

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<v Speaker 1>that ends well the Dbacks were able to score enough

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<v Speaker 1>runs to win this game, it does cause me to

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<v Speaker 1>think a little bit jack, to like, what would this

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<v Speaker 1>team look like in a postseason series? What kind of

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<v Speaker 1>weaknesses could a team really try to exploit in a

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<v Speaker 1>short series, especially think about the wild Card round, and man,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like that the way to beat this Dbacks

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<v Speaker 1>team is to just throw as many right handed pitchers

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<v Speaker 1>as you possibly can. It doesn't even feel like they

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<v Speaker 1>have to be like awesome right handed pitchers right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean just any right handed pitcher is having their

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<v Speaker 1>way with this offense right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's got to be fixed. I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really know all the answers. Obviously, Corbyn coming around against

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<v Speaker 2>righties would help you sure expect that, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing. Earlier in the year. I mean, he had

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<v Speaker 2>these phenomenal numbers against lefties. Those have dropped. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's still over three hundred batting average, but I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it was four fifty or something absurd like up and

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<v Speaker 2>up until mid late May, I think, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>he's really fallen off against lefties and falling off in general.

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<v Speaker 2>Kattelle mentioned is not as I'm sorry, catelig Mench isn't

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<v Speaker 2>hitting right handed pitching very well. And those two guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, regardless of the handedness of the pitchers, that's

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<v Speaker 2>those are the guys that have to find consistency and

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<v Speaker 2>have to be stars in order for this team to

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<v Speaker 2>have a chance to get all the way to the

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<v Speaker 2>promised land of the postseason and do anything when they

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<v Speaker 2>get there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Diamondbacks, Yeah, runners in scoring position. Was not a

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<v Speaker 1>not a great weekend for that. As you said, they

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<v Speaker 1>were zero for seven in this finale, two for thirty overall,

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<v Speaker 1>or sorry, four for thirty overall over the weekend, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a one to thirty three batting average. Not great.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jack, that's an unfortunate segue into a Saturday's game,

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<v Speaker 1>which we won't spend too much time on. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a bummer, but it was still one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most interesting baseball games of the season for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks and Dodgers were in a scoreless tie for the

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<v Speaker 1>vast majority of the game. Brandon fought seven scoreless innings. Yamamoto,

0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:18.639
<v Speaker 1>the d Backs had their opportunities there. He gets away

0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.680
<v Speaker 1>with five and two thirds scoreless. D Backs down one

0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:26.040
<v Speaker 1>nothing going into the bottom of the ninth inning, and

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<v Speaker 1>it started about as well as you could have imagined.

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<v Speaker 1>Jack back to back triples Heraldo Perdomo and Corbyn Carroll

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<v Speaker 1>against Edwin Diaz. It really felt like the d Backs

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<v Speaker 1>were about to hand Diaz his second loss in as

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<v Speaker 1>many days. And then that just didn't happen. Gaby Moreno

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<v Speaker 1>hit a hard line drive. Just kind of tough luck there,

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<v Speaker 1>could tell. Marte pops up the d Backs unable to

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<v Speaker 1>score there in the ninth. Dodgers push across a run

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<v Speaker 1>in the top of the tenth, questionable defensive positioning with

0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:02.600
<v Speaker 1>Tim Tawa sticking pretty close to first base. Sho Heyo

0:22:02.720 --> 0:22:05.040
<v Speaker 1>Tani hit like a seventy three mile an hour ground

0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:08.159
<v Speaker 1>ball that winds up going for an infield single that

0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:11.200
<v Speaker 1>drove in a run. And then Ryan Waldschmidt, the hero

0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.560
<v Speaker 1>from the day prior, hits into a double play in

0:22:14.600 --> 0:22:17.320
<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the tenth. Kind of a fitting end

0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:22.000
<v Speaker 1>to that one, unfortunately, just given how many missed opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>the Dbacks had.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was painful. It was a painful game to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>There were just so many things in that game. Obviously

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<v Speaker 2>all of the two for sixteen with runers in scoring position,

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<v Speaker 2>and one of those hits didn't bring in a run

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, I think it was, you know, got

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<v Speaker 2>to run into third base. So when you have that

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<v Speaker 2>many opportunities and of course you have you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>run around third and nobody out to win the game,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't pull it off. Some of the explanations

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<v Speaker 2>that Tory gave post game I wasn't very satisfied with.

0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:53.000
<v Speaker 2>Neither was Mark Grace. He kind of went off before

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<v Speaker 2>the Tory's postgame interviews and made a number of complaints.

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<v Speaker 2>For example, why have Tim Tawe try to bunt on

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<v Speaker 2>two pitches and then end up striking out? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>And I agreed with that, although I've advocated for the

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<v Speaker 2>bunt often in extra innings when you're down by a

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<v Speaker 2>run and you need a crooked number, that was the

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<v Speaker 2>time to let Tim Tawis swing away and not rob

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<v Speaker 2>the a bat from him by having him screw around

0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:21.480
<v Speaker 2>trying to get a butt down so you don't play

0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:24.400
<v Speaker 2>for the tie when you're home down by a run

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<v Speaker 2>with the extra innings, that's my And then having Tala

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<v Speaker 2>hold the run, hold the runner on with Otani up.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't agree with that. So there were some things

0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:39.400
<v Speaker 2>there that, you know, and Torri got Garcia up three

0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:41.600
<v Speaker 2>times in that game before he finally got him in there.

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<v Speaker 2>He was holding him back, uh for the top of

0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:48.880
<v Speaker 2>the order if he had to. Uh, Brandon fought. Had

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<v Speaker 2>he not gotten out of the seventh inning, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was Tucker that was going to come up,

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<v Speaker 2>then they would have brought in Garcia to face Tucker.

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<v Speaker 2>But otherwise, you know, Brandon fuck got out of the inning,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they went elsewhere in the bullpen. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Isaaca, unfortunately is just really struggling against lefties this year,

0:24:12.600 --> 0:24:16.480
<v Speaker 2>and his sinker is not usable against left handed batters.

0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:21.640
<v Speaker 2>He's just he's getting crushed and so it's a difficult

0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:25.440
<v Speaker 2>spot to be in. I get it. I criticize people

0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:27.840
<v Speaker 2>who criticize bullpen management too much, so I don't want

0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.879
<v Speaker 2>to go there too much. But it was nerve wracking

0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:33.280
<v Speaker 2>to see Garcia get up and not getting in the

0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:35.399
<v Speaker 2>game and get up again and not getting the game,

0:24:35.440 --> 0:24:38.320
<v Speaker 2>and then finally getting the game. That didn't feel right

0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:40.720
<v Speaker 2>to me. So hopefully there's no repercussions on that.

0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:46.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this Diamondbacks bullpen has definitely been heavily taxed in

0:24:47.080 --> 0:24:49.679
<v Speaker 1>recent days and we've started to see that catch up

0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:52.320
<v Speaker 1>with them a little bit. Fortunately on Sunday they're able

0:24:52.400 --> 0:24:54.240
<v Speaker 1>to get out of out of there with a win.

0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:59.440
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it was it was one of the most difficult.

0:25:00.160 --> 0:25:02.919
<v Speaker 1>Actually didn't watch the game live. I was I was

0:25:02.960 --> 0:25:06.159
<v Speaker 1>hanging out with some friends, which in retrospect, I didn't

0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:08.680
<v Speaker 1>feel like I had to go back and watch every

0:25:08.720 --> 0:25:12.880
<v Speaker 1>single moment of the game because it it's it sounded

0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:15.920
<v Speaker 1>like a very difficult game to watch, and even watching

0:25:16.000 --> 0:25:19.040
<v Speaker 1>the condensed game afterwards, I was like, oh man, this

0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:21.199
<v Speaker 1>is a this is a rough one to lose. But

0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:23.280
<v Speaker 1>I think you said it well last night, Jack that

0:25:24.000 --> 0:25:26.640
<v Speaker 1>when we were when we were chatting like the Diamondbacks

0:25:26.680 --> 0:25:30.320
<v Speaker 1>probably didn't deserve to win Friday's game, and yet they did,

0:25:30.640 --> 0:25:34.240
<v Speaker 1>and they probably should have won Saturday's game, but they didn't.

0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:37.760
<v Speaker 1>And that's just baseball, Like you're gonna you're gonna win

0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:39.640
<v Speaker 1>some games that you should have lost. You're gonna lose

0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.040
<v Speaker 1>some games that you should have won. The hope is

0:25:42.080 --> 0:25:44.120
<v Speaker 1>that when the dust settles at the end of the year,

0:25:44.560 --> 0:25:47.800
<v Speaker 1>you've maybe pulled out a few more that you should

0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.840
<v Speaker 1>have lost than games lost that you that you should

0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:52.760
<v Speaker 1>have won. And I think the d Backs are still

0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:55.280
<v Speaker 1>in a pretty decent spot in that regard, Like, this

0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:58.600
<v Speaker 1>team has won quite a few close games. I don't

0:25:58.640 --> 0:26:01.280
<v Speaker 1>have their their record in one run games in front

0:26:01.280 --> 0:26:03.000
<v Speaker 1>of me right now. I think it's still pretty good.

0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:09.119
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, this is a team that has generally come

0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:13.560
<v Speaker 1>through in big moments when they've needed to, and winning

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:16.800
<v Speaker 1>two out of three. You'll certainly take that against the Dodgers,

0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:19.439
<v Speaker 1>and in the process, the d Backs also win the

0:26:19.480 --> 0:26:23.639
<v Speaker 1>season series with the Dodgers. They take seven games to

0:26:23.720 --> 0:26:26.920
<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers six. It's the first time since twenty eighteen

0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:29.199
<v Speaker 1>that the Diamondbacks have managed to do that.

0:26:30.520 --> 0:26:33.159
<v Speaker 2>D Backs are twenty one and seventeen and one run games.

0:26:33.359 --> 0:26:35.280
<v Speaker 2>They're five and seven and extra innings.

0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:39.919
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the extra innings thing hasn't been hasn't been great.

0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:42.560
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's just a weird thing for them. They're

0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:46.760
<v Speaker 2>fifteen and sixteen in blowouts run within five runs or more.

0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:53.360
<v Speaker 2>So you know, in my opinion, I think that this

0:26:53.440 --> 0:27:00.000
<v Speaker 2>team may not have enough firepower to advance through the playoffs,

0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:03.960
<v Speaker 2>but you know, we'll have to see how they get there.

0:27:04.080 --> 0:27:07.120
<v Speaker 2>Let's it's a pretty good segue into standings and where

0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:10.359
<v Speaker 2>they are and just go for there.

0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks, with this win, now have a game and a

0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:18.000
<v Speaker 1>half lead on the San Diego Padres, at least as

0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:21.840
<v Speaker 1>of us recording this. We're recording here on Sunday evening.

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 1>By the time you all get around to watching or

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:28.200
<v Speaker 1>listening that Padres Astros evening game is probably over, so

0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:32.560
<v Speaker 1>we apologize we don't have the latest update here for you,

0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:34.720
<v Speaker 1>but it's a game and a half lead over San

0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 1>Diego right now. The Marlins are three games out, Cardinals

0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:40.760
<v Speaker 1>are three and a half. The Phillies did win today.

0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:43.240
<v Speaker 1>I think it would have been a sweep to the

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:47.120
<v Speaker 1>Toronto Blue Jays if they hadn't. It was another chaotic

0:27:47.200 --> 0:27:49.520
<v Speaker 1>extra inning game for them, but they came away with

0:27:49.560 --> 0:27:52.600
<v Speaker 1>a win. So d Backs and Phillies stay tied for

0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:56.000
<v Speaker 1>the second and third wild card spots, and then it's

0:27:56.080 --> 0:27:58.720
<v Speaker 1>San Diego game and a half behind them.

0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:03.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I mean, basically, Cubs, Marlins, the Cardinals, and

0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Nationals all one pirates lost and appear to be fading away.

0:28:08.480 --> 0:28:10.480
<v Speaker 2>So you know, look, it's all going to come down

0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:13.400
<v Speaker 2>to the final weekend. I was kind of sitting here

0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:15.840
<v Speaker 2>playing with it today and where I think it lands.

0:28:16.040 --> 0:28:17.840
<v Speaker 2>I think we're going to think we're going to need

0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.280
<v Speaker 2>at least eighty six eighty seven wins to get in.

0:28:21.440 --> 0:28:24.800
<v Speaker 2>That's my opinion, even though the current pace is about

0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:27.800
<v Speaker 2>eighty four, maybe eighty four and a half after winning today.

0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:31.639
<v Speaker 2>But I just think that, you know, between the d

0:28:31.720 --> 0:28:33.600
<v Speaker 2>Backs and the Padres, one of these teams is going

0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:37.119
<v Speaker 2>to get hot and need to stay hot enough to

0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:39.520
<v Speaker 2>get to about eighty seven. That's my opinion.

0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:43.240
<v Speaker 1>I think the pace is eighty six. I look this

0:28:43.400 --> 0:28:47.400
<v Speaker 1>up shortly before we went live. D Backs are seven

0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:50.920
<v Speaker 1>games over five hundred right now, so figures that they're

0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:53.200
<v Speaker 1>on pace about ten over by the end of the season.

0:28:53.320 --> 0:28:56.920
<v Speaker 1>So they're on pace for a roughly eighty six seventy

0:28:56.960 --> 0:28:59.360
<v Speaker 1>six record. I guess maybe you're going off the rest

0:28:59.400 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 1>of season fors Jack, which would.

0:29:02.960 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 2>Calculated their their their pace was like eighty four and

0:29:08.040 --> 0:29:10.080
<v Speaker 2>change or something like eighty four and a half before

0:29:10.280 --> 0:29:12.600
<v Speaker 2>the win today, So I was just guessing what it was.

0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:16.480
<v Speaker 1>Sure, Yeah, something in the mid eighty range. How many

0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:19.320
<v Speaker 1>wins it's going to ultimately take to to land that

0:29:19.360 --> 0:29:21.840
<v Speaker 1>third wild card spot. It's it's always hard to say,

0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:24.720
<v Speaker 1>even as we're you know, within a couple months at

0:29:24.720 --> 0:29:28.080
<v Speaker 1>this point, but yeah, the Diamondbacks need to go out

0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>and just keep winning, and they managed to do that,

0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:34.360
<v Speaker 1>taking two out of three from the Dodgers. Uh, it

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:39.560
<v Speaker 1>does feel like the Dodgers are a team that, like,

0:29:39.560 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 1>like the d Backs, there's no intimidation factor there. You

0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:44.120
<v Speaker 1>don't get the sense that the d Backs of any

0:29:44.200 --> 0:29:48.160
<v Speaker 1>level of intimidation facing them. They seem to be pretty

0:29:48.200 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 1>amped up maybe, if anything, to face the juggernaut of

0:29:53.040 --> 0:29:57.320
<v Speaker 1>Major League Baseball. And I was looking looking at some

0:29:57.320 --> 0:30:00.120
<v Speaker 1>some head to head numbers from recent seasons. You go

0:30:00.200 --> 0:30:03.440
<v Speaker 1>back to twenty nineteen through the end of twenty twenty three,

0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:06.320
<v Speaker 1>the regular season in twenty twenty three, the d Backs

0:30:06.320 --> 0:30:10.239
<v Speaker 1>were twenty three and fifty seven against the Dodgers in

0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:14.160
<v Speaker 1>that span, which is mind boggling just how bad that is.

0:30:14.200 --> 0:30:18.000
<v Speaker 1>Twenty three and fifty seven. And then from the start

0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:22.560
<v Speaker 1>of from when Clayton Kershaw through the first pitch in

0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:26.400
<v Speaker 1>the playoffs in twenty twenty three to present, the Diamondbacks

0:30:26.400 --> 0:30:29.280
<v Speaker 1>are twenty two and twenty against the Dodgers since then.

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:32.880
<v Speaker 1>And I know, like, I don't know if I fully

0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:35.080
<v Speaker 1>believe what I'm about to say, Jack, but I'm gonna

0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:38.560
<v Speaker 1>say it anyway. I think that if any team in

0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:42.400
<v Speaker 1>the National League is going to knock out the Dodgers

0:30:42.400 --> 0:30:45.600
<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs, I kind of think it's the Arizona

0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:50.240
<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks at least at least I think they might have

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:52.760
<v Speaker 1>a better chance in my head in a head to

0:30:52.800 --> 0:30:55.880
<v Speaker 1>head matchup. Not because I'm like looking at the rosters

0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:58.320
<v Speaker 1>and being like, oh yeah, like what are the Dodgers

0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:02.240
<v Speaker 1>going to do, you know, against Michael Soroka in Game

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:04.800
<v Speaker 1>three or whatever it is, But there's just something about

0:31:04.800 --> 0:31:08.280
<v Speaker 1>this Diamondbacks team playing the Dodgers. I'm throwing all the

0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:11.560
<v Speaker 1>analytics out the window right now. It just feels like

0:31:11.600 --> 0:31:14.040
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks are a type of team that could go

0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:17.480
<v Speaker 1>into Dodgers Stadium when it really matters and actually knock

0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:19.800
<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers out of the playoffs. I'm not sure I'd

0:31:19.840 --> 0:31:23.239
<v Speaker 1>trust any other NL team to be able to do that.

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:27.400
<v Speaker 2>Well. I mean, the Diamondbacks have already ruined baseball once

0:31:27.680 --> 0:31:30.680
<v Speaker 2>by beating the Dodgers in twenty twenty three. Yeah, and

0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 2>so LA had a temper tantrum and they went out

0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:37.400
<v Speaker 2>and you know, spend a billion dollars on players just

0:31:37.440 --> 0:31:40.520
<v Speaker 2>to try to you know, overcome that, and they successfully

0:31:40.520 --> 0:31:42.520
<v Speaker 2>did so, and they won back to back World Series.

0:31:43.640 --> 0:31:47.479
<v Speaker 2>So heading into the lockout and whatever happens coming out

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:50.160
<v Speaker 2>of the CBA, where you know, some of those big

0:31:50.160 --> 0:31:53.520
<v Speaker 2>money contracts may end up being difficult for them to

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:55.960
<v Speaker 2>deal with. I'm sure there'll be some kind of grandfather

0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:59.320
<v Speaker 2>clause or whatever. But you know, if there's going to

0:31:59.360 --> 0:32:02.520
<v Speaker 2>be either increase revenue sharing or some limitation on payroll,

0:32:02.960 --> 0:32:06.040
<v Speaker 2>that's going to put at least a dent in the Dodgers'

0:32:06.040 --> 0:32:10.640
<v Speaker 2>ability to dominate so much financially. It would be absolutely

0:32:10.720 --> 0:32:14.320
<v Speaker 2>fitting if it was a DBAK set once again close

0:32:14.360 --> 0:32:15.880
<v Speaker 2>the book on the Dodgers dominance.

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:19.840
<v Speaker 1>That would be something that would be something I guess

0:32:19.840 --> 0:32:22.720
<v Speaker 1>we're getting ahead of ourselves a little bit maybe having

0:32:22.800 --> 0:32:23.600
<v Speaker 1>that conversation.

0:32:24.120 --> 0:32:24.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the d.

0:32:24.680 --> 0:32:27.880
<v Speaker 1>Backs, their playoff odds are still basically a coin flip

0:32:27.920 --> 0:32:30.120
<v Speaker 1>at this point, so you got to get in in

0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:31.880
<v Speaker 1>order to have a shot at that.

0:32:32.920 --> 0:32:35.040
<v Speaker 2>Of course, And you know all of these words are

0:32:35.040 --> 0:32:37.480
<v Speaker 2>recorded and can be picked up and thrown back in

0:32:37.560 --> 0:32:39.840
<v Speaker 2>my face. But hey, we're here to have fun, guys.

0:32:41.880 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 1>I like that perspective. Yes, we have more to get

0:32:45.840 --> 0:32:49.960
<v Speaker 1>to in this episode. The Diamondbacks made a very interesting

0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:52.840
<v Speaker 1>free agent signing sort of out of nowhere on Sunday,

0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:55.000
<v Speaker 1>so we're going to dive into that. We're also going

0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:57.920
<v Speaker 1>to preview the upcoming series against the Rockies, so don't

0:32:57.920 --> 0:33:00.640
<v Speaker 1>go anywhere. We'll be back right after this. Here on

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

0:34:05.000 --> 0:34:09.040
<v Speaker 1>As d Wardo Rodriguez was spinning his gem against Los

0:34:09.080 --> 0:34:14.080
<v Speaker 1>Angeles Dodgers, Mike Hazen was on the phone, or maybe

0:34:14.120 --> 0:34:16.799
<v Speaker 1>this happened hours before. I don't really know what the

0:34:16.800 --> 0:34:20.640
<v Speaker 1>timing was, but the Diamondbacks have signed right handed pitcher

0:34:21.200 --> 0:34:24.839
<v Speaker 1>Zach Lateel to a free agent contract. The news at

0:34:24.920 --> 0:34:29.160
<v Speaker 1>least broke during this game between the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers,

0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:32.840
<v Speaker 1>and this kind of this very much came out of nowhere.

0:34:32.960 --> 0:34:37.160
<v Speaker 1>I didn't really We've talked about Dennis Santana, the d Backs.

0:34:37.320 --> 0:34:39.680
<v Speaker 1>They have this opportunity to kind of take some shots

0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:42.280
<v Speaker 1>on guys that maybe get let go by other teams

0:34:42.600 --> 0:34:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Lateel was designated for assignment last week by the Washington Nationals.

0:34:47.600 --> 0:34:50.200
<v Speaker 1>He has a four point nine to seven ERA on

0:34:50.480 --> 0:34:53.880
<v Speaker 1>the season a one point three to four whip. The

0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:57.560
<v Speaker 1>strikeout numbers have never been great for him. This year,

0:34:57.560 --> 0:34:59.879
<v Speaker 1>he is a fourteen point six percent k rate, which

0:34:59.880 --> 0:35:04.080
<v Speaker 1>is which is quite low, but he does have a

0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:07.200
<v Speaker 1>three point one eight ERA when working out of the bullpen,

0:35:07.760 --> 0:35:10.879
<v Speaker 1>and it seems like maybe that's the Diamondbacks plan for him,

0:35:10.920 --> 0:35:14.320
<v Speaker 1>not as a traditional reliever, but maybe as a bulk

0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:18.080
<v Speaker 1>innings guy who has an opener come into the game

0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:19.120
<v Speaker 1>before him.

0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:21.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And in his case, for most of the time

0:35:21.920 --> 0:35:24.520
<v Speaker 2>when they used the opener in front of him, which

0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:27.879
<v Speaker 2>the Dbacks may or may not do, that he came

0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:31.160
<v Speaker 2>in like in the third inning, so the openers would

0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:33.319
<v Speaker 2>go the first and second inning and then he would

0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:35.200
<v Speaker 2>come I think one of the games he came in

0:35:35.360 --> 0:35:37.600
<v Speaker 2>actually in the first because I think the opener got

0:35:37.600 --> 0:35:39.600
<v Speaker 2>in trouble. But the other games where he was the

0:35:39.600 --> 0:35:42.640
<v Speaker 2>bulk pitcher, he'd come in typically in the third inning.

0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:46.200
<v Speaker 2>And so I don't see the Dbacks doing that. But

0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:49.000
<v Speaker 2>we'll find out. I mean, you know, hopefully the deal

0:35:49.040 --> 0:35:51.600
<v Speaker 2>will be official by the time we see Tory on

0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Monday and we can ask him about the intended usage

0:35:55.040 --> 0:35:58.480
<v Speaker 2>of him. But he looks like according to Nick mccro

0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:00.720
<v Speaker 2>who's the one that broke the news wrote the article

0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:03.319
<v Speaker 2>about it, it looks like he's going to be a

0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:06.680
<v Speaker 2>swingman and he could be used as a starter. He

0:36:06.719 --> 0:36:08.600
<v Speaker 2>could be used as a bulk guy, could be a

0:36:08.640 --> 0:36:12.080
<v Speaker 2>piggyback guy if a starter goes short. So we'll see

0:36:12.120 --> 0:36:14.880
<v Speaker 2>how they intend to use him. They're only paying a

0:36:14.920 --> 0:36:19.040
<v Speaker 2>pro rated amount of the league minimum. The Nationals are

0:36:19.040 --> 0:36:22.680
<v Speaker 2>picking up his salary. I saw some speculation online about

0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:26.760
<v Speaker 2>the fact that he's got a buyout of his players option.

0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:29.440
<v Speaker 2>The Dbacks are not on the hook for that, that

0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 2>is the Nationals. So it doesn't cost the Dvacs anything

0:36:33.200 --> 0:36:35.759
<v Speaker 2>to give us a shot. And as tired as the

0:36:35.760 --> 0:36:39.640
<v Speaker 2>bullpen has been, you know, bringing in a guy that

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:43.279
<v Speaker 2>has had success as a quote unquote book reliever that

0:36:43.320 --> 0:36:45.040
<v Speaker 2>you could use for two or three innings at a

0:36:45.080 --> 0:36:49.680
<v Speaker 2>time hopefully works out well. Some of the caveats with him,

0:36:49.719 --> 0:36:52.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, earlier in the year, every time I was

0:36:52.120 --> 0:36:56.759
<v Speaker 2>looking up Zach Gallon's rating on a fifth percentage on

0:36:56.840 --> 0:37:01.480
<v Speaker 2>the fastball, it was Lattel Gallon neck and neck for

0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:05.680
<v Speaker 2>the lowest number in the league. And his sinker numbers

0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:08.279
<v Speaker 2>are not good either. I mean, it's a little tough

0:37:08.280 --> 0:37:11.560
<v Speaker 2>to function out there without a functioning fastball. But maybe

0:37:12.320 --> 0:37:14.720
<v Speaker 2>those fastball numbers were better when he worked and relieved.

0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:16.520
<v Speaker 2>They got to be based on the fact that his

0:37:16.600 --> 0:37:19.880
<v Speaker 2>era is so much better. So we'll see how they

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:22.560
<v Speaker 2>use them, and you know, they what they have in

0:37:22.600 --> 0:37:26.560
<v Speaker 2>store for him. But interesting signing. I'm not super optimistic

0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:30.040
<v Speaker 2>that he's going to be a big contributor. We've seen guys' length,

0:37:30.080 --> 0:37:32.360
<v Speaker 2>guys come in here and have a good game and

0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:34.680
<v Speaker 2>then have a blow up game and you know, kind

0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:37.399
<v Speaker 2>of go back and forth. So we'll see how Ltel does.

0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:41.359
<v Speaker 2>But at this point, with the bullpen so tired and

0:37:41.400 --> 0:37:44.719
<v Speaker 2>not enough depth, you can't really fault this effort.

0:37:45.600 --> 0:37:48.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, if the Diamondbacks were saying that Mitch

0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:51.040
<v Speaker 1>brad is going down to Reno and they're putting Zach

0:37:51.120 --> 0:37:54.759
<v Speaker 1>Lyttel into their rotation tomorrow, like that would be a

0:37:54.760 --> 0:37:57.360
<v Speaker 1>bit of an eyebrow raiser. Obviously, bratt was awesome his

0:37:57.440 --> 0:38:00.480
<v Speaker 1>last time out, and Latel's numbers this year in as

0:38:00.480 --> 0:38:03.520
<v Speaker 1>a starting pitcher are not particularly good. That that would

0:38:03.560 --> 0:38:06.200
<v Speaker 1>be a little odd in in the role that I

0:38:06.239 --> 0:38:09.040
<v Speaker 1>think the d Backs are going to have him where

0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:12.239
<v Speaker 1>he's he's really a he's really a bullpen guy, but

0:38:12.440 --> 0:38:14.680
<v Speaker 1>a bullpen guy, you can give you some length. Maybe

0:38:14.719 --> 0:38:17.359
<v Speaker 1>they do the opener thing and have you plan on

0:38:17.440 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 1>giving him four or five innings from time to time.

0:38:20.760 --> 0:38:23.000
<v Speaker 1>I think that sort of makes sense. I mean, if

0:38:23.040 --> 0:38:26.520
<v Speaker 1>you're comparing him with the you know, the Philip Abner

0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:29.360
<v Speaker 1>and Cad Strouds of the world. Right now, Paul Seewald

0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:32.319
<v Speaker 1>is still on the roster. It's not like the Diamondbacks

0:38:32.320 --> 0:38:35.279
<v Speaker 1>have eight awesome relievers that they're rostering right now. There

0:38:35.760 --> 0:38:38.600
<v Speaker 1>is some some room here to give someone else a shot,

0:38:38.960 --> 0:38:43.000
<v Speaker 1>and he does have much better numbers pitching in that

0:38:44.040 --> 0:38:47.880
<v Speaker 1>bulk reliever sort of role. I think I mentioned it earlier.

0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:51.120
<v Speaker 1>It's a three to one eight er, a one point

0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:54.400
<v Speaker 1>one to three whip. His strikeout rate is sixteen point

0:38:54.400 --> 0:38:57.680
<v Speaker 1>one percent, which is still low, but at least you

0:38:57.719 --> 0:39:00.239
<v Speaker 1>can kind of stomach that his walk rate is only

0:39:00.280 --> 0:39:03.760
<v Speaker 1>five percent, So he really he really doesn't walk anyone,

0:39:03.880 --> 0:39:06.280
<v Speaker 1>or at least he hasn't walked anyone in that setting.

0:39:06.320 --> 0:39:09.160
<v Speaker 1>He's held opposing hitters to a six sixty eight OPS

0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:12.640
<v Speaker 1>when entering the game out of the bullpen. So I

0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:15.239
<v Speaker 1>think I see where the Dbacks are coming from here.

0:39:15.320 --> 0:39:17.600
<v Speaker 1>I think in that role it could totally make sense.

0:39:18.000 --> 0:39:21.319
<v Speaker 1>I'm just curious what this looks like. Is this is

0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:25.080
<v Speaker 1>this Mitch Bratt becomes the opener for a couple of

0:39:25.120 --> 0:39:28.600
<v Speaker 1>innings and then you hand it off to Zac Lttel.

0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:31.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm curious what the what the plan will ultimately be.

0:39:32.840 --> 0:39:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, I mean, look, Mitch Bratt just showed that

0:39:35.920 --> 0:39:38.280
<v Speaker 2>he can go seven innings when he's having a good game.

0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:40.560
<v Speaker 2>So if he's pissing a good game, they're not going

0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:42.719
<v Speaker 2>to yank them. But I mean, if he's having a

0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:45.920
<v Speaker 2>rough time with command and control and walks through innings

0:39:45.960 --> 0:39:49.120
<v Speaker 2>three and four, you know, and the pitch counts climbing,

0:39:49.160 --> 0:39:52.200
<v Speaker 2>then it's certainly, you know, feasible to bring in a

0:39:52.200 --> 0:39:55.279
<v Speaker 2>guy like Lttel. And I think they'd like to bring

0:39:55.400 --> 0:39:56.960
<v Speaker 2>him in for a clean inning, though, like I don't

0:39:56.960 --> 0:40:00.400
<v Speaker 2>think they'd want to bring him in to get him to,

0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:03.279
<v Speaker 2>you know, have to get put out of fire with

0:40:03.360 --> 0:40:04.200
<v Speaker 2>men on base.

0:40:04.680 --> 0:40:08.359
<v Speaker 1>Sure, lets tell it. I also noticed that he had

0:40:08.400 --> 0:40:12.359
<v Speaker 1>a really bad March April, and his r since May

0:40:12.400 --> 0:40:15.319
<v Speaker 1>first is three point nine to eight, So his his

0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:18.200
<v Speaker 1>era for the seasons maybe a little inflated by just

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 1>being really really bad for the first few appearances of

0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:24.200
<v Speaker 1>the season. But yeah, you know, not a guy that

0:40:24.239 --> 0:40:26.719
<v Speaker 1>we think is starting Game one of the wild Card

0:40:26.800 --> 0:40:28.920
<v Speaker 1>Round or something if the Dbacks make it there. But

0:40:29.520 --> 0:40:32.680
<v Speaker 1>an interesting, interesting depth move. Nonetheless, we'll see what the

0:40:32.719 --> 0:40:36.120
<v Speaker 1>team says when that move is made official. Do you

0:40:36.120 --> 0:40:38.359
<v Speaker 1>have anything else on that Jack before we hop over

0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:39.440
<v Speaker 1>to the Rocky Series.

0:40:40.560 --> 0:40:42.680
<v Speaker 2>No, because as we hop over to the Rocky Series,

0:40:42.719 --> 0:40:45.399
<v Speaker 2>we'll be talking about one other pitcher and that's kind

0:40:45.440 --> 0:40:46.680
<v Speaker 2>of related to this a little bit.

0:40:47.520 --> 0:40:50.880
<v Speaker 1>Well, here are the probables for that series against the Rockies.

0:40:50.920 --> 0:40:55.240
<v Speaker 1>It's going to be Michael Soroka pitching for the first

0:40:55.239 --> 0:41:00.479
<v Speaker 1>time in a long time since early June. Early mid June.

0:41:00.480 --> 0:41:03.759
<v Speaker 1>We'll see Michael Soroka start on Monday, Mitch Bratt is

0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:08.120
<v Speaker 1>set to go on Tuesday, Mary Kelly on Wednesday, and

0:41:08.160 --> 0:41:12.279
<v Speaker 1>then for the Rockies, it's gonna be Gabriel Hughes, a

0:41:12.360 --> 0:41:16.600
<v Speaker 1>right handed pitcher going on Monday, Tomayuki Sugano on Tuesday,

0:41:16.680 --> 0:41:20.480
<v Speaker 1>Ryan Feltner on Wednesday. These are not flashy names, Jack,

0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:24.320
<v Speaker 1>but anytime I see a series with three right handed

0:41:24.360 --> 0:41:28.319
<v Speaker 1>pitchers lined up against this Dbacks offense, it does make

0:41:28.400 --> 0:41:31.120
<v Speaker 1>me think like, all right, let's you know, you need

0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:34.000
<v Speaker 1>some guys to start to figure things out there.

0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:37.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, so what I wanted to say is, you know,

0:41:37.400 --> 0:41:41.000
<v Speaker 2>Soroka coming back. He went four innings fifty seven pitches

0:41:41.440 --> 0:41:45.919
<v Speaker 2>on his rehab assignment, and so I think the best

0:41:45.960 --> 0:41:48.040
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get from him is gonna be about five

0:41:48.120 --> 0:41:51.160
<v Speaker 2>and sixty five or five and seventy. In other words,

0:41:51.360 --> 0:41:54.279
<v Speaker 2>you'll get five, he'll probably touch the fifth inning. But

0:41:54.320 --> 0:41:56.560
<v Speaker 2>if he's going to finish the fifth inning, he's gonna

0:41:56.560 --> 0:41:59.160
<v Speaker 2>have to be fairly efficient and keep that pitch count,

0:41:59.560 --> 0:42:03.959
<v Speaker 2>you know, or around seventy to get there. That that's

0:42:04.040 --> 0:42:07.400
<v Speaker 2>my estimation on his outing. So they're going to have

0:42:07.440 --> 0:42:11.600
<v Speaker 2>to use the bullpen again tomorrow to paper over you know,

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:15.399
<v Speaker 2>the fact that Soca is still getting stretched out, So

0:42:15.480 --> 0:42:18.120
<v Speaker 2>it's not going to be very long before they actually

0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:22.480
<v Speaker 2>need zach lad Lattel to provide some some bulk innings

0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:26.120
<v Speaker 2>as a long reliever. He won't be tomorrow because I

0:42:26.160 --> 0:42:27.680
<v Speaker 2>don't think he's going to be official and in that

0:42:28.040 --> 0:42:31.000
<v Speaker 2>clubhouse and ready to pitch tomorrow. But you know, as

0:42:31.040 --> 0:42:33.560
<v Speaker 2>they go through the next the rest of the week,

0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:35.319
<v Speaker 2>in the road trip, I think they're going to need him.

0:42:36.320 --> 0:42:38.440
<v Speaker 2>Just a quick note on Gabriel Hughes. He was a

0:42:38.480 --> 0:42:41.760
<v Speaker 2>former first round draft pick and he's got a two six' five,

0:42:42.680 --> 0:42:45.919
<v Speaker 2>fit so you know there he's a little bit better

0:42:45.960 --> 0:42:50.200
<v Speaker 2>than his. Era. SIGANO i don't know how he's doing

0:42:50.239 --> 0:42:50.520
<v Speaker 2>what he's.

0:42:50.520 --> 0:42:52.360
<v Speaker 1>DOING i don't know how he's pulling it, off but he.

0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Is he's got a four and a HALF era and

0:42:56.080 --> 0:42:59.000
<v Speaker 2>HIS xcra is well over, seven and his fit numbers

0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:04.040
<v Speaker 2>are way up there. Too you Know, feldner you know

0:43:04.080 --> 0:43:06.239
<v Speaker 2>they should be able to hit. Him so we'll see

0:43:06.280 --> 0:43:10.160
<v Speaker 2>how it. Goes but The, rockies one THING i want

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:14.000
<v Speaker 2>to say is That Corus field isn't playing quite quite

0:43:14.040 --> 0:43:17.319
<v Speaker 2>so extreme as it has in the. Past it's been

0:43:17.360 --> 0:43:20.120
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more. Muted some of that might be personnel,

0:43:20.160 --> 0:43:22.600
<v Speaker 2>related of, course but the park factors there are like

0:43:22.800 --> 0:43:26.160
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and, eleven which means it's been playing roughly

0:43:26.200 --> 0:43:30.759
<v Speaker 2>eleven percent more hitterish than the Average Major league, park

0:43:31.000 --> 0:43:34.440
<v Speaker 2>whereas in the past we used to seeing that number like, fifteen, one,

0:43:34.520 --> 0:43:37.879
<v Speaker 2>sixteen sometimes as high as seventeen or eighteen in some.

0:43:37.960 --> 0:43:40.640
<v Speaker 2>Years so one eleven's on the lower end of the

0:43:40.680 --> 0:43:42.280
<v Speaker 2>spectrum of what we see out Of Coors.

0:43:42.280 --> 0:43:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Field jake, McCarthy of, course will be returning To Chase

0:43:47.000 --> 0:43:50.279
<v Speaker 1>field in this in this, SERIES dbacs also hosted The

0:43:50.360 --> 0:43:52.920
<v Speaker 1>rockies back In, may so this won't be the first.

0:43:52.960 --> 0:43:55.880
<v Speaker 1>Time But jake is having a very nice season for,

0:43:56.040 --> 0:44:00.560
<v Speaker 1>himself and, frankly The diamondbacks could really use it's someone

0:44:00.640 --> 0:44:03.320
<v Speaker 1>Like jake McCarthy with the year he's. Had he enters

0:44:03.320 --> 0:44:07.280
<v Speaker 1>the series with a one NINETEEN wrc. Plus he's hitting

0:44:07.400 --> 0:44:12.080
<v Speaker 1>up over three hundred three zh six a five eighteen slugging. Percentage,

0:44:12.680 --> 0:44:16.160
<v Speaker 1>yeah as you, Said coursfield is going to have an

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:19.040
<v Speaker 1>impact for sure on the raw. Numbers but this is

0:44:19.080 --> 0:44:22.799
<v Speaker 1>not just a course field aberration For jake. McCarthy i,

0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:25.439
<v Speaker 1>mean this is probably the best season he's ever. Had

0:44:25.520 --> 0:44:28.520
<v Speaker 1>is w his one NINETEEN wrc, plus which is park,

0:44:28.600 --> 0:44:33.240
<v Speaker 1>adjusted that's the best mark of his. Career and, YEAH

0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:36.640
<v Speaker 1>i mean he's a really key part of an Improved rockies.

0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:40.120
<v Speaker 2>Offense, YEAH i mean he's hitting three eighteen with eight

0:44:40.160 --> 0:44:42.480
<v Speaker 2>homers a, course but he's hitting two ninety with five

0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:44.720
<v Speaker 2>homers on the. Road just hit a couple of homers

0:44:44.719 --> 0:44:47.800
<v Speaker 2>in a Tough Pitchers, Ballpark Bush. STADIUM i had a

0:44:47.840 --> 0:44:51.240
<v Speaker 2>two homer. Game and when you break out HIS wrc

0:44:51.440 --> 0:44:55.840
<v Speaker 2>plus by home and, away it's one seventeen home one nineteen.

0:44:55.880 --> 0:44:59.800
<v Speaker 2>Away so it's not like he's just you, know taking

0:44:59.840 --> 0:45:02.640
<v Speaker 2>a manager of course, field although he, is and everything

0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:05.600
<v Speaker 2>else is just. Met he's actually been really good on the.

0:45:05.680 --> 0:45:09.279
<v Speaker 2>Road obviously he's been hotter. Lately but you, know we

0:45:09.320 --> 0:45:12.360
<v Speaker 2>talk About, JAKE i don't want to do the whole you,

0:45:12.400 --> 0:45:17.320
<v Speaker 2>know regret and trading and you know. Whatever i'm just

0:45:17.360 --> 0:45:20.000
<v Speaker 2>happy For jake. McCarthy i really Like jake. McCarthy i

0:45:20.040 --> 0:45:23.879
<v Speaker 2>think he's a great. DUDE i enjoyed covering him as

0:45:23.920 --> 0:45:26.520
<v Speaker 2>a writer and looking forward to seeing him. Tomorrow just

0:45:26.560 --> 0:45:28.799
<v Speaker 2>hope he doesn't stay. Hot i'd like to see him

0:45:28.840 --> 0:45:32.359
<v Speaker 2>go over twelve and then carry on with his season after.

0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:36.800
<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow, well we'll see what it looks. Like of, course

0:45:36.840 --> 0:45:40.560
<v Speaker 1>there can be a natural sort of emotional letdown when

0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:43.800
<v Speaker 1>you have The rockies coming in after facing The. Dodgers

0:45:43.840 --> 0:45:47.040
<v Speaker 1>there's over one hundred and thirty thousand fans At Chase

0:45:47.080 --> 0:45:49.120
<v Speaker 1>field over the. WEEKEND i don't think it's going to

0:45:49.200 --> 0:45:52.960
<v Speaker 1>be quite as packed for A monday Through wednesday series Against.

0:45:52.960 --> 0:45:56.720
<v Speaker 1>Colorado but The diamondbacks very much need to keep doing

0:45:56.840 --> 0:45:59.600
<v Speaker 1>what they're. Doing they're back to seven games over five,

0:45:59.680 --> 0:46:02.359
<v Speaker 1>hundred WHICH i believe is still their high water mark

0:46:02.400 --> 0:46:05.040
<v Speaker 1>of the. SEASON i don't think they've gotten. Past there

0:46:05.080 --> 0:46:07.600
<v Speaker 1>were thirty one and twenty four back in Late may

0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:10.800
<v Speaker 1>and they have not managed to get to eight games

0:46:10.800 --> 0:46:13.200
<v Speaker 1>over five. Hundred so This rocky series is a good

0:46:13.239 --> 0:46:17.440
<v Speaker 1>opportunity to do. That we are excited to follow along with.

0:46:17.480 --> 0:46:20.920
<v Speaker 1>You you can stay tuned over to Our twitter. Account

0:46:21.120 --> 0:46:24.360
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0:46:24.560 --> 0:46:27.120
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0:46:27.160 --> 0:46:30.040
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0:46:30.040 --> 0:46:34.000
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0:46:34.040 --> 0:46:38.400
<v Speaker 1>written work as well over At Arizona diamondbacks ON Si

0:46:38.920 --> 0:46:42.279
<v Speaker 1>jack any final thoughts here as we say goodbye and

0:46:42.600 --> 0:46:46.719
<v Speaker 1>head into this new series Against. Colorado what a.

0:46:46.760 --> 0:46:49.839
<v Speaker 2>Weekend great to see The dbacks takedown The dodgers two to,

0:46:49.880 --> 0:46:51.239
<v Speaker 2>one and onward and.

0:46:51.320 --> 0:46:54.439
<v Speaker 1>Upward thank you again to all of you for being

0:46:54.440 --> 0:46:56.839
<v Speaker 1>here with. Us we really appreciate your, time and we'll

0:46:56.840 --> 0:47:00.480
<v Speaker 1>be back with another edition Of Snake's. Territory very racing