1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: If you notice every team that gets hot in Major 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: League Baseball, you just mentioned the Red Sox in part. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: They're getting hot it seems because they're playing the Rockets. 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with Olana Rizzo and Alana. It's not 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: even July thirty first, and we've got some action to 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: talk about today. 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 2: We do, Ken, always agree to be with you. 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 3: Yes, it's July tenth, and there has already been a 10 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 3: trade in addition to much more to happen the next 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 3: couple of weeks. But it's the Baltimore Orioles. The Rays 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 3: actually acquire a reliever, Brian Baker from the O's for 13 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 3: competitive balance pick in Sunday's draft, and Ken, I don't 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: know that Baker was kind of on your board to 15 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: be moved. 16 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 2: What more can you tell us? 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: He was not on my board to be moved. And 18 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: actually Tampa Bay is the team that parted with the 19 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: number thirty seven pick. I updated that tweet. It was 20 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: a little bit mistaken, had the wrong team. That's going 21 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: to happen, by the way, probably again before the deadline. 22 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: But this trade is actually rather interesting, even though on 23 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: the surface, most fans, as casual fans, probably have not 24 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: even heard of Brian Baker, but he's a decent reliever 25 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: who can help the Raise stabilize a bullpen that in 26 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: the last two weeks or so has kind of collapsed 27 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: a little bit. So they need some help there. But 28 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: the more interesting angle is from the Orioles perspective, as 29 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: you saw it, they acquire the number thirty seven pick 30 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: in the draft that starts on Sunday. They now have 31 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: four picks in the first thirty seven nineteen. That's their 32 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: first rounder, thirty and thirty one. Those are the compicks 33 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: for Corbyn Burns and Anthony Santander and now thirty seven 34 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: coming from the Rays, that's a competitive balance pick. Those 35 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: are the only kinds of picks that can be traded now. 36 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: The Orioles they need, as we all know, controllable starting pitching. 37 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: They've got some free agent starters in their mix right 38 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: now that they probably will end up trading Charlie Morton, 39 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: Tomoyuki Sagano and ultimately going forward, they need help there. 40 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: They've needed help there since the offseason. We know that 41 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: can they get that help with the players that they 42 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: have of going forward here I'm not sure it can 43 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: happen at the deadline. Let's take a look at the 44 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: players who are available, and we'll get into this a 45 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: little bit and just explain how the Orioles might make 46 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: this work, because it's kind of similar to what the 47 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Rays did last year at the deadline. If 48 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: you remember Alana, they traded nine players. They got sixteen 49 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: players back, only two of them were in the major leagues, 50 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: Christopher Morrell and Dylan Carlson. So here's the Orioles list 51 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: of trade candidates, Ryan O'Hearn, Romo Loreano, Cedric Mollens, Charlie Morton, 52 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: Andrew Kittridge, tomy I Fustugano, and Sir Anthony Domingez. And 53 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: then on the injured list Zach Eflin, who maybe coming 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: off the injured list by the time the deadline happens. 55 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: And then Brian Baker, who has three years of control, 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: but the Orioles traded him anyway to get that number 57 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: thirty seven pick. Now, why are the picks so valuable? One, 58 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: they're valuable in themselves. And Michael Elias, the one great 59 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: thing he has done as Oriols general manager is draft. 60 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: He also did it in Houston, the guy who drafted 61 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: Correa mccullors are a number of others for the Astros when 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: he was there. And bonus pool is something else that 63 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: is meaningful here. Each pick, as you guys know, has 64 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: a bonus slot attached to him, or the slot does. 65 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: And when the Oriols traded for the number thirty seven pick, 66 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: they acquired more money. And when you have all this 67 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: money in the bonus pool, and we'll take a look 68 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: right now at just how that sums up. When you 69 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: have all that money, you can do different things. It 70 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: gives you flexibility in the draft. The Oriols now the 71 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: top team according to MLB dot com more than nineteen 72 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: million in their bonus pool. That will give them the 73 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: ability to manipulate the draft a little bit, do some 74 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: creative things. So for the Oriols, an interesting trade and 75 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: probably a lot of the first of many. 76 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was gonna say it almost seems like it's 77 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 3: just a signaling of cell sell sell Ken. How disappointing 78 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: is this though, when you think about the Orioles coming 79 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 3: into the season, much higher hopes for this club going 80 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: into twenty twenty five, and now it seems like they're 81 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: gonna have an absolute yard sale. 82 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: Extremely disappointing Alana, And if you read Jason Stark last week, 83 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: I think it was what we learned in the first half. 84 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: He had a mention of the Orioles as the most 85 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: disappointing team in recent memory because of that young core 86 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: of position players that is so promising and remains so promising. 87 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: So one thing I didn't mention just earlier was they 88 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: plan to compete in twenty twenty six. So while they 89 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: might not be able to address their needs at the deadline, 90 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: because generally prospect made trades are made at the deadline, 91 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: they can amass more talent, do some more things in 92 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: the offseason, perhaps, and then build on what they have 93 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: with that young core. They've also got Felix Bautista closer 94 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: available for two more years under club control. I don't 95 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: expect that they're going to trade him simply because they 96 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: want to compete going forward. 97 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 3: All Right, So the Baltimore Oriols making a move two 98 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 3: weeks before the trade deadline, staying in the Al East. 99 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 3: The Yankees also make a move, but it's not via 100 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: the trade kind of sup rito some I guess. DJ 101 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: Lemayhew infielder was designated for assignment. He's now been released 102 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: by the Yankees. 103 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 2: What does this mean. 104 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: It means the Yankees need a third baseman and that 105 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 1: they've moved Jazz Chisholm Junior to second base, which is 106 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: where he belongs, and they can finally maybe start to 107 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: get their infield in order. Oswald Parrazza probably will take 108 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: the majority of the reps at third until the Yankees 109 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: can do something else at the position. Aohano Suarez is 110 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: a guy that a lot of people have linked to them. 111 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: Ryan McMahon is another one who could be available. Is available, 112 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: so we'll see just how the Yankees address this. They 113 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: have other needs as well. Their general manager Brian Cashman 114 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: mentioned that yesterday that they're gonna go and try to 115 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: address as many things as possible. They need another starter, 116 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: they need perhaps two more relievers. They are a team 117 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: that is built to win, wants to win, and I 118 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: am sure will be aggressive now. DJ lem Mayhew. Obviously 119 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: it didn't work for him this season, and the Yankees 120 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: gave him forty five games, probably more than they should 121 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: have given him in retrospect coming off the injuries that 122 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: he's had. Just wanted to see whether DJ could recapture 123 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: some of what he did in twenty nineteen and twenty 124 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: when he was such a valuable Yankee didn't happen. And yes, 125 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: he was not good defensively, not showing much impact offensively. 126 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: Jazz good at third, okay at third, but better at second. 127 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: So this will help them and we will see just 128 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: where they go with this going forward, because they've got 129 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: some things that they're going to need to do. We 130 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: know that I just mentioned them, and I expect Cashman 131 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: to be very aggressive. 132 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 3: And you also expect Anthony Volpi to be a big 133 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: piece of that puzzle. Right They're big on what Anthony 134 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 3: Volpe can do. Part of the solution, Ken, Well. 135 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: That's what Brian Cashman said yesterday. Not part of the problem, 136 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: part of the solution. Now, a lot of fans might disagree, 137 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,119 Speaker 1: and I Folpi's a guy with about almost seventeen hundred 138 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: played appearances in the big leagues, not a small sample 139 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: at this point. And yet the way the Yankees see him, 140 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: even though he has been so streaky offensively, is as 141 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: a player who is around the seven hundred ops and 142 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: an excellent defender. He's had some missteps in the field 143 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, but They see him largely 144 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: as a really good defender that, as Aaron Boone says, 145 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: is a decent player. Can Anthony Volpi be better? Yes, 146 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: he can be better, and the Yankees expect he will 147 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: be better. The question that a lot of us have 148 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: is is what we've seen what it's going to be. 149 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: And I'm not sure we can pass judgment on that 150 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: just yet, not when he's still just twenty four years old. 151 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: But Volpi has been kind of a lightning rod for 152 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: Yankee fans of late, and his performance the rest of 153 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: the season is going to go a long way toward 154 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: determining what kind of team they're going to be. 155 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't en to be anybody taking a shortstop 156 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 3: position with the Yankees after Derek Jeter. That is a 157 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: tall hill to climb. Let's go to the al Central 158 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 3: and the Kansas City Royals. We talked about the orioles 159 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 3: Ken being a disappointment. I think you can put the 160 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 3: Royals in that category. Two, what are they doing? Are 161 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: they buying or they selling? 162 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,119 Speaker 1: We don't know yet, Alana, and we don't know yet 163 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: because they recently went through a stretch where they were 164 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, fourteen and twenty eight, but they have 165 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: won eight of their last twelve. Their offense is finally 166 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: starting to look like it's waking up. Callian Owen's doing 167 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: some things. Perez two home runs last night. They are 168 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: finally looking like the team that they want to be, 169 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: and they want to be in contention. It's a team 170 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: that has about one hundred and twenty seven million dollar 171 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: pay roll. It's their highest since twenty seventeen. They did 172 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: not build this team to break it up to trade 173 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: Seth Lugo and others at the deadline. What they want 174 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: to do is compete. Now, what we have in both 175 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: wildcard races and I want to show you the standings 176 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: as we go along here are kind of a muddled picture, 177 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: and both races have teams that are on the bubble. 178 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: This is common for this time of year, especially with 179 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: the expanded playoffs. But certain teams like the Royals are 180 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: going to need to decide over the next fifteen game 181 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: and that's what is left before the deadline. Just where 182 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: they're going with this, all right? Look at the Ale 183 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: Wildcard Yankees, Tampa Bay, and Seattle are the leaders right now. 184 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: The Red Sox, in my view, are a playoff team 185 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: and they have every capability of being that. They are 186 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: tied with Seattle for this last spot. Kansas City, Los Angeles, 187 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: and Minnesota three teams all tied behind the Red Sox 188 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: three games back. The Rangers, a team that has been 189 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: immensely disappointing, only three and a half games back. They're Guardians, 190 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: another team hugely disappointing, awful June four and a half back. 191 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: Two good weeks here. Two good weeks by any of 192 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: these clubs will influence where they go, as with two 193 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: bad weeks. So those are the kinds of things that 194 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: we're going to be looking at going forward. And I 195 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: want to show you the National League. It's sort of 196 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: similar in the wildcard races. They have teams in the 197 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: National League. There are teams in the National League that 198 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: are really close. San Diego and Saint Louis obviously right there. 199 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: Saint Louis is teetering, and I don't know that they 200 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: see them necessarily as a playoff team. We're gonna find 201 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: out the Reds and the Diamondbacks, and the Diamondbacks have 202 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,079 Speaker 1: been crushed by injuries, crushed. I don't see a path 203 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: forward for them that leads to a playoff Berth, but 204 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: they're only four and a half back. The Reds invested 205 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: a lot in this season, they're three and a half back. 206 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: So again, with about fourteen to fifteen games remaining before 207 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: the deadline, some of this will sort itself out and 208 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: some of it won't, and some teams will just need 209 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: to decide, Okay, do we want to really try to upgrade? 210 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: Are our chances worth upgrading for. 211 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 2: Or not ken really quickly? Do you think that? 212 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 3: It's also a case of where the Royals, because it's 213 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 3: the highest payroll into this season since seventeen, they're like, 214 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 3: I don't really want to concede just yet. 215 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: Yes, I think that's exactly it. Alana and their front office, 216 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: their ownership, they've invested a lot in this season. They 217 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: believe in their team, and remember they were a playoff 218 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: team last year, so it's not as if they look 219 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: at this and say, well, let's just live for another day. 220 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: Teams like the Royals are tired of living for another day, 221 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: or should be anyway, And that's why the stress of 222 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: competition is so important, or the importance of competition is 223 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: so significant. Teams need to compete, they need to stop 224 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: selling off and playing for tomorrow and the Royals do 225 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: not want to play for tomorrow. 226 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, fans deserve that, a team that's willing to compete, 227 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 3: an ownership group that's willing to put competitive players on 228 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 3: the field and go for it. At least much more 229 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: to come here on fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal. 230 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: First, a quick word from our friends at foul Uh. 231 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 4: Summer, we almost forgot what it feels like to play 232 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 4: just because, but even Summer needs back up, a little 233 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 4: partner in the good kind of chaos. 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Of course, future 251 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: Hall of Famer, my friend a question and it's always 252 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 3: fun too around the deadline? 253 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 2: Ken? 254 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 3: All right, this is from Richard Proctor. This is coming 255 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 3: from our CHATBCC group. We appreciate you guys. Is there 256 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 3: any other type of skill competition that you would like 257 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 3: to see implemented during the All Star festivities? What about 258 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 3: like a reporter competition? 259 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm kidding, let's not have that ye have every day. Actually, 260 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: I would like to see some things, but there's no 261 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 1: way the players and the teams would ever agree to them. 262 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: I'd like to see fastest throw from an outfielder, that 263 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: would be cool. I'd like to see a race between 264 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: the fastest players. That would be cool too. Is it 265 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: going to happen? Note because the risk of injury is 266 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: too great, So we're good with home run derby. Even 267 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: that it's somewhat controversial and that teams kind of say 268 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: we don't really want our guys swinging that much. But 269 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: it's been a lot of fun over the years, so 270 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: it's going to continue. But I don't expect we'll see 271 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: any other skills competition though. Sure I'd like to see 272 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: a lot of things. 273 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, a couple of guys that were just in the 274 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 3: home run derby not participating. Taoscar Hernandez pi Alonzo says 275 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 3: that he's going to pass this year. I want to 276 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 3: see the slowest race. I want a bunch of catchers 277 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,079 Speaker 3: to line up and see who can who can run 278 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 3: the slowest? All right, Elvis Santoyo, do you think relief 279 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 3: pitchers get overlooked during All Star selections? This is a 280 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 3: good question. The focus tends to be on starting pitchers. 281 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 3: I can think of quite a few relief pitchers that 282 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 3: are not in the start in the All Star Game 283 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 3: and should be ken This is basically a T shirt 284 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 3: that says relievers need love to. 285 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: He's right, and Elvis, that's a good point. Relievers generally 286 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: are picked in the All Star Game. Of course, there's 287 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: a minimum that has to be chosen for the team. 288 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: But at the same time, it seems often not this 289 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,119 Speaker 1: year so much, but often the focus is on closers 290 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: and not some of the great setup guys who are 291 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: doing some amazing things. Now this year, the National League 292 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: team includes Jason Adam and Randy Rodriguez. Those are guys 293 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: who I don't know five years ago, ten years ago, 294 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: for sure would not have been picked because setup guys 295 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: were not generally included. But it's good to see them 296 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: get acknowledged. The problem with pitching, Elvis is that there 297 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: are so many good pitchers. There are so many guys 298 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: doing wonderful things that you just can't get them all 299 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: on the team. And that's the issue with the All 300 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: Star team. But as I always say, just wait, spots 301 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: are going to open up. We've already seen a number 302 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: of players added. There will be a number of additional 303 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: players added before Sunday and the game on Tuesday. 304 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Row Star is continually changing because of injuries, 305 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 3: or schedule or the way that things play out. I 306 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 3: do love the fact, though, that everybody is wearing their 307 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 3: own respective team dreams and we're not doing All Star 308 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: jerseys anymore. 309 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 2: I'm so grateful for that. 310 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 3: All right, Another question here from chat BCC, John Dicey 311 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 3: wants to know do you think the Dodgers would have 312 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 3: more rings if they had someone other than Dave Roberts. 313 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 3: As there what seems like he gets in his own way. 314 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: I'll let you take that one, John, They've got two 315 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: rings twenty twenty and twenty twenty four. I know fans 316 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: sometimes think otherwise, but your favorite team can't win every year. 317 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts scenario. Yes, it was a big question mark 318 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: about him, even as recently as last postseason. And if 319 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: they had lost that San Diego series. In the series 320 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: I wrote this, and I believe this, he might have 321 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: been fired, But he wasn't fired. They won that series, 322 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: and they went on to win the World Series, and 323 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: now he's likely going to the Hall of Fame. That 324 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: is the thin line that managers sometimes walk. But you 325 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: can't say Dave Roberts has not been a good manager 326 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's been a very good manager. 327 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 2: He's been an incredible manager. 328 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: Highest winning percentage among active managers, at least, he's up 329 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 3: there in that list. He should have had a ring 330 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 3: for twenty seventeen. That's another conversation that we've had a 331 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 3: thousand times. And to your point, Ken, he even said 332 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 3: himself that he worried about his career or his job 333 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 3: during that DS against the San Diego Padres. So he 334 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: got over that hump and he now has two rings 335 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: as a manager and is a postseason contender. All right, 336 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 3: coming up on foul Territory with Ken Rosenthal, it is 337 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 3: Dude and Dork of the Week. One more question here, 338 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 3: I guess video game Nation Grill and Ken Ken, do 339 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: you think the Red Sox trade Jared Durant even though 340 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 3: they are competing. I wonder about this too. This is 341 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 3: a good question. 342 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: It's possible, but I would say unlikely. And Alex Corn 343 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: recent days and maybe it's posturing because that's the time 344 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: of year we're in right now, where teams say things 345 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: that don't necessarily have great meaning. But he has basically said, 346 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: we can make this work. Even with Yoshida being back, 347 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: we can work this rotation. Anthony. It scenes is going 348 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: to play every day or close to it. But with 349 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: Duran and Nebrau and Yoshida and Rafaela, they'll figure it out. 350 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: They'll just mix them in and out. So the Red Sox, 351 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: if they could get a number two starter for Duran 352 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: and one with comparable control because Duran does have control 353 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: beyond this season. I think they would do it, but 354 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: I don't see that deal being out there for them. 355 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: What team wants to trade that kind of arm. Maybe 356 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: for Duran A team would, But while it would make 357 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: some sense for the Red Sox to do this, I 358 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: would bet against it rather than on it. I don't 359 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: think it's a one hundred that's not going to happen. 360 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: There's a chance there's a world out there where they 361 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: do trade Duran for pitching, but it's just a difficult 362 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: thing to pull off. 363 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of things going on with the 364 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 3: Red Sox right now. I musta talk to Yoshea returned yesterday. 365 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 3: Alex Bragman's probably coming back on Friday. They have a 366 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 3: lot of young talent, could be some definite question marks 367 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,719 Speaker 3: in terms of who goes where and where do they 368 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 3: get that playing time. Another question here on Grill and Ken. 369 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 3: This one comes from Mike Jids in regards to PCA. Who, 370 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 3: I tell you, what has been like a topic of 371 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 3: conversation every single day. Will PCA be your surefire mL 372 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: MVP if he puts up the first ever MLB forty 373 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 3: forty and Platinum Glove season that he's still on pace 374 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: four and a higher war than a man by the 375 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 3: name of sho Hey Otani. 376 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: Mike gets a fair question. And if he puts up 377 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: that kind of season PCA, he might not finish first, 378 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: but he's going to finish in the top three. Now, 379 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: the question is what is Otani going to do as 380 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: a pitcher? How valuable will he be as a pitcher? 381 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: And with and War, I don't necessarily assign incredible value 382 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: to that because he is such an unusual player. I 383 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: don't know that his contributions are fully captured by War. 384 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: I don't mean to anger any statistical analysts out there, 385 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: but this guy's a different cat. Now. He's not going 386 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: to get built up, most likely in the regular season 387 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: to be a seven inning starter, but Dave Roberts has 388 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: mentioned he could go five innings. And if he does 389 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: that and he helps the Dodgers get where they want 390 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: to be best record in the National League going into 391 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: the playoffs, he's still going to be a really strong 392 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: MVP candidate. That's it. Forty forty Platinum Glove. Yeah, that's 393 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: a pretty darn good player. It's going to be really 394 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: interesting too. Though Kyle Tucker might be their most valuable 395 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: Player in certain other respects. I don't know the PCA 396 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: is having this season without Kyle Tucker doing what he's doing. 397 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 3: Ken, is there any part of voting fatigue for the 398 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 3: same guy over and over again? 399 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 2: Do you think there's any part of PCA. 400 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 3: Getting it just because it almost seems un fair, maybe warranted, 401 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 3: but almost unfair that shohe is just kind of a 402 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 3: shoe in every season. 403 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: I do think that comes into play for certain voters. 404 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: Now we haven't seen it yet, show he keeps winning. 405 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: But there might be a desire among some voters for 406 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: a new flavor of the month, but that Setlana. Most 407 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: voters kind of look at it year by year, and 408 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: one year has nothing to do with the next. And yes, 409 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: PCA would be the ideal new flavor of the month 410 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: or year, but I don't know that it's going to 411 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: go down that way. The way voters break it down 412 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 1: so statistically oriented as they should, it seems to me 413 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: that each year is separate from the other, and that 414 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: I don't know that Shohotani, because he's won it before unanimously, 415 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: is going to win it or won't win it again 416 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:50,719 Speaker 1: for that reason. 417 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 3: All right, Well, thank you everybody for your chat BCC 418 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 3: and YouTube questions will appreciate it. We're going to take 419 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 3: a quick break and then we are back with Dude 420 00:20:59,040 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 3: and Dork. 421 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 2: Of the Week. 422 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 5: Hey, let's do a little player spotlight thanks to Arena 423 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 5: Club AJ. Give me a player this season that you 424 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 5: think is underrated and you might want to try and 425 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 5: grab his card. 426 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 6: James would. I don't know that he's underrated, but Washington 427 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 6: National's superstar in the making, and the first slab pack 428 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 6: I ever opened had him in his rookie card and 429 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 6: the value is only going to go up and up 430 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 6: and up. And I'm not going to sell it KWI yet. 431 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 4: Scott. 432 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 6: I'm going to hold on to because after he continues 433 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 6: to hit big homers and put up the stats make 434 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 6: All Star teams, it's going to get more expensive for 435 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 6: someone to buy. 436 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: For me. 437 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 5: This is his first full season in the majors. Keep 438 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 5: that in mind. I think he's underrated. He's on a 439 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: Nationals team that's man adding enough attention. 440 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 6: He might underrated. When he makes the All Star team 441 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 6: this year, They're not going to be underrated. 442 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: That helps. 443 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 5: He's been intentionally walked four times in a game. Anyway, 444 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 5: if you want to try and find a wood rookie card, 445 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 5: go check out slab packs on Arena Club and right 446 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 5: now you can get twenty percent off your first slab pack. 447 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 5: Or if you just want to go with a card purchase, 448 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 5: go to Arena club dot com. Slash foul, use code 449 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 5: foul if you buy, sell, trade, collect, go for it. 450 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 7: Dude, dude, dude, all right, ken, let's give somebody some flowers. 451 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 2: Who is your due to the week? 452 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: The mizz Jacob MISSOWSKIOK pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Five 453 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: starts is not enough to put him on the All 454 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: Star team, I think, even though I'd love to see 455 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: him in the game. But my goodness, the duel with Kershaw, 456 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: which he won, that was something else this week. And 457 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: not only that, he showed the proper respect for Kershaw, 458 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: even though Kershaw did not necessarily show him much respect. 459 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: Before the game, he was kind of dismissive of Misrowski. 460 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: He said, hey, it's just the guy with the ankle. 461 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: I felt almost fell down. So Miserowski after the game said, 462 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: you know what, Clayton Kershaw was an honor to pitch 463 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: against him, and I think maybe he hopefully knows who 464 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: I am now. It was respectfully done. It was cool 465 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: and watching this kids pitch is absolutely electric. 466 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't know who he was coming into the season. 467 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 3: You certainly know who the heck he is now. 468 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: All Right. 469 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 3: My dude of the week is a dudes of the 470 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 3: week the Boston Red Sox. This was a team three 471 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 3: weeks ago we were wondering if they were even gonna 472 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 3: make the postseason. Now they have rattled off a lot 473 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 3: of runs. It is a much more complete team up 474 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 3: and down the lineup. They're lengthening the lineup. They've played 475 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 3: really well on both sides of the ball. The pitching 476 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 3: is getting better. You had Fits going really well. Crochet's 477 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 3: done really well. Brian Bao was fantastic. Lucas Giolito last 478 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 3: night was really good. Albeit I understand it's against the Nationals, 479 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 3: it's against the Rockies, but those are two teams that 480 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 3: you absolutely have to beat. They're very much in the 481 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 3: wildcard picture in the American League, and obviously Breslo and 482 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 3: that team will be buyers in the American League. 483 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: All right. Time now for the John Fisher dork of 484 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 2: the week. 485 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 3: Okay, Ken, who do you have as somebody that just 486 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 3: continues to make you shake your head Alta. 487 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: After the Nationals fired Mike Rizzo and David Martinez, I 488 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: wrote a column saying, at two Rockies and you Rockies, 489 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,479 Speaker 1: because ultimately they're going to need to make a change too, 490 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: and they've kind of signaled that already. The general manager, 491 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: Bill Schmidt's been there. Why he's been a great organizational soldier. 492 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: But they need to go forward. They are on pace 493 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: to lose one hundred and twenty five games, a record 494 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: for one hundred and sixty two game season, and they 495 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: need someone from the outside. They need to stop being 496 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: so insular and yet someone ideally who has a feel 497 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: for Coors Field and what it would take to win 498 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: a corps Field. So Rockies or Dorks of the week 499 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: until further notice. If you notice every team that gets 500 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: hot in Major League Baseball, you just mentioned the Red 501 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: Sox in part. They're getting hot, it seems because they're 502 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: playing the Rockies, so they are the Dorks of the week. 503 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 504 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 3: Walker Bueler toes the rubber tonight for the Boston Red Sox. 505 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 3: The Tampa Bayres come in for four games, and I'm 506 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 3: sure he would have loved to have faced the Rockies instead, 507 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 3: to try to get that era. A little bit lower 508 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 3: of the week is Juan Sodo one Sodo obviously signing 509 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 3: a massive seven hundred and sixty five million dollar contract 510 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 3: I believe coming into the season. A lot of people 511 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 3: say he was snubbed on not making the All Star team, 512 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 3: but he basically said that he's bummed because every single 513 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 3: All Star appearance he makes one hundred thousand dollars, and 514 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 3: he's like, yeah, I would have loved to have made 515 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 3: it that have made it. Rather, that's a lot of 516 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 3: money left on the table. I mean, I get it, 517 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 3: like I get it. One hundred thousand dollars is a 518 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 3: lot of money, But you're also a seven hundred and 519 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 3: sixty five million dollar man one Sodo Optics, man Optics. 520 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 2: All right, much more. 521 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: To come here on fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal, But 522 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 3: for now, for our friends over watching on nesson Sports 523 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 3: at Pittsburgh and nessa Nation, we say goodbye until next time. 524 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 3: All right, Ken, great to have this article that you 525 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 3: had written in The Athletic, how rookie cam Smith made 526 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 3: the Astros believe he's got something special. 527 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 2: Tell us more about this, well, one. 528 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: Of the great trades of the offseason, and really in 529 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: recent seasons for both teams. Was the Kyle Tucker trade 530 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: and who went to Houston for Kyle Tucker ezac Parades 531 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: who is an All Star, Cam Smith who is a 532 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: future superstar in the estimation of his teammate Jose Altuve 533 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: and Hayden was Nesky, a pitcher who has undergone Tommy 534 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: John surgery but is promising for the future once he returns. 535 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: But the story was about Cam Smith and how special 536 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: he is and what's amazing to me about him along 537 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: it is the degree of difficulty he has faced in 538 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: becoming the astros starting right fielder. This kid was not 539 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: even drafted a year ago. At this time, the Cubs 540 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: took him number fourteen in the draft, then they traded 541 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: him to the Astros. The initial plan was play Smith 542 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: at third base in the minor leagues, get him settled, 543 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: and we'll see where his position would be in the future. 544 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: What happened was Cam Smith tore it up in spring 545 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: training and impressed the Astros as well with his maturity, 546 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: as poise, everything about his makeup was really off the charts. 547 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: So once he tore it up in spring training offensively, 548 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: they said, you know what, We've got a spot open 549 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: and right field. Let's put him there. They put him there. 550 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: He'd never played that position never, He'd only played the 551 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: outfield a little bit in summer league in when he 552 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: was in college of Florida State. So for him to 553 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: accomplish what he has, he's about an eight hundred ops 554 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: now playing a new position, being only a year out 555 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: of school. I know Jacob Wilson is the front runner 556 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: for Ale Rookie of the Year. Nick Kurtz might not 557 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: be far behind, but Cam Smith belongs in that conversation. 558 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 3: Ken, So much of a trade is who it benefits, 559 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: and oftentimes the best trades are the ones that are 560 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 3: winners on both sides of those Typically, how long do 561 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: you think it takes to determine who the real winners 562 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 3: are in a trade? 563 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: Ideally, Alani, you don't judge it until their careers are 564 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 1: over right, and then you can add them what they've 565 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 1: done and see just how it balances out. But in 566 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: this particular trade, they've both won short term, the Cubs 567 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 1: by getting Tucker, who's been a transformational play for them. 568 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: The Astros by getting Piades and Smith and Wesnsky for 569 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: the future. Ultimately, if Smith becomes a superstar and he 570 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 1: could then, Yes, the Astros had the greater control of 571 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: him six years versus the one like the Cubs got 572 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,959 Speaker 1: with Tucker. You would say the Astros won the trade. 573 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: But if the Cubs go on in the postseason to 574 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: the World Series and win the World Series, even if 575 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: they don't, even if they go into the NLCS and 576 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: sput her out there, it's been a great year. It's 577 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: been a great trade for Tucker under those circumstances. So 578 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: winners and losers in this case, I would say they're 579 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: both gonna end up winners one way or the other. 580 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 3: Okay, It's always great to have a conversation with you 581 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 3: here on Fair Territory. 582 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 2: Don't forget. 583 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 3: Ken has a brand new episode of Fair Territory with 584 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: Ken Rosenthal on Monday. 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