WEBVTT - D-backs Complete Insane 7-Run Comeback To Steal Series from Cardinals

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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>of the Foul Territory Network. Be sure to like this video,

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<v Speaker 1>star review wherever you get your podcasts. I am Jesse

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<v Speaker 1>Friedman alongside Jack Summers and Jack talked on Friday about

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty crushing, disappointing loss for this Diamondbacks team, and

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<v Speaker 1>they bounce back in impressive fashion, not only winning on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>but pulling off a comeback from down seven runs. On Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>they come back to beat the Saint Louis Cardinals and

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<v Speaker 1>ten innings by a final score of eight to seven.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a game that we're not gonna forget, potentially

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<v Speaker 1>for a number of years after this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm probably gonna lead here with a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of a you can't beat how can you not be

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<v Speaker 2>romantic about baseball type of sentiment. Look, unless you're winning

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<v Speaker 2>the World championship, somebody at some point is going to

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<v Speaker 2>go home and be disappointed right at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. But today was a really good reminder of

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<v Speaker 2>the moments that the players play for and the moments

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<v Speaker 2>that the fans watched for. And you know, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>get to enjoy the sweetness that was today's comeback without

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<v Speaker 2>some of the pain and frustration that goes along before that.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was just a good reminder for me, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy the ride a little bit more, even though there's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be some tough days. Days like this do happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and what a payoff.

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<v Speaker 1>Eduardo Rodriguez not great in this one. He was not

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<v Speaker 1>the central storyline of this Diamondbacks win, as he often

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<v Speaker 1>has been. Just two and two thirds innings from e Rod.

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<v Speaker 1>He allowed a total of five runs and one of

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of bizarrely just pretty rough outings for him

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<v Speaker 1>this season. But again, the Diamondbacks were able to pick

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<v Speaker 1>him up, something that they haven't done very much of

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<v Speaker 1>this season. They've kind of needed him to carry them

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<v Speaker 1>in a lot of situations this year. And Diamondbacks down

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<v Speaker 1>five to nothing going into the bottom of the sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>the vibes are not necessarily high at that point. Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks scored three runs in that inning. They were

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much handed two of them with basses loaded walks

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<v Speaker 1>that worked out very nicely. They probably should have scored

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<v Speaker 1>more runs in that inning, given the bases loaded, nobody

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<v Speaker 1>out situation and the two walks that came after that,

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<v Speaker 1>in some ways kind of disappointing to only come away

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<v Speaker 1>with three runs there, but it made it a game.

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<v Speaker 1>It made it seven to three. And then in the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom of the seventh where this game really got interesting. Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>just a crazy turn of events here. Adrian del Castillo

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<v Speaker 1>at first base with two outs and Heraldo Perdomo hits

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<v Speaker 1>a line drive to left field. Jose for I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>probably should have just played this ball and kept it

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<v Speaker 1>in front of him and turned it into a single

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<v Speaker 1>and things probably would have been fine. But it winds

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<v Speaker 1>up going past him in left field, and Heraldo Perdomo

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<v Speaker 1>comes away with what was eventually scored an inside the

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<v Speaker 1>park home run and turned a seven to three deficit

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<v Speaker 1>into seven to five.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so that got the game close, and you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of felt like, Okay, this could really happen. At that point.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a lot of angst and disappointment of only

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<v Speaker 2>getting to seven to three with that basis loaded nobody

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<v Speaker 2>out situation, a lot of bemoaning of lack of execution

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<v Speaker 2>and all that, but that break went their way all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden at seven to five. You could really

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<v Speaker 2>feel the momentum shift at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>And then in the bottom half of the eighth inning,

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<v Speaker 1>two outs, base is empty, not much going on, Tyler

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<v Speaker 1>Locklear sneaks a seeing eye ground ball through the infield,

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<v Speaker 1>reaches base a two out single, and then Nolan Arnado

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<v Speaker 1>burns his former team with a very clutch two run

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<v Speaker 1>home run. It was not only a huge game tying

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<v Speaker 1>swing for the Diamondbacks, but also Arnaudo's one nine ninety

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<v Speaker 1>ninth career hit. And it was a crazy moment Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, in just a span of a few innings. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks entering the bottom of the sixth trailed this

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<v Speaker 1>game seven to nothing, and they wind up storming their

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<v Speaker 1>way back and by the bottom of the eighth it

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<v Speaker 1>was it was a tie game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was kind of fun listening to the Cardinals

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast version of that after the home run talking about

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<v Speaker 2>how Nolan Aronado is now officially a Cardinals killer.

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<v Speaker 1>Top of the ninth inning rolls around and things got

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<v Speaker 1>a little dicey there. Ryan Thompson was called upon in

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<v Speaker 1>this situation, not Paul Sewald, which was notable. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>Tory went to Paul Sewald in the exact same situation

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday and things did not end well. So Tory

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<v Speaker 1>goes to Ryan Thompson, wasn't exactly a clean inning. Runners

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<v Speaker 1>at first and second, two outs. Tory turns to Juan

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<v Speaker 1>Mario to get the last out of that inning, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was huge Mario able to get I believe it

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<v Speaker 1>was JJ Weatherholt to ground into a to just ground

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<v Speaker 1>out to end that frame. And the d Backs had

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<v Speaker 1>it set up in the bottom of the ninth jack

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<v Speaker 1>top of the order do up. But they went quietly,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're like, all right, here we go. Extra innings.

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<v Speaker 1>The d Backs. Extra innings has not exactly been a

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<v Speaker 1>recipe for success for them this season or really in

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<v Speaker 1>any recent season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they came into it two and five in extra innings,

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<v Speaker 2>and as all this was unfolding, I'm sitting there surmising.

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<v Speaker 2>I think seawalld is down. I think Arcia is down.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Kevin Ginkle's down. You know, maybe the game

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<v Speaker 2>went eleven or twelve of our innings or something and

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<v Speaker 2>they had no choice. They might have, you know, pulled

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<v Speaker 2>one of those guys out to use him. But where

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<v Speaker 2>are they going to go in extra innings with this?

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<v Speaker 2>If they couldn't end this tent. Obviously Mario was going

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<v Speaker 2>to come back out for the.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten, and he did, and the Dbacks caught a major

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<v Speaker 1>break there. There's no getting around that. Juan Mario gives

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<v Speaker 1>up a leadoff single in the top of the tenth

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, all right, here we go. This is

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<v Speaker 1>probably going to turn south quickly. First and third, nobody out,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Jordan Walker hits a flare that is caught

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<v Speaker 1>by Heralda Perdomo and somehow Brian Torres, a twenty nine

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<v Speaker 1>year old rookie on the Cardinals, gets doubled off first

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<v Speaker 1>base in the process. And admittedly, Jack like, that's not

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<v Speaker 1>always a super easy play to make. As a base runner.

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<v Speaker 1>You're told to freeze on a line drive. Sometimes that

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<v Speaker 1>can be difficult if the ball has hit really hard,

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<v Speaker 1>but this was not that. I mean, it felt like

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<v Speaker 1>this infield flare from Jordan Walker was in the air

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<v Speaker 1>for like two seconds, and somehow Brian Torres was just

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<v Speaker 1>not aware of the situation and he gets doubled off

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<v Speaker 1>first base. Juan Rio able to get Nathan Church to

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<v Speaker 1>ground out to end the inning, and at that point

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, Okay, the Diamondbacks have a shot in this

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<v Speaker 1>to all they need to do is find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to get that ghost runner home from second. And of course,

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<v Speaker 1>the mistake that the Cardinals made in the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the tent was it was sort of mind blowing and

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<v Speaker 1>a big reason why the Diamondbacks ultimately won this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I think that Jerry was heads up there.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if Torres thought that maybe the ball was

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<v Speaker 2>chopped or something, and that's why he like took off.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, sometimes in a split second it may not

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<v Speaker 2>be totally obvious that it was a flair. Maybe he

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was like a Baltimore chop or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only thing I can think of. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how we made that error.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked to me like he wasn't even darting towards second.

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<v Speaker 1>He was just kind of It's like he froze, but

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't actually start going back to the base. He

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of stood there and then the Diamondbacks easily

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<v Speaker 1>had him done. So, just an enormous mistake there by

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<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals. Diamondbacks still needed to push across the winning run,

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<v Speaker 1>and they wound up in a very similar situation, pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much the exact same situation that we discussed recently. Arguably

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<v Speaker 1>your best hitter at the plate in Gabby Moreno. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got the ghost runner on second base, and Moreno did

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<v Speaker 1>not lay down a bunt jack. I imagined that is

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<v Speaker 1>what you might have preferred he do. He did not

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<v Speaker 1>do that. He winds up lining out, But then that

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<v Speaker 1>decision didn't prove consequential. Max Kepler, the next hitter, drives

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<v Speaker 1>a deep double to right field. Actually a pretty decent pitch.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a change up below the zone, but Kepler

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<v Speaker 1>put a really good swing on it, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>the game, certainly deep enough to score the winning run

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<v Speaker 1>and completing a really impressive comeback. This match the Diamondback's

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<v Speaker 1>biggest comeback in franchise history at seven runs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and the previous time they did that, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>was Corbyn Carroll's debut back in August of twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was August twenty ninth. They fell behind

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies seven nothing and came back to win thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>to seven. So maybe a little sweet poetry and justice there.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, I was ready to already and geared up

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<v Speaker 2>to debate Jesse once again about you know whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not Moreno should have bunted. I was on the bunt club,

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<v Speaker 2>I you know, because the same thing would have happened anyway, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, say that ball wasn't quite a

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<v Speaker 2>line drive that Kepler hit, but it was deep enough anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>even if it was caught the run scores and also

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<v Speaker 2>the debate that Jesse and I did have was was

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<v Speaker 2>it a line drive? The box score says a line drive,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was twenty one degrees a launch angle. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>call that a flyner and it was only hitting eight

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<v Speaker 2>an hour. No, I'm just kidding. But all's well. That

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<v Speaker 2>ends well. Still, I would like to see Gabby ad

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<v Speaker 2>the bunt tool to his toolbox. I think he needs that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd really like to see him added in there. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he's been the best hitter. I know he's been

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<v Speaker 2>hitting well, but you know you just need one run there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fair. Gabby's hitting three h four, so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still team let him swing the bat. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>by far the most reliable hitter on this team in

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<v Speaker 1>recent days. But agree to disagree once again, Jack, in

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<v Speaker 1>this case, it didn't wind up proving consequential. As I said,

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<v Speaker 1>Max Kepler with the big swing there, and it is

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<v Speaker 1>just hard to overstate how big this win was for

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<v Speaker 1>this team. I mean, the swing and vibes jack between

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<v Speaker 1>the Dbacks losing this game and winning feels enormous, which

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<v Speaker 1>I know is always the case in a rubber match,

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<v Speaker 1>but given the opponent that this was against the Saint

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<v Speaker 1>Louis Cardinals, the Diamondbacks clinch the season series with this

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<v Speaker 1>win against Saint Louis, which feels really significant. And I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>given the mistakes that they made in that game on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday and how winnable that felt, I guess you could

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<v Speaker 1>get greedy now and be like, Dback should have swept

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<v Speaker 1>this series. There's certainly a case be made there, but

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<v Speaker 1>coming away with two out of three and doing it

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<v Speaker 1>in such heroic fashion on Sunday just a huge lift

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<v Speaker 1>for this team as we continue the march toward the

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<v Speaker 1>trade deadline.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, it's you can't justifiably say they should

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<v Speaker 2>have had a sweep. I mean, you know, you can

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<v Speaker 2>even say they were lucky to be in Friday night's

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<v Speaker 2>game in the first place. So and you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>come back from seven to nothing and win eight to seven.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's the ultimate we for those who participate

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<v Speaker 2>in Sarah Lang's fantastic tweets. So you know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to get greedy and say they should have had

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<v Speaker 2>a sweep. I'm just gonna take this and say thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much and enjoy the moment like I did,

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<v Speaker 2>and as I opened, I mean, that's the that's the

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<v Speaker 2>key here is you know, this is entertainment and that

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<v Speaker 2>was fun. That was just a lot of fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need to dwell on e Rod has obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dbacs won the game, and e Rod has been

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<v Speaker 1>by far the team's best starting pitcher this season. Even

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<v Speaker 1>after this start, he still has a two point six

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<v Speaker 1>to two ERA. But I think you and I landed

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<v Speaker 1>in a similar place, Jack, where the location of the

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<v Speaker 1>pitches maybe it wasn't what he would have wanted, but

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<v Speaker 1>it also wasn't terrible. It felt like the Cardinals. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>there were a couple of changeups that were below the

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<v Speaker 1>zone in pretty good spots that somehow Saint Louis managed

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<v Speaker 1>to hit anyway. And it wasn't like all of those

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<v Speaker 1>hits in that disastrous third inning were necessarily hard hit.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet somehow Saint Louis strings together six hits in

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<v Speaker 1>a walk in that inning, and that's when this game

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<v Speaker 1>really got out of hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that triple, I mean, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>he could have even gotten there to cut it off.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, the ball that Ryan Walts would doe for,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he didn't even glove didn't even get there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I kind of felt like Kepler was a little

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<v Speaker 2>slow getting to the spot there too of being able

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<v Speaker 2>to cut It's hard to tell because I was watching

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<v Speaker 2>on TV. I wasn't at the ballpark, but I watched

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<v Speaker 2>on the replay as well, and it just seemed like

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<v Speaker 2>the angles that both of them took were like a

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<v Speaker 2>little too sharp. Neither one of them took the proper

0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.720
<v Speaker 2>angle to cut off the ball, so that that probably

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't have been a triple. In my mind, I think

0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.000
<v Speaker 2>if between it, if they both took the cutoff angle

0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.880
<v Speaker 2>instead of to try to make the play angle, they

0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:25.880
<v Speaker 2>might have been able to hold that to a double. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe would have made that big a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, like you said, I you know, I even

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<v Speaker 2>texted Jesse some of the location charts from game day,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, one pitch was middle middle, but the

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<v Speaker 2>rest were either below the zone or on the edge

0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.320
<v Speaker 2>of the black you know. Of course, he did have

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<v Speaker 2>a four pitch walk to start things off, and the

0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.559
<v Speaker 2>daughter himself said that he was not happy with his location.

0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:52.000
<v Speaker 2>He said, hey, I made location mistakes today. The one

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<v Speaker 2>thing that did kind of bum me out was I

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<v Speaker 2>see him seeing him get booed off the mound, and look,

0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:02.120
<v Speaker 2>fans pay for their ticket, and you know, they know

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<v Speaker 2>how important the game is, or maybe they don't. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. You know, it depends on who's at the ballgame.

0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:11.839
<v Speaker 2>But Edwaro has carried the pitching staff this year, and

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<v Speaker 2>this was literally his only really bad start all year long.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he had three other outings where he gave

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<v Speaker 2>up four runs, but he went either five or six

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<v Speaker 2>innings in all of three of those outings. And this

0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.080
<v Speaker 2>is the only time he's given up five runs all

0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:29.080
<v Speaker 2>year long. And I just felt like the guy deserved

0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.440
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more grace than that. But I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>If there are those out there that feel like it's

0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.680
<v Speaker 2>their right to boo, they paid for their ticket, they

0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:38.840
<v Speaker 2>can boo. I don't think it helps the players any

0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.160
<v Speaker 2>doesn't make them feel any better, it doesn't make them

0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.400
<v Speaker 2>perform any better. I'm sure of that. Booing a player

0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:49.560
<v Speaker 2>does not make them play better, you know, but you

0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.440
<v Speaker 2>know it does allow the paying fan to exercise their

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<v Speaker 2>right to express displeasure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, which fans, as you said, do have the

0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.080
<v Speaker 1>right to do. But I'm very much with you there.

0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.360
<v Speaker 1>You rod still has a two point six two ERA,

0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.320
<v Speaker 1>which feels like it's you know, one hundred and ten

0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.640
<v Speaker 1>percentile of what you would have expected coming into this season.

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<v Speaker 1>So huge win here for this Diamondbacks team. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>their position in the standings improved over the weekend, and

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<v Speaker 1>when we come back from this break, we'll take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at that. We'll talk through some injury updates. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a significant update that came out of this

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<v Speaker 1>game that we'll get to, So don't go anywhere. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>be right back here on Snake's territory. Well, certainly the

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<v Speaker 1>vibes surrounding this Arizona Diamondbacks team have improved since our

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<v Speaker 1>we get to some of the negatives with the injury

0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.000
<v Speaker 1>updates and so forth, I do want to look at

0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.920
<v Speaker 1>the standings here, Jack, because this was a big weekend

0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.639
<v Speaker 1>for the Arizona Diamondbacks when it came to the wild

0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.920
<v Speaker 1>card race. The Miami Marlins continue to struggle. They have

0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:44.200
<v Speaker 1>now lost six consecutive games, and of course Dbacks taking

0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:46.960
<v Speaker 1>two out of three against Saint Louis helps as well,

0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.960
<v Speaker 1>and Jack, they now sit just half a game behind

0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:55.160
<v Speaker 1>that third wild card spot. Granted, there are still three

0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:59.040
<v Speaker 1>teams ahead of them. The Cardinals, Marlins and Pirates are

0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.520
<v Speaker 1>all effectively tied for that third wild card spot as

0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:06.000
<v Speaker 1>of right now. But we don't have our little buy

0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:10.920
<v Speaker 1>sell O meter graphic for this show. But if Mike

0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.080
<v Speaker 1>Hazen had to make this call tomorrow, I think it's

0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:16.520
<v Speaker 1>pretty safe to say that Diamondbacks are buyers at the

0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:17.760
<v Speaker 1>trade deadline.

0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, it was already in the by section.

0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:22.800
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't think we need to flat line

0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.119
<v Speaker 2>it to be like super aggressive buy. Yeah, we're not

0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.920
<v Speaker 2>there yet, for sure. Mike's not there yet. For sure

0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:34.280
<v Speaker 2>I should say I'm not the GM.

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<v Speaker 1>What you think is what matters most.

0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.520
<v Speaker 2>So I mean, I guess the point is is that, yes,

0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.640
<v Speaker 2>winning two out of three from the Cardinals was very

0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:47.080
<v Speaker 2>important and moves the ball forward. Certainly doesn't push them

0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:51.640
<v Speaker 2>back towards sell or not do anything. But there's still

0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:56.040
<v Speaker 2>time left here to move this thing in either direction, right,

0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:58.679
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Okay, you've got three against the A's, you

0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.320
<v Speaker 2>have a certain expectation. You've got to go play the

0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.480
<v Speaker 2>Cardinals again on Thursday, and then you know you're going

0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:06.760
<v Speaker 2>to be playing the Nationals and you're going to be

0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:12.240
<v Speaker 2>playing the Pirates on the road, so you know before

0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:14.679
<v Speaker 2>you come back home. So I think that you know,

0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.960
<v Speaker 2>we're not going to really really know where they're at

0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:23.760
<v Speaker 2>until they actually go and play the Pirates and the

0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:27.359
<v Speaker 2>Nationals and finish off those because the Nationals are only

0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.040
<v Speaker 2>a game and a half back in the d Backs.

0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:32.480
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, they're right there and most people

0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.240
<v Speaker 2>expect them to fall off, but they haven't. Yeah, they

0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.920
<v Speaker 2>haven't fallen back. And of course the Pirates, I mean,

0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:41.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, they're they're ahead of the d Backs by

0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.960
<v Speaker 2>half a game, I think. Right, So, you know, at

0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.440
<v Speaker 2>this point, I don't think you can count those chickens

0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:50.679
<v Speaker 2>by any means and say, oh, he's definitely a buyer.

0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.679
<v Speaker 2>I still need to see more before I'm convinced that

0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:56.680
<v Speaker 2>that's what he's going to do. And also, there still

0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:01.520
<v Speaker 2>aren't enough teams selling to be a s buyer, right,

0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:04.880
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's that's the whole thing. Part other part

0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:08.520
<v Speaker 2>of this dynamic. There's still only seven teams that you

0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:12.720
<v Speaker 2>can easily identify, maybe eight if you squint a little bit,

0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.280
<v Speaker 2>that you could say, okay, those teams should be selling.

0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.200
<v Speaker 2>And of those, some of them actually don't have good

0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:22.159
<v Speaker 2>pieces to sell. It's like overpriced veterans and you know,

0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:26.600
<v Speaker 2>underperforming guys on expiring contracts, et cetera, et cetera. So

0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.439
<v Speaker 2>it's not a great buyer's market. I still think that

0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:32.320
<v Speaker 2>it's just as likely that we just see teams that

0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:37.480
<v Speaker 2>are both in contention trading you know, strength for strength

0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:43.840
<v Speaker 2>right or filling gaps and just seeing where they match up. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it'll be fascinating to see how that materializes the

0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:51.200
<v Speaker 1>next couple of weeks, whether there are enough buyers or

0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:54.400
<v Speaker 1>enough sellers to actually make for an interesting trade deadline.

0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:58.159
<v Speaker 1>One thing I will say about this series and the

0:20:58.200 --> 0:21:00.920
<v Speaker 1>games the Diamondbacks have played against St. Louis this year,

0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:03.760
<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals don't look like that grade of a team

0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:06.840
<v Speaker 1>to me. And I know we're talking about six games

0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:08.760
<v Speaker 1>the d Backs have played against them, and that's a

0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:11.520
<v Speaker 1>very small sample size, but just getting to know this

0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.160
<v Speaker 1>Cardinals roster a little bit, it feels like the bullpen

0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.800
<v Speaker 1>is quite shaky. I think they would be in position

0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:20.360
<v Speaker 1>to have to make substantial upgrades in that regard, and

0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:23.639
<v Speaker 1>their rotation has a number of guys with dcent eras,

0:21:24.160 --> 0:21:26.680
<v Speaker 1>but you look at some of the underlying stuff and

0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:29.359
<v Speaker 1>it's not great. And you know, I think they have

0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:33.119
<v Speaker 1>some really solid position players like JJ Weatherholtz and Jordan

0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.760
<v Speaker 1>Walker have both been awesome. But I think just seeing

0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:40.560
<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals up close these these past few weeks and

0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:43.000
<v Speaker 1>in these games the d Backs have played, it's been like, Yeah,

0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:45.680
<v Speaker 1>this is a team that d Backs absolutely can hang with.

0:21:46.000 --> 0:21:50.040
<v Speaker 1>I might take their roster over Saint Louis's. And you

0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:52.400
<v Speaker 1>think about the Marlins and them kind of falling back

0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:55.439
<v Speaker 1>down to earth, and you know, the Nationals playoff odds

0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:59.240
<v Speaker 1>are actually very low because you know, fan grafts, projection

0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:03.840
<v Speaker 1>systems don't view them favorably moving forward. So you know,

0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:07.960
<v Speaker 1>I just observing the landscape right now, it feels like

0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:10.400
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks as flawed as they are. And I don't

0:22:10.440 --> 0:22:12.119
<v Speaker 1>want to make it sound like they're not flawed in

0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.520
<v Speaker 1>some of the same ways that the Gardinals are, but

0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:17.359
<v Speaker 1>they're right in this thing. I don't think this is

0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:20.280
<v Speaker 1>a situation where in the National League the level of

0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:22.800
<v Speaker 1>competition is so high that it's like, yeah, no, the

0:22:22.880 --> 0:22:25.520
<v Speaker 1>d Backs that they don't belong in the same category

0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:27.320
<v Speaker 1>as these teams. I think they absolutely do.

0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:31.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, their playoff odds went up to twenty seven point

0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:36.640
<v Speaker 2>four percent on fangrass today. There's another website, Deserve to Win,

0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.560
<v Speaker 2>has an an interesting way to put together. Their odds

0:22:40.600 --> 0:22:44.040
<v Speaker 2>are at twenty five percent, and I gather that Baseball

0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:46.520
<v Speaker 2>Reference is going to be in that range tomorrow as well,

0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:48.440
<v Speaker 2>So I mean that's kind of where they're at, twenty

0:22:48.440 --> 0:22:53.120
<v Speaker 2>five twenty seven percent chance. You know, the Pirates are

0:22:53.440 --> 0:22:56.399
<v Speaker 2>an interesting team. I mean, you know, whether or not

0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.400
<v Speaker 2>they play up to and win as many games as

0:22:59.440 --> 0:23:02.480
<v Speaker 2>they should be winning on paper is another big question

0:23:02.600 --> 0:23:05.800
<v Speaker 2>mark there, ironically with the Pirates is you know, their

0:23:05.920 --> 0:23:08.720
<v Speaker 2>offense has been the strength of their team and their

0:23:08.800 --> 0:23:11.880
<v Speaker 2>pitching hasn't been as good as expected. So well, that's

0:23:11.920 --> 0:23:14.360
<v Speaker 2>an interesting development too, and you know, we'll see how

0:23:14.400 --> 0:23:16.200
<v Speaker 2>it goes when we play them head to head.

0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:21.560
<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately, as great as these past couple of days have

0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:24.040
<v Speaker 1>been for the Diamondbacks, there also have been quite a

0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.560
<v Speaker 1>few injury updates that we've gotten in the process. Some

0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:30.920
<v Speaker 1>of them are positive, but one that is certainly not positive, Jack,

0:23:31.160 --> 0:23:34.679
<v Speaker 1>is that Corbyn Carroll left Sunday's game early with what

0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:39.000
<v Speaker 1>has been called a hyper extended right elbow. He looked

0:23:39.119 --> 0:23:41.960
<v Speaker 1>very uncomfortable on a swing in the bottom of the

0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:45.680
<v Speaker 1>seventh inning and his next at bat he was replaced

0:23:45.680 --> 0:23:49.159
<v Speaker 1>by Jorge Barossa. As of right now, he's being called

0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:52.159
<v Speaker 1>day to day. It sounds like there's a chance he

0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:55.919
<v Speaker 1>could be in the lineup tomorrow against the A's. I

0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:58.560
<v Speaker 1>don't know if that's super likely, but they haven't ruled

0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:02.120
<v Speaker 1>that out. So not a full on disaster here, Jack,

0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:05.360
<v Speaker 1>but not good news either, especially as Corbyn has had

0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:08.160
<v Speaker 1>some better swings here in recent days.

0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:11.240
<v Speaker 2>Well. He also said though that he felt this before,

0:24:11.880 --> 0:24:14.359
<v Speaker 2>but it didn't it went away right away, and this

0:24:14.520 --> 0:24:18.960
<v Speaker 2>time it lingered. Yeah, so you know that doesn't sound

0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:21.240
<v Speaker 2>right to me. I mean, I don't know why they

0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:24.119
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't err on the side of caution here. Look, the

0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:28.160
<v Speaker 2>guy's phenomenal athlete, he's you know, very tough. He's played

0:24:28.160 --> 0:24:32.200
<v Speaker 2>through so much. They're not planning on getting him any imaging.

0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:37.080
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I for my money, I just give

0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:39.640
<v Speaker 2>him the day off, Just get him in the tunnel

0:24:40.760 --> 0:24:43.840
<v Speaker 2>and double check it, make sure it's okay, make sure

0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:46.439
<v Speaker 2>there's no damage done there, give him, give him a

0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:50.359
<v Speaker 2>game off, and then come back on Tuesday. That's the

0:24:50.400 --> 0:24:52.760
<v Speaker 2>way I would play it. But I don't run things.

0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.720
<v Speaker 1>We'll see what they do. We know that Corbyn is

0:24:56.760 --> 0:24:58.400
<v Speaker 1>the type of guy who wants to be in there

0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.400
<v Speaker 1>as much as he can, and he is not unwilling

0:25:01.520 --> 0:25:04.480
<v Speaker 1>to play through discomfort. It feels like he's been doing

0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:06.800
<v Speaker 1>that for pretty much the entire season at this point,

0:25:06.920 --> 0:25:10.239
<v Speaker 1>so be interesting to see how the Diamondbacks handle that.

0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:15.960
<v Speaker 2>We also got working out very well lately, is it No?

0:25:17.080 --> 0:25:18.719
<v Speaker 2>I mean yes, he hit the home run off the

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.040
<v Speaker 2>foul pole in Game two of the series, and he

0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:23.119
<v Speaker 2>hit a double off the center field ball today and

0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:25.600
<v Speaker 2>I get it, like, you know, he's still Corbyn Carrol,

0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:28.919
<v Speaker 2>but you know, he's had a really rough time and

0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:33.920
<v Speaker 2>certainly injury and discomfort has probably been an issue all

0:25:33.960 --> 0:25:36.520
<v Speaker 2>along underlying and they just don't like to talk about it.

0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:41.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that is very fair. Other injury updates,

0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:43.840
<v Speaker 1>we got Jordan Lawler, who has been dealing with that

0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:48.080
<v Speaker 1>hamstring injury, the forty seventh hamstring injury he's had over

0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:49.639
<v Speaker 1>the past few years. At least that's kind of what

0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:53.200
<v Speaker 1>it feels like. But Lawler is still in the process

0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:56.359
<v Speaker 1>of working his way back. A recent MRI showed that

0:25:56.400 --> 0:26:01.119
<v Speaker 1>there's still some signs of that injury, a signal in

0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:04.359
<v Speaker 1>theres with Tory Leavello. How Tory Levello described it, he

0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:08.840
<v Speaker 1>did take live batting practice against Justin Martinez actually, so

0:26:08.920 --> 0:26:11.560
<v Speaker 1>that was good to see. He's taking steps in the

0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:15.520
<v Speaker 1>right direction, but still not fully cleared for base running,

0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:19.399
<v Speaker 1>and I don't know, Jack, We'll see how long it

0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:21.640
<v Speaker 1>takes for that to happen. It's kind of unpredictable.

0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, he's probably in a situation where he's

0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:31.280
<v Speaker 2>not allowed to do full running. So I think that

0:26:31.320 --> 0:26:34.160
<v Speaker 2>it's at least two to three weeks that we're still

0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:37.560
<v Speaker 2>looking at with him. I mean, it's definitely you know,

0:26:37.800 --> 0:26:42.800
<v Speaker 2>Tory said, we're looking at the calendar flipping, So I mean, figure,

0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, first week of August is your best case

0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 2>scenario for Jordan Lawler to return. So anybody wondering about

0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:51.280
<v Speaker 2>the outfield and what to do with this guy or

0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:54.280
<v Speaker 2>that guy, you don't really need to consider Jordan for

0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:55.200
<v Speaker 2>at least two weeks.

0:26:56.880 --> 0:27:00.719
<v Speaker 1>Good injury update on Ryan Nelson. He is going to

0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:03.760
<v Speaker 1>start a throwing program in the coming days. He had

0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:08.840
<v Speaker 1>a good MRI on Friday, and so yeah, he is

0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:12.640
<v Speaker 1>starting the road back to the big leagues. There's sort

0:27:12.680 --> 0:27:16.560
<v Speaker 1>of this lingering question over his role when he returns.

0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:19.359
<v Speaker 1>Would the Diamondbacks use him as a reliever instead of

0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:21.880
<v Speaker 1>a starter in order to get him back a little

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.840
<v Speaker 1>bit sooner. Certainly the build up would be a longer

0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.679
<v Speaker 1>process if he's trying to get out to five innings,

0:27:27.680 --> 0:27:30.720
<v Speaker 1>eighty five pitches or whatever. So we don't have any

0:27:30.760 --> 0:27:34.639
<v Speaker 1>answers on that right now, but that'll be interesting to

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:38.560
<v Speaker 1>monitor their what their plan is there. Aj Puck some

0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:41.080
<v Speaker 1>not great injury news with him. He is getting a

0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:45.280
<v Speaker 1>second opinion on his shoulder injury from doctor Neil Latrash,

0:27:45.760 --> 0:27:49.800
<v Speaker 1>and of course Zach Gallon also going to visit doctor

0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:53.399
<v Speaker 1>Ela Trash on Monday. So the dbacs are keeping him

0:27:53.400 --> 0:27:55.720
<v Speaker 1>busy right now, which is never a position you want

0:27:55.720 --> 0:27:58.680
<v Speaker 1>to be in. Just sticking on Puck for a second, Jack,

0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:02.000
<v Speaker 1>I think it's fair to say his Diamondbacks career has

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.160
<v Speaker 1>probably run its course at this point.

0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:07.199
<v Speaker 2>I would say that's most likely the case. Yeah, I

0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:10.280
<v Speaker 2>don't see him, you know, getting cleared to throw and

0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:12.080
<v Speaker 2>be able to come back and do anything and help

0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:12.800
<v Speaker 2>the team this year.

0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:17.320
<v Speaker 1>Last one we have here is Lordus Guriel Junior. He

0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:21.080
<v Speaker 1>was actually placed on the injure list since our last episode.

0:28:21.080 --> 0:28:24.760
<v Speaker 1>This happened on Saturday. It is a strained right adductor.

0:28:25.359 --> 0:28:29.160
<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks recalled Adrian delca Stio from Triple A Reno

0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:33.160
<v Speaker 1>in a corresponding move. Delca Steo went on to actually

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:36.119
<v Speaker 1>have a really productive game on Sunday. He was a

0:28:36.119 --> 0:28:39.720
<v Speaker 1>big part of the Diamondbacks making this comeback. So you

0:28:39.760 --> 0:28:42.880
<v Speaker 1>and I had talked about Lordis for a while, Jack

0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:45.840
<v Speaker 1>and him just really needing to turn things around. I

0:28:45.880 --> 0:28:50.240
<v Speaker 1>guess this injury maybe contributed to that in some ways.

0:28:51.040 --> 0:28:53.360
<v Speaker 1>But it doesn't sound like Lordis is going to be

0:28:53.400 --> 0:28:54.560
<v Speaker 1>down for too long either.

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:57.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he heard it on a I think on a

0:28:57.240 --> 0:28:59.800
<v Speaker 2>swing he felt something tweak, something that's actually kind of

0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:03.440
<v Speaker 2>like in his thigh, in his inner thigh there. So

0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, the the reason he was struggling was not

0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:12.120
<v Speaker 2>this particular injury, but Tory felt very confident that it

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 2>was going to be the shortest and possible wherever we

0:29:14.640 --> 0:29:18.320
<v Speaker 2>heard that before. But take your time, Lordis.

0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:24.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's fair, And I mean, regardless of Lordis's Lordis's

0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:27.320
<v Speaker 1>performance on the field, which obviously hasn't been great. The

0:29:27.720 --> 0:29:30.800
<v Speaker 1>d Backs have so we've discussed, they've they've rushed some

0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:32.640
<v Speaker 1>guys back, or at least that's what it's felt like

0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:35.640
<v Speaker 1>at times, and definitely seems like that wouldn't be a

0:29:35.680 --> 0:29:38.760
<v Speaker 1>situation where you'd want to do that. So lots of

0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:41.800
<v Speaker 1>injury updates there. Again, not all of them terrible, there's

0:29:41.800 --> 0:29:45.120
<v Speaker 1>some good news in there. We'll be sure to keep

0:29:45.160 --> 0:29:47.800
<v Speaker 1>you updated on all of those. As always, we've got

0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:50.520
<v Speaker 1>more to get to in this episode. A few final notes.

0:29:50.560 --> 0:29:53.480
<v Speaker 1>We're going to look ahead at this A's series that

0:29:53.520 --> 0:29:56.520
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks have coming up, but first it is time

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<v Speaker 1>honest and say they're they're pitching is it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well we're going to talk about that in a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit, but they are. The Dbacs are facing a

0:30:46.000 --> 0:30:49.600
<v Speaker 2>couple lefties in this series, so they've done well against

0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:53.240
<v Speaker 2>left handed pitching. I like Nolan Aaron Otto to continue

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<v Speaker 2>to use his power stroke and damage do some damage

0:30:56.880 --> 0:30:59.440
<v Speaker 2>on lefties. Would love to see his two thousand, two

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go with Nolan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be a little bold here and say that

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0:31:11.080 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 1>We saw Locklear get his his first action on in

0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:19.640
<v Speaker 1>this Sunday game, and yeah, he certainly was hot in

0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:23.400
<v Speaker 1>triple A Reno. Maybe he's able to continue that against

0:31:23.400 --> 0:31:27.920
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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks have, of course, another very big series coming up here.

0:32:43.240 --> 0:32:45.880
<v Speaker 1>Every game is big, even if it isn't against one

0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:50.000
<v Speaker 1>of these direct wildcard opponents. The A's are coming to town.

0:32:50.320 --> 0:32:53.360
<v Speaker 1>The A's come in forty two and fifty seven. They

0:32:53.360 --> 0:32:56.280
<v Speaker 1>are not a good baseball team. We'll start here with

0:32:56.320 --> 0:32:59.560
<v Speaker 1>the pitching matchups for this series. As you mentioned, couple

0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:02.960
<v Speaker 1>of lefty here. Jeffrey Springs will go on Monday against

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:06.320
<v Speaker 1>Mitch Bratt for the Diamondbacks. Tuesday is going to be

0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:10.520
<v Speaker 1>right hander Jack Perkins, for the A's against a pitcher

0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:13.320
<v Speaker 1>that we do not know TBD for the d Backs.

0:33:13.360 --> 0:33:16.680
<v Speaker 1>Our best guest there is Cole Drake being called up

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:20.120
<v Speaker 1>from Triple A. Jose Cabrera not an option there, it

0:33:20.160 --> 0:33:24.040
<v Speaker 1>would be too early to recall him back from the miners.

0:33:24.280 --> 0:33:27.040
<v Speaker 1>And then the finale of the series is gauge Jump

0:33:27.200 --> 0:33:30.840
<v Speaker 1>for the A's another lefty against right hand ram Mary

0:33:31.000 --> 0:33:34.280
<v Speaker 1>Kelly for the Diamondbacks. So Jack, what stands out to

0:33:34.360 --> 0:33:36.120
<v Speaker 1>you heading into this series?

0:33:36.800 --> 0:33:40.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, remember that the A's playing in Sacramento, I mean

0:33:40.480 --> 0:33:44.840
<v Speaker 2>basically are the Colorado Rockies of the American League. The

0:33:44.960 --> 0:33:47.800
<v Speaker 2>park factor in Sacramento this year single U park factor

0:33:47.840 --> 0:33:51.520
<v Speaker 2>is one hundred and twenty, meaning it's that park is

0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:55.280
<v Speaker 2>their home park is inflating offense by a whopping twenty

0:33:55.320 --> 0:34:00.280
<v Speaker 2>percent in twenty twenty six. And what that's translated into

0:34:00.000 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 2>who is tremendous home and road splits. For example, their

0:34:03.840 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 2>offense hits eight ten ops at home and six forty

0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:12.399
<v Speaker 2>four and on the road likewise, their era is six

0:34:12.440 --> 0:34:16.960
<v Speaker 2>point five seven at home four point seven on the

0:34:17.040 --> 0:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>road I mean two and a half runs difference better

0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:24.120
<v Speaker 2>on the road and like so, for example, if you

0:34:24.160 --> 0:34:28.080
<v Speaker 2>go back to the matchups chart. If you look at

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.680
<v Speaker 2>Jeffrey Springs, it's six point oh a d r A,

0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:34.480
<v Speaker 2>but on the road it's a little bit more respectable.

0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 2>Five point nine Perkins is about a run lower, almost

0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:41.280
<v Speaker 2>a run lower at six point eight on the road.

0:34:41.719 --> 0:34:46.480
<v Speaker 2>Engage jump is zero point seventy five ERA in four

0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:49.760
<v Speaker 2>starts on the road, So a little bit better pitching

0:34:49.840 --> 0:34:51.799
<v Speaker 2>on the road from those guys. Not quite as bad

0:34:51.840 --> 0:34:55.440
<v Speaker 2>as those surface numbers look. But on the other hand,

0:34:55.640 --> 0:34:59.120
<v Speaker 2>the A's are without their best player, Nick Kurtz, so

0:34:59.160 --> 0:35:02.840
<v Speaker 2>that's going to help the Diamondbacks pitching staff perhaps control

0:35:03.239 --> 0:35:07.000
<v Speaker 2>the A's offense a little bit. Mitch Bratt is probably

0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:10.360
<v Speaker 2>speaking to him on a seventy pitch limit, maybe he

0:35:10.400 --> 0:35:13.160
<v Speaker 2>could go up to eighty, he said, so I wouldn't

0:35:13.160 --> 0:35:16.680
<v Speaker 2>really count much length there. And that's gonna be a

0:35:16.680 --> 0:35:19.200
<v Speaker 2>tough situation because the Tbecs had to use their bullpen

0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:23.160
<v Speaker 2>a lot this weekend, and as a matter of fact,

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:26.359
<v Speaker 2>they're making a roster move. Wam Burgos is coming up,

0:35:26.400 --> 0:35:30.000
<v Speaker 2>Philip Abner's going down. It's just to kind of fill

0:35:30.000 --> 0:35:33.719
<v Speaker 2>a gap there and give them another arm. But you

0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:35.560
<v Speaker 2>know they're going to need at least five innings from

0:35:35.560 --> 0:35:38.759
<v Speaker 2>Bratt in this game, I think to be able to

0:35:38.800 --> 0:35:41.879
<v Speaker 2>reasonably manage their bullpen. They're in this. You know, they're

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:45.799
<v Speaker 2>three games into a thirteen straight game stretch without any

0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:49.399
<v Speaker 2>days off. Cole Drake is, like we said, is likely

0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:54.640
<v Speaker 2>to start. He hasn't pitched since July ninth, I believe, yeah,

0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:58.560
<v Speaker 2>So you know, maybe he threw some kind of you know,

0:35:58.640 --> 0:36:03.239
<v Speaker 2>sim game or something in tween to get keep stretched out.

0:36:03.880 --> 0:36:06.879
<v Speaker 2>And then of course you know you have Merrill come

0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 2>bringing up the rear there on Wednesday, going against Gage Jump,

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 2>who's a very good pitcher, you know, so that Meryl's

0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:16.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna have to be on this game that day, day game,

0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:19.040
<v Speaker 2>getaway game against a good pitcher. I really would like

0:36:19.080 --> 0:36:21.640
<v Speaker 2>to see Meryll have one of his better games.

0:36:23.560 --> 0:36:27.239
<v Speaker 1>The A's have been in that kind of scary territory

0:36:27.680 --> 0:36:31.480
<v Speaker 1>in recent days where they've lost so many games that

0:36:31.520 --> 0:36:35.000
<v Speaker 1>you're like, oh, man, like this this is the trap series,

0:36:35.120 --> 0:36:38.000
<v Speaker 1>right The people always talk about the A's. In July,

0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:41.480
<v Speaker 1>they won their first game of the month against the Dodgers.

0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:44.120
<v Speaker 1>They beat the Dodgers seven to one, and then they

0:36:44.200 --> 0:36:48.239
<v Speaker 1>proceeded to lose their next ten games. I guess nine

0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:50.239
<v Speaker 1>games going into the All Star Break, and then they

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:52.480
<v Speaker 1>lost their first game out of the break twenty three

0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:56.200
<v Speaker 1>to four to the Nationals, and then the next day

0:36:56.360 --> 0:37:00.880
<v Speaker 1>they beat the Nationals fifteen to one. Very very bizarre

0:37:00.960 --> 0:37:05.080
<v Speaker 1>series there against against Washington. I guess that goes back

0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:07.840
<v Speaker 1>to what we were saying earlier about that outrageous ballpark

0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:10.680
<v Speaker 1>that they're playing games in right now, and then they

0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:13.399
<v Speaker 1>lost the finale of that Nats series. They lose two

0:37:13.400 --> 0:37:16.600
<v Speaker 1>out of three there, They've only they've only won two

0:37:16.680 --> 0:37:19.760
<v Speaker 1>games in the month of July, and looking at the roster,

0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:21.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's a good team, but I do

0:37:21.960 --> 0:37:25.120
<v Speaker 1>think there's a little bit more talent there than those

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 1>results would indicate. So the Diamondbacks certainly in a difficult

0:37:29.640 --> 0:37:32.879
<v Speaker 1>position pitching wise. As you said, e Rod only given

0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:35.080
<v Speaker 1>them two and two thirds on Sunday was kind of

0:37:35.080 --> 0:37:39.719
<v Speaker 1>a disaster from a bullpen management standpoint. So you know,

0:37:39.760 --> 0:37:42.640
<v Speaker 1>you hope Mitch Bratton, Cole Drake, or whoever it is

0:37:42.680 --> 0:37:45.440
<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday can give the give the d back some

0:37:45.520 --> 0:37:46.000
<v Speaker 1>length there.

0:37:47.080 --> 0:37:51.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, some people might be wondering about Herodo Carreo Carrio.

0:37:53.200 --> 0:37:56.320
<v Speaker 2>It looks like his addition to the forty man roster

0:37:57.120 --> 0:38:00.520
<v Speaker 2>was a upward mobility move where there was a clause

0:38:00.560 --> 0:38:03.239
<v Speaker 2>in his contract where he needed to be added to

0:38:03.280 --> 0:38:05.560
<v Speaker 2>the forty man roster by a certain date, so he

0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:07.759
<v Speaker 2>was added to the forty man roster, was added to

0:38:07.760 --> 0:38:11.080
<v Speaker 2>the roster, and then optioned to Triple A Reno. So,

0:38:11.160 --> 0:38:13.279
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I can't say for sure that it won't

0:38:13.320 --> 0:38:15.439
<v Speaker 2>be him that gets to start, but I don't think so.

0:38:15.680 --> 0:38:17.880
<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to be Drake, but we'll see.

0:38:18.400 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 2>We just don't have any indication.

0:38:21.400 --> 0:38:23.960
<v Speaker 1>Before we get out of here, Jack, I do want

0:38:24.000 --> 0:38:26.959
<v Speaker 1>to touch on one Diamondbacks player who made a big

0:38:27.000 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 1>contribution in this Cardinal series, and that is Brandon Fought.

0:38:32.040 --> 0:38:34.239
<v Speaker 1>We don't need to dwell on the Saturday game here.

0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:36.279
<v Speaker 1>I know it's sort of old news, but the Diamondbacks

0:38:36.320 --> 0:38:39.080
<v Speaker 1>won this game five to three and fought very much

0:38:39.080 --> 0:38:41.520
<v Speaker 1>set the tone for this one five in the third innings,

0:38:41.840 --> 0:38:45.120
<v Speaker 1>six hits, two runs, no walks, three strikeouts. He got

0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:47.920
<v Speaker 1>his pitch count up to eighty seven, which is the

0:38:47.960 --> 0:38:50.840
<v Speaker 1>first time we've seen him touch the eighties since returning

0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:54.960
<v Speaker 1>from Triple A Reno. So the pitch count is getting

0:38:54.960 --> 0:38:57.680
<v Speaker 1>built back up to a more normal place, and his

0:38:57.800 --> 0:39:01.480
<v Speaker 1>numbers since coming back from Reno stellar across the board,

0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 1>four to oh. D Backs have won all four of

0:39:03.640 --> 0:39:06.200
<v Speaker 1>his starts twenty one innings, a two to one four ERA,

0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:09.040
<v Speaker 1>a point nine to five whip. He's not missing a

0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:12.279
<v Speaker 1>ton of bats jack with thirteen strikeouts, but he's also

0:39:12.360 --> 0:39:16.560
<v Speaker 1>only walked one guy. And that's Brandon Fought at his best,

0:39:16.719 --> 0:39:19.440
<v Speaker 1>where he just his command is excellent and he just

0:39:19.600 --> 0:39:23.880
<v Speaker 1>kind of attacks hitters and doesn't walk anyone. And that's

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:27.000
<v Speaker 1>the version of him that we've seen since him coming

0:39:27.040 --> 0:39:27.440
<v Speaker 1>back up.

0:39:28.640 --> 0:39:33.839
<v Speaker 2>And just as importantly, he's limiting the damage against left

0:39:33.840 --> 0:39:37.960
<v Speaker 2>handed batters something pristine. You know, some of the damage

0:39:38.000 --> 0:39:40.320
<v Speaker 2>that he has given up basically has all been to lefties.

0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:44.360
<v Speaker 2>But the ops against is only six eighty three, you know,

0:39:44.400 --> 0:39:46.239
<v Speaker 2>and if you look at some of his numbers and

0:39:46.400 --> 0:39:49.359
<v Speaker 2>previous portions of his career, so you know, a couple

0:39:49.440 --> 0:39:52.600
<v Speaker 2>hundred points higher than that. Frequently against left handed pitching,

0:39:53.360 --> 0:39:55.760
<v Speaker 2>he's given up one double, one triple, one homer amongst

0:39:55.840 --> 0:40:00.680
<v Speaker 2>twelve hits. He's faced forty six batters forty six tam batters.

0:40:00.760 --> 0:40:03.799
<v Speaker 2>So you know, he's doing that with some changes in

0:40:03.840 --> 0:40:08.560
<v Speaker 2>his sequencing and also in which pitches he's using a

0:40:08.600 --> 0:40:11.400
<v Speaker 2>little you know, more of the four seam fastball. The

0:40:11.440 --> 0:40:13.480
<v Speaker 2>curve ball has been working for him pretty well as

0:40:13.480 --> 0:40:18.200
<v Speaker 2>well as changeup. He's limiting the sweeper against lefties and

0:40:18.320 --> 0:40:22.000
<v Speaker 2>that approach has really worked. And meanwhile, righties aren't touching him.

0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:25.080
<v Speaker 2>They're hitting one ninety four with a four to ten. Ops.

0:40:25.160 --> 0:40:28.359
<v Speaker 2>It's only four starts, but you know, this is really

0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:31.399
<v Speaker 2>encouraging to see. I mean, Brandon thought able to you know,

0:40:31.840 --> 0:40:36.080
<v Speaker 2>contain the damage against lefties, throw strikes, pitch to contact,

0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:39.239
<v Speaker 2>and be efficient. Yeah, that's that's the random thought that

0:40:39.280 --> 0:40:40.640
<v Speaker 2>we we know and love.

0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:44.359
<v Speaker 1>The last Fought note that I'll bring up here is

0:40:44.440 --> 0:40:47.080
<v Speaker 1>that he's generating a lot more ground balls than he

0:40:47.160 --> 0:40:50.800
<v Speaker 1>has in the past. He has a fifty percent ground

0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:54.800
<v Speaker 1>ball rate over that span of four starts, which is excellent.

0:40:54.840 --> 0:40:57.200
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that would be indicative of, like, you know,

0:40:57.239 --> 0:40:59.920
<v Speaker 1>what we would call a ground ball pitcher. And if

0:40:59.920 --> 0:41:02.520
<v Speaker 1>you think back to Brandon Fought when he first came up,

0:41:03.040 --> 0:41:06.040
<v Speaker 1>he was very much not a ground ball pitcher. And

0:41:06.080 --> 0:41:08.279
<v Speaker 1>that was kind of the concern was like, all right,

0:41:08.320 --> 0:41:11.040
<v Speaker 1>this guy's gonna rack up some strikeouts. He's not gonna

0:41:11.040 --> 0:41:14.239
<v Speaker 1>really walk guys, but he's probably gonna be very home

0:41:14.320 --> 0:41:16.640
<v Speaker 1>run prone because you know, he's throwing a bunch of

0:41:16.760 --> 0:41:19.800
<v Speaker 1>high four seam fastballs and there's a pretty good chance

0:41:19.840 --> 0:41:21.799
<v Speaker 1>that some of those are going to go over the fence.

0:41:21.840 --> 0:41:24.399
<v Speaker 1>Even the sweeper is you know, can be a good

0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:27.719
<v Speaker 1>swing and mispitch, but actually tends to generate quite a

0:41:27.719 --> 0:41:30.400
<v Speaker 1>few fly balls. And it's not just the span of

0:41:30.440 --> 0:41:33.320
<v Speaker 1>four starts. He His ground ball rate for the season

0:41:33.520 --> 0:41:37.240
<v Speaker 1>is fifty point five percent, far and away his highest

0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:39.840
<v Speaker 1>ground ball rate of any season in the big leagues.

0:41:40.520 --> 0:41:42.440
<v Speaker 1>And I think, even though you would love to see

0:41:42.480 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 1>fots start missing more bats, you know, get back to

0:41:45.840 --> 0:41:48.879
<v Speaker 1>having a strikeout rate that's right around league average, maybe

0:41:48.920 --> 0:41:51.600
<v Speaker 1>even a little north of that. We've seen glimpses of

0:41:51.600 --> 0:41:55.319
<v Speaker 1>that version of him, but I think this can kind

0:41:55.320 --> 0:41:59.000
<v Speaker 1>of work. Like, Okay, maybe his strikeout rate is quite

0:41:59.000 --> 0:42:01.359
<v Speaker 1>a bit below the league average, but as long as

0:42:01.400 --> 0:42:04.960
<v Speaker 1>he's not walking anyone and he's generating this much contact

0:42:05.000 --> 0:42:08.359
<v Speaker 1>on the ground, I think this can be sustainable for him.

0:42:09.000 --> 0:42:13.319
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and major shout out to Doug Dreibek and Jeff Badgenaro,

0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:17.600
<v Speaker 2>the pitching coaches in Triple A. I mean, clearly, those

0:42:17.640 --> 0:42:20.160
<v Speaker 2>guys did great work with Brandon, working with him together,

0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:23.200
<v Speaker 2>helping him figure a few things out while he was

0:42:23.239 --> 0:42:26.839
<v Speaker 2>down there. That certainly was a very productive, fruitful time

0:42:26.840 --> 0:42:27.640
<v Speaker 2>for him.

0:42:28.480 --> 0:42:31.960
<v Speaker 1>Really cannot imagine where the Diamondbacks would be if Brandon

0:42:32.000 --> 0:42:34.120
<v Speaker 1>Fought had come back up from the majors or come

0:42:34.200 --> 0:42:36.239
<v Speaker 1>back up from the miners and kind of look like

0:42:36.280 --> 0:42:38.879
<v Speaker 1>the same guy he was earlier in the season. I mean,

0:42:38.880 --> 0:42:40.959
<v Speaker 1>this has come at a perfect time for this team,

0:42:41.040 --> 0:42:45.799
<v Speaker 1>battling lots of rotation depth issues, and Fought has very

0:42:45.880 --> 0:42:49.399
<v Speaker 1>much answered the call up to this point. Well, we are,

0:42:50.520 --> 0:42:53.520
<v Speaker 1>as always, so thankful that all of you have stuck

0:42:53.560 --> 0:42:57.040
<v Speaker 1>around this long and been here with us on this episode.

0:42:57.080 --> 0:42:59.759
<v Speaker 1>As always, you can find us on social media. I

0:42:59.800 --> 0:43:02.120
<v Speaker 1>am Jesse N. Friedman on Twitter. Jack is at sho

0:43:02.160 --> 0:43:05.600
<v Speaker 1>Wizard fifty nine, and our show is at Snake's Territory.

0:43:05.840 --> 0:43:08.480
<v Speaker 1>You can find all of Jack's written work over at

0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:13.399
<v Speaker 1>Arizona Diamondbacks on SI Jack. Any final thoughts here as

0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.719
<v Speaker 1>we head into a new week.

0:43:16.280 --> 0:43:18.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, I just think that the Diamondbacks need to keep

0:43:18.520 --> 0:43:21.640
<v Speaker 2>rolling here. You can't let up. They've got to keep

0:43:21.680 --> 0:43:24.359
<v Speaker 2>the intensity. I hope that there's no letdown. Sometimes there

0:43:24.440 --> 0:43:27.920
<v Speaker 2>is after a game, like like we just saw, they

0:43:27.960 --> 0:43:30.120
<v Speaker 2>got to come out firing first thing Monday. They can't

0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:31.840
<v Speaker 2>put themselves in a hole in this series.

0:43:32.520 --> 0:43:35.400
<v Speaker 1>It's a trap series, right, That's what That's what we

0:43:35.440 --> 0:43:37.919
<v Speaker 1>say about. You know, your facing the team that's lost

0:43:37.920 --> 0:43:39.960
<v Speaker 1>a whole bunch of games recently. We'll see if the

0:43:40.040 --> 0:43:44.040
<v Speaker 1>d Backs can continue this nice run, and we are

0:43:44.080 --> 0:43:47.040
<v Speaker 1>excited to join you along the way. Our next show

0:43:47.200 --> 0:43:50.719
<v Speaker 1>will be on Wednesday. Am I remembering that right, Jack? Yes?

0:43:50.920 --> 0:43:51.279
<v Speaker 1>I think so.

0:43:51.400 --> 0:43:52.600
<v Speaker 2>I believe that is the case.

0:43:52.920 --> 0:43:56.680
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so we will we will theoretically, we think we

0:43:56.719 --> 0:43:58.640
<v Speaker 1>will be back with you on Wednesday. You can, as

0:43:58.680 --> 0:44:01.800
<v Speaker 1>always check out our Twitter account. We try to post

0:44:01.840 --> 0:44:04.080
<v Speaker 1>our schedule there in the early part of the week,

0:44:04.200 --> 0:44:06.680
<v Speaker 1>so be on the lookout for that. But once again,

0:44:06.760 --> 0:44:08.520
<v Speaker 1>thank you to all of you for being here with

0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:11.120
<v Speaker 1>us on this episode. We really appreciate your time and

0:44:11.160 --> 0:44:14.560
<v Speaker 1>we'll be back with another edition of Snakes Territory very

0:44:14.640 --> 0:44:15.080
<v Speaker 1>very soon.