WEBVTT - E-Rod, Tim Tawa Lead D-backs Past Dodgers; Hazen Talks First Base Search 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.240 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.880 of the Foul Territory Network. Be sure to drop alike 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.960 on this video, subscribe to our YouTube channel, maybe leave 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.800 us a five star review wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:24.799 I am Jesse Friedman alongside Jack Summers, back with another 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.080 postgame edition of the show, and Jacket is a happy 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:32.120 episode as the Diamondbacks not only beat the Dodgers in 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:36.320 Los Angeles, but do so in emphatic fashion a final 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.920 score of nine to three. D Backs jump out on 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:42.440 top in the first inning, Jack with a couple of runs, 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.800 something we've seen quite a bit of in recent days. 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.000 The Dbacks have been good at scoring in the first inning, 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.519 and this time they were able to back that up 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.240 and Eduardo Rodriguez was very very good on top of that. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.800 In the past, I've always had a fair on trepidation 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:05.120 when we face a bullpen game. Seems like a lot 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:08.640 of those have been pretty tough, and other teams bullpen 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:10.480 games have been able to shut the d Backs down. 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.360 That was most decidedly not the case tonight, And like 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:17.759 you said, it started early and just kept building through 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.640 all those middle innings and even laid into the game. So, 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.560 you know, just a terrific win for the Diamondbacks and 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.080 you know, good to see the Dodgers struggle the way 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:27.480 they did. 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.920 They were on the struggle bus throughout this game, Jack, 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.559 there was there is a whole lot that went wrong 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:36.480 on the Dodgers side of things, and I think that 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.319 is undeniably a part of the narrative of this game. Like, yes, 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.120 the d Backs did some things really well, the Dodgers 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.880 also goofed up so many times that you felt like 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.520 this game was kind of handed to you. Certainly having 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:52.240 Shoho Tani scratched before this one, turning it into a 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.080 bullpen game. As you said, that was also a big lift. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.280 I mean, anytime that happens, that's that's going to be 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.680 a huge help. But we'll start with the positives, the 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.360 things that Diamondbacks did do well in this game. I 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.280 think if ever a game were to be rightly called 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.480 the Tim Tala Game, I think this would be at Jack. 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.359 He went three for four in this game, a home run, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.680 which was definitely the biggest swing of the night for 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.200 the Diamondbacks. Game was still two to two at that point. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.560 Hits a two run shot to put the d Backs 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.520 out in front four two. They never lost that lead 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:29.160 from from that point forward. So just a huge game 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:33.720 for Tala jack and it felt it felt even more 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.200 significant maybe given that Tawas started the game at first base, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.120 and this obviously comes on the heels of the d 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.440 Backs making a substantial decision there last night. 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.079 King of the court, that's the phrase, right, I mean, 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.360 you know, he put his stamp on this game for sure. 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.799 Jody Jackson was just asking him, you know, do you 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:56.760 feel like tonight you made a statement? And he said, well, 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:58.600 I think it was a really good step forward. He 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.760 acknowledged that, and I think everyone would concur I mean, 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.320 in addition to the home run, he had a couple 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:08.040 of RBI singles, even stole a base. You know, Tim 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.840 Tower's first thirteen games in the major leagues, he had 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:15.080 two doubles, four homers, and at ten seventeen ops with 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.440 nine RBIs. That was his first thirteen games. I think 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.560 a lot of people forget that because subsequently, you know, 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:25.280 he really had a tough time making the adjustment as 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.000 the league started to just give him breaking pitches down 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.160 and a way over and over. You know, he swung 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.480 through those. You know it swung and missed at those, 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.960 and then later just swung through and missed at everything, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.559 even in the middle of the plate, and the strikeouts 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:42.560 just zoomed up. This year he had very sporadic playing time, 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.720 but he went down to Reno and didn't hang his 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.000 head and if anything, did the exact opposite and just 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:52.320 absolutely crushed everything in everyone in his path. Earned a recall, 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.560 and here he is. So look, you know Tim Tower 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.800 had thirty one homers in twenty twenty four. We know 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:00.800 he has power. That home run he hit tonight was 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.520 four hundred and twenty nine feet. That was no cheapie, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.080 So you know more please obviously. I mean, you know, 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:09.680 he's still got a ways to go just to get 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.080 over two hundred. So where he's you know, I think 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.760 he's still like ten points off or whatever. But great 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.240 to see. He's a good kid. You know, he works hard, 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.160 good teammate, He really tries his best to play the 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.760 game the right way, plays good defense, he tries to 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.640 do all the little things. But he's got power, and 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:29.600 you know, so if they can get some power out 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:31.960 of first base, that's going to be a big, big 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.040 change for the Diamondbacks. It's one game hopefully there's more 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:35.400 to come. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.640 Yeah, I mean you you mentioned that Tim Tawa has power, 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.760 and I think it can be easy to forget that 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.359 or to not really buy into that, given that, you know, 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.920 he still has a slugging percentage that starts with a two. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.440 But I think there's legitimacy there. I tweeted this out 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.640 during the game. Tawa's bat speed on that home run 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.039 was eighty five miles an hour, which is a really 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:00.000 big number, kind of number that not every Diamond back 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.599 hitter is capable of reaching. Frankly, I think sixty backs 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.279 hitters have reached that number this season, and the vast 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.560 majority of them are Arectel Marte, which is, you know, 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:15.159 certainly no surprises there. But Taala grades out well above 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.560 average and bat speed. If you look at his Baseball 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:21.000 Savant page, he's at an average of seventy four point 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.920 two and well into the red in that regard. And 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:27.600 I think that's what's made Tahua an interesting player from 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:29.640 the time he came up, is that he has a 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.400 decent approach at the plate, he can draw walks, and 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:37.360 he also has this bat speed that theoretically could translate 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.400 to power. And granted we haven't seen it consistently at 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.359 the big leagues yet. There's still a long way to 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.120 go for him. But a really nice night all the 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.120 way around for Tawa. I think it's also worth mentioning, 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:55.000 Jack that this is just five days from the day 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.040 that Taala was brought back to the majors. Tawa has 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.160 been optioned a couple of times this season, in both 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.919 of those happening last month. And you and I, frankly, 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.200 when when the d Backs made that move to bring 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.880 Tawa back to the big leagues and to send down 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.240 lou James Groover, it felt a little puzzling at the time. 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:17.400 I mean, Groover was starting to find a rhythm at 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.760 the plate, at least it felt that way. He wasn't 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.840 getting much playing time, but he had a nice run 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.440 in his final few games that he played. And then Tawa, frankly, 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.640 had just struggled and in every stint he's had in 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:33.320 the big leagues the past couple of years. So it 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.320 was a puzzling move at the time, Jack, but Tawa 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.680 certainly rewarded that decision tonight. 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:43.640 Absolutely, And look, you know you're gonna cycle guys in, 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:47.440 You're going to try to get lucky the old catch 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.640 lightning in a bottle, and they'll be looking at what 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.640 he was doing in Reno and say, Okay, let's let's 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.080 try this again. I think it's just as simple as that. 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:00.080 Eduardo Rodriguez, of course, also a big part of the 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.520 storyline in this game. You and I were texting after 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:05.560 the first inning, Jack or I guess a couple of 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.520 batters into the first inning and kind of wondering like, Okay, 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.280 is this going to be the Duardo Rodriguez regression game 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:16.040 or whatnot. Certainly Dodger Stadium is a place where something 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:20.080 like that could happen, but it didn't. To e Rod's credit, 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.880 he gave up back to back home runs to Otani 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.160 and Andy pay Has to start the game, and he 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.040 very quickly just put those swings behind him and continued 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.640 to work around the edges. There was a little bit 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.320 of hard contact here and there, but really not a 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.160 whole lot. I think the Dodgers only had one batter 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:42.120 one guy get to second base after those two home runs. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.360 The rest of the way through e Rod's outing six innings, 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.880 two runs for him. He had five strikeouts in this game. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.400 Of course, the two homers that he allowed one walk 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:59.640 in there as well. So yeah, I think you and 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.720 I had debate about whether the d Backs should have 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:03.720 should have sent him out for the seventh inning. Kind 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.080 of a moot point with the way that this game ended. 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.840 But we can say for sure e Rod was was 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.840 very good once again, and he's going to carry a 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:15.120 two point two nine e ra into the All Star 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:16.120 Game in Philadelphia. 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:19.080 Who was right on that debate? 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:21.040 I mean, I'll I don't. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:21.520 I'm not. 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.040 I'm not willing to concede there, Jack, I don't. I 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.280 don't know if there's a right and a wrong when 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.840 the Diamondbacks win, you know, by six runs anyway, and 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.320 we have no idea what would have happened if they 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:36.120 left the Rod in there. But uh it, we can 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.200 say that the game worked out just fine pulling e 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.360 Rod when the Diamondbacks did. And the other benefit there 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.640 is that e Rod maybe is in better position to 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.480 actually pitch in the All Star Game on Tuesday, and 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.240 I'm sure he would he would love to do that. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.320 I think that was a big point, and you know 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:57.320 that that's being mentioned in the chat here as well. Look, 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.040 you know he did it. He actually had two guys 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.840 get to second base. He gave up a double Detucker 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:04.360 in the fourth, and then Pat has hit that blop 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.560 single that sent Brojas over the third in the fifth, 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.199 but he got Freeman to ground out on a really 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:15.000 sharply hit ball, and you know, I kind of that's 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.360 when I started thinking, Okay, that ball was hit pretty 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.520 hard to Vargas, and you know, the balls almost past 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.199 him in the outfield when he spun and made that play. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.600 I don't know what the mile prower was on Freddy's shop, 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:26.920 but it looked like a pretty was. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.520 Like one oho. I think it was one of six 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:29.160 I remember. 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.520 Yeah, So that was a hard hit ball. And he 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.920 comes out, so he gives up a line out to 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.640 center field the Mookie Betts, and then he walks his 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.440 first batter of the game, Tommy Edmond, but he gets 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.600 Tucker looking and he gets uh Thiasko to pop out. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:47.240 So at that point, I honestly felt like, I think 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.200 it's time just pull him. I know he's only eighty 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:53.200 seven pitches, but you know he's probably gonna need at 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.920 least a dozen fifteen pitches. You don't want to send 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.120 him over one hundred heading into the All Star break. 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.200 I just felt like everything in my gut said, yeah, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.040 pull them. They got an eight to two lead. I 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.360 think scoring the two runs in the top of the 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.880 sixth inning making it eight to two really gave Toy 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:12.480 that buffer that he needed. So, you know, that's the 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:13.880 way I kind of felt it was going to go 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.920 down anyway. Was not surprised, and I was on board 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:20.600 with it. But all that's a moot point, Like you said, 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:25.240 looks six innings, seven hits, two runs, one walk, five strikeouts. Yes, 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:30.160 the two homers. Edward Rodriguez is the Diamondbacks All Star pitcher, 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.880 and well deserved. I mean, he's had just about as 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.600 good a first half as any Diamondback has. I mean 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.960 it might be one or two you could nitpick, but 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.360 he's in the top three or four first halfs, you know, 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:47.040 pre All Star break seasons any Diamondbacks really ever had 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.720 as far as results are concerned, not with the strikeouts 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.360 and the expected stuff. But we'll take the results. 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:57.280 Yeah, you'll absolutely take the results. And I think e 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:01.400 rod bouncing back to me was maybe even more impressive 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.160 given that his last outing didn't end well either. I 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.640 mean that was technically three consecutive batters that homered against 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.960 EDWARDA Rodriguez if you go back to what Jake Bauers 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:15.960 did in his last game against Milwaukee. So yeah, to 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.040 see E Rod just just bear down and go to 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.120 work from that point forward in a tough environment was 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.679 really really impressive to see. So the Diamondbacks get a 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.840 big win here against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Jack. 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.240 Do we have a piece of news of some sort. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:36.400 Yes, Alex Degostino, my mate over at Diamondbacks on s 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:40.160 I just texted me the update. He said, negative X rays, 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.280 but still evaluating. In regards to Ryan Waldschmith. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.000 Well, if you're a if you've been a Diamondbacks fan 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.160 for about a year or more, you've come to be 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:54.760 very skeptical of negative X ray results. So we'll maybe 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.600 hold out for a more thorough investigation there. On Ryan Waldschmidt, 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.600 he was technically was a foul ball, but it also 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.199 made contact with a couple of his fingers that looked 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.680 like when he was attempting to lay down a bunch. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.320 So hoping for the best news on Ryan Waldschmid. At 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.600 least a good starting point there with the negative X ray. 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.760 We've got a lot more to get to in this episode. 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.880 We're going to talk about the Diamondbacks search for first 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.640 base help, which I don't know. Maybe that's a mood 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.320 point now too, Jack. Maybe they don't need it, Ryan, 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.079 now that Tim tala is out here having three hit 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.720 games and driving in four runs. But we will talk 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.800 about what Mike Hazen said on that topic. 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That's fabletics dot Com slash foul 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.959 for seventy to eighty percent off everything as a new VIP. 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.520 We are back here on Snake's territory, and hey, I 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:55.600 guess we're gonna do it. We're going to just jump 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:59.400 into this quote that is on the screen right now. Diamondbacks, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.760 of course, may make a big move last night the 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.240 decision to designate Paven Smith for assignment. We discussed that 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:09.280 in our episode last night, and Mike Hazen spoke on 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:13.840 the possibility of the d Backs pursuing help at First Base, 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.640 and he said that he is on the lookout for 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.720 help at First Base. You can see in this story 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:24.320 here from Nick Pacoro over at the Arizona Republic, Haysn said, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.400 I'm at the mercy of the market in some of 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.080 those cases, I can't really tell at this point given 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.960 the amount of teams and the playoff races on both sides. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.040 I can't see the trademarket heating up before the end 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.200 of the month. Nick continues to write here. Hazen said 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:42.000 he is looking into any type of potential fit rentals, 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:46.320 multi year Big leaguers, even younger players, and so this 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:50.200 is interesting Jack. I certainly would think the d Backs 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.680 would be open to making an addition here if an 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:57.360 opportunity arises. But it sounds like this is something the 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:02.080 team is really pursuing and not just you know, looking 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.920 at long term options. If you could find your first 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.320 basement of the future, certainly the DBACS would be interested 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.280 in that. But Hazan even mentioned the idea of getting 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.160 a rental at first base as well. 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.160 Yeah, I mean we've we've talked about Nathaniel Lowe. I mean, 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.920 he could fill that spot. You know, there are other 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:25.680 players out there that could potentially be included in this. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.960 I mean, I think I sent you a little report 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.960 the other earlier today a number of players. I mean, 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.800 I think it included fellas like Nolan Seanuel, which isn't 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:42.560 a power guy, included Spencer Spencer Torkelsen, It included Spencer Steer, 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:47.680 who's been kind of moved off first base, you know 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:49.680 guys like that. I mean, you got to look at 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:53.080 teams that are definitely selling. The other one was if 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.840 the Nationals fall out of at Luis Garcia Junior but 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.800 they're still in it, so they're not selling the Tiger 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.640 email would they sell Torquas and they're only like three 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:05.440 games out? But the Reds and Angels are almost definitely selling. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.400 You know, Spencer Steer, I mean he's got a seven 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:12.080 forty nine career ops one on two ops plus eighty 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:15.560 career homers. You know, I think he played center field 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.120 the other day, so, you know, because he got moved 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:21.800 off first thanks to sell Stewart. So I don't know. 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:23.640 I mean, like, these are just some names that I 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.600 was looking at. You never know who's going to show 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.040 up on their actual radar. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.320 Yeah, the name that really stands out is like, oh man, 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.320 that would be awesome is Louis Garcia Junior from the 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:40.760 Washington Nationals. And I know you mentioned that the Nationals 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:44.160 are not in a cell position right now. That is 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.680 definitely not the case today, but maybe it could be 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.800 a few weeks from now when when these teams actually 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.760 have to nail down these decisions. I Frankly am still 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.440 skeptical that the Nationals would want to trade Luis Garcia 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.480 Junior because I believe he has another year of team 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.000 control after this one. And I mean they took they've 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:04.280 taken a big step forward this season. If I'm them, 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.160 I probably want to run it back with this guy 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.560 who broke out and had a you know, an eight 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.399 to fifty ops this season, or at least that's about 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:13.560 where it is right now. He's been really really good 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.960 for them, and it would bring some balance to the 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:17.760 lineup as a left handed hitter. 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.080 Yeah, I mean, the situation there would be if they 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:23.600 fell out of it, if they just, you know, all 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:25.560 of a sudden lost seven in a row or something. 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.200 And you know the other thing is is they need 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.200 pitching in that organization, So you know, it would cost 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.600 you a pitching prospect or two, you know, and so 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.400 you'd have to be ready to give up somebody good, 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.520 like a Mitch Bratt or something like that. Not proposing it, 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.520 just saying that's a typical kind of kind kind of 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:43.120 cost here. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.320 Yeah, And I mean I think that would be totally reasonable. 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.960 I mean, Luis Garcia Junior has an eight eighty five 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.920 ops now, so I mean, that's a really big number, 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.680 and if they're going to actually let that guy go there, 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.119 you know they're going to really want to get a lot, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:04.080 So that would probably be far fetched. And you know, 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.640 scouring the market, it doesn't feel like there are any 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.399 obvious fits here other than Nathaniel low I the d 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.560 Backs want to go a rental route, it seems like 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.080 he would be he would be available in terms of 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:19.960 the internal options here. Jack. Of course, that's a possibility 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.639 here as well. Hazen did not rule out that the 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:27.119 d Backs could look at a Tyler Locklear or a 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:31.720 Manuel Pania forcing their way into this conversation. Talked about 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.080 Painya a little bit on yesterday show. Tyler Locklear has 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:38.119 been on a pretty nice run here lately, Jack, I 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.040 was crunching some numbers here on his game log. He 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:46.320 has a where did I put this? He has an 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:50.240 ops of eleven forty five over his last eleven games 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:53.840 entering today, a good walk in strikeout rates. Today was 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:55.639 also a big game for him. I know, he had 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:58.040 a couple of hits in a walk and hit another 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.880 opposite field home run, which was good to see. So Locklear, 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.440 maybe you're a little skeptical of the Triple A numbers 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.439 in particular because he put up huge numbers in Triple 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.200 A last year and then when we saw him in 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.840 the majors, it just didn't work. It didn't look good. 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.960 But I think there's a world where Locklear forces his 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:20.879 way back into this conversation. And of course lou James 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:25.320 Groover is still is also in Triple A and very 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.520 well could find his way back to the big leagues, 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:29.000 just like Ryan Waldschmid did. 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.480 Yeah, I mean, look, it depends on who's available, who's selling, 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.359 who they can get, and what the cost is going 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:38.919 to be and whether they can meet it. And so 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:42.400 you know, Mike's just saying I'm open to anything, whether 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.639 it's a rental one or two year control guy. You know, 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:47.879 he's got to be looking down the road and saying, 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:50.240 you know, do I have a long term answer at 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.960 first base? And they're still evaluating all that. Now. You know, 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.359 performance can go a long way a nice hot streak. 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:59.240 I mean, if Tower got hot, you know, just for example, 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.720 and you know, interested out that this the next couple 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.679 of games pretty good and came out of the break 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:06.160 and you know hit well for the first week, does 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.359 that cool MIC's jets. Did he say you know what, 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:11.720 I'm gonna roll with this guy, or does he say, no, 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.080 this is just a hot streak, I don't trust it 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:16.639 and still try to make a move. That's that's a 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:18.080 big question mark right there. 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:20.879 I mean the thing with Tawa as well is he 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:24.439 does play a variety of positions, So if someone like 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:27.440 that gets hot, it doesn't necessarily preclude you from going 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:30.240 out and upgrading at first base. You could move Tawa 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:33.960 to basically anywhere on the diamond and maybe capitalize on 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:38.200 his on his value that way. So yeah, there's maybe. 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:41.720 Lordus Curiel's at best. He's over five again tonight. 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:46.760 Yeah, the Lord is at bats jack have been They've 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:50.280 been rough, and I know that people are talking about like, oh, 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.399 he hit in every game in San Diego, and you know, 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:57.800 there have been some positive signs, I guess, but at 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:00.520 some point you got to see the slug And that's 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:03.439 the thing that I've that I'm really waiting on with 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:07.400 Lordis Guriel. And frankly, if it isn't there, I think 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:09.680 he's just at a really difficult point in his career. 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:12.280