1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. I'm 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal, here with you for the next twenty six 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: minutes or so. And it was just a few weeks 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: back I was lamenting I don't know if it was 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: on Foul Territory in print, maybe just to friends, lamenting 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: that the races were all but decided that the playoff 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: field was all but set. Hah, So much for that. 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: We are looking at one of the wilder weeks potentially 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: in recent MLB history. Both wildcards are still in play. 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: The AL Central is big time in play and the 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: AL West seemingly closer to being decided but not over 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: just yet. And actually the NL West is in that 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: category as well. So there was a lot to discuss, 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: But I want to start with the NL wild card 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: and the question I posed in my column today which 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: would be more embarrassing the Tigers blowing a fifteen and 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: a half game lead to a division opponent that would 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: be the Cleveland Guardians or the Mets missing the playoffs 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: entirely with a three hundred and forty million dollar payroll. Now, 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: the column is an exploration of which is more embarrassing 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: and kind of discusses each team's predicament, but the Mets 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,839 Speaker 1: thing is stunning, to say the least. They were forty 23 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: five and twenty four on June twelfth. They had a 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: two point seventy nine rotation era on June twelve that 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: was the best in the Majors. The record was the 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: best in the majors. Since then, the Mets are thirty 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: five and third and fifty three thirty five and fifty three. 28 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: That is tied with the Chicago White Sox for the 29 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: fourth worst record in the Majors. Their rotation era also 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: ranks in the bottom five. They have essentially collapsed, and 31 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: not like they did in two thousand and seven when 32 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: they lost seven or when they blew a seven game 33 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: lead with seventeen to play. This has been a slow burn. 34 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: It's really been three months now of inadequate play. So 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 1: the Reds are not exactly a team sprinting to the finish, 36 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: though they've won ten of the last fifteen. It's a 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: team that's basically a sub five hundred club Since early August, 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: but they've won ten in their last fifteen. The Mets 39 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: have gone four and eleven, including losing two of three 40 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: to the Nationals this week, and you see where the 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: wildcard standings are right now, Diamondbacks just one game back. 42 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: The Reds hold the tiebreaker over the Mets. So as 43 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: we say, at this time of year, the Reds effectively 44 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: control their own destiny. Of course, these things can change, 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: and we might as well look at the remaining schedules 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: as well, because they will be telling. For of course, 47 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: all of these teams. The Reds are in a decent 48 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: spot as I wrote today, three versus Pittsburgh at home 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: and then three at Milwaukee in a time when Milwaukee 50 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: probably will be really close to clinching the best overall 51 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: record in the number one seed, if they haven't done 52 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: it already by then. They've got a three game lead 53 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: over the Phillies in that race, the Mets, three at 54 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: the Cubs, three at the Marlins, who they only lead 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: by four games right now, by the way, And the Diamondbacks, 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: who have had a buying schedule, the most trying schedule 57 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: of all these teams from the beginning. They host the 58 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: Dodgers for three, and then they're at San Diego for three. 59 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: San Diego by that point should have clinched and we'll 60 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: see what the Dodgers come up with this week as well. 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: So the NL Wildcard Race, as I've written, it is 62 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: brought to you by the New York Mets. The only 63 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: reason all of this is happening is because the Mets 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: have stumbled in a way that no one anticipated, and 65 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: it's a stumble that will be one of the more 66 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: embarrassing episodes in franchise history if it indeed ends up 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: with this team obviously missing the playoffs, if it ends 68 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: up with this team getting knocked out early, the Mets 69 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: are not simply in a good place now the AL Central. 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: This is the other question I had, or the part 71 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: of the question that I had the Tigers. Where are 72 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: the Tigers on the embarrassment scale? Pretty high, I would 73 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: suggest now they still are in a position where they 74 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: have a one game lead over the Cleveland Guardians, but 75 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: they're coming off an own six home stand against Cleveland 76 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: and Atlanta. They're twenty six and thirty seven since July eighth. 77 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: These three games against Cleveland at Progressive Field will obviously 78 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: be critical, and you just wonder if the Tigers are 79 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: going to be able to snap out of it. They're pitching, 80 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: their rotation and bullpen has essentially fallen apart in September, 81 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: and their offense has not been very good in this 82 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: long stretch as well. And here are the Guardians, one 83 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: of the worst offensive contenders you'll ever see. What I 84 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: mean by that is they've got one of the worst 85 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 1: offenses for a contender you'll ever see. They are tied 86 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: for twenty seventh in the Majors in runs per game, 87 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: twenty seventh. And as I wrote, there are only three 88 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: teams in Major League history, and actually this goes to 89 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: the start of the Divisional play era that have made 90 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs with an offense that bad, and two of 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: those teams two of the three did it in the 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, when there were sixteen playoff teams a 93 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: shortened sixty game season in all of so it's almost 94 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: like that doesn't even count. So it's pretty hard to 95 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: do what the Guardians are doing with an offense of 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: the nature that they have, but they're doing it. The 97 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: Tigers are letting them back in. So, as I wrote, 98 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: if the Tigers missed the playoffs after being up on 99 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: July eighth, they were up fourteen games on both the 100 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: Royals and Twins at that time and fifteen and a 101 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: half on the Guardians. If they missed the playoffs after 102 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: holding a fourteen game lead, it will be the largest 103 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: blown lead by a team that did not win its 104 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: division or league in modern ale NL history, an all 105 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: time collapse. So again, which is more embarrassing, I'm not 106 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: sure which is more embarrassing, but neither one of them 107 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: is too good. So we're looking at a crazy AL 108 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: Central race. We're looking at a crazy NL wildcard race. 109 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: And in the AL West, quite interesting development over the weekend, 110 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: the Mariners and Astros go into the season or the 111 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: weekend series tied tied for the AL Weslee and you're 112 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: thinking this series is in Houston. Maybe in this particular case, 113 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: the Astros will rise up again and figure out a 114 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: way to hold down the Mariners. The Astros and we're 115 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: going to talk about them more in the Inside Dish 116 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: have been a dominant team really since twenty sixteen, from 117 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen on, and yes, I know there was the 118 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: scandal in there, but they've dominated even after that. So 119 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: you always have to assume, and we've been talking about 120 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: this all year, that the Astros are going to figure 121 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: it out, that you've got to knock them out, and 122 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: all of this stuff that they have the pedigree. Well, 123 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: the Mariners led for twenty six of twenty seven innings 124 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: in this series. They swept this series. They are a 125 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: team that right now leads the Ale West by three 126 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: games with six to play. They are in an absolutely 127 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: commanding position. Now, is it possible things go amiss? Yeah, 128 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: it's surely possible. Things can always change, But the Mariners 129 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: are really looking good. Cal rally number fifty eight last night. 130 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: His MVP candidacy grow by the day, grows more legitimate 131 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: by the day, and more real by the day. And 132 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: what we're seeing here is a team that did some 133 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: good things at the deadline and are benefiting from it, 134 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: even though Johanno Suarez really hasn't been the guy that 135 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: he was with Arizona. So the Ale West the Astros 136 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: have another path to get to the playoffs. Of course, 137 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: the path would be through the wildcard. And let's look 138 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: at the ale Wildcard standing so I can explain exactly 139 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: where we are. The Red Sox are in this mix too, 140 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: this jumbled mess of a wildcard race. Now the Red 141 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: Sox have a game lead over the Guardians and Astros. 142 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: It is possible the Astros don't get a Wildcard either 143 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: if both the Guardians and Tigers qualify, and that's possible, 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: Let's say the Guardians win the AL Central or the 145 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: Tigers win the AL Central. The other team could be 146 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: the Wildcard, and the Red Sox their situation is not 147 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: exactly precarious. But they have to keep going too because 148 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: those two teams are right behind them. So again, it's 149 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: going to be a wacky, crazy end to the season. 150 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: It's the kind of season or the kind of conclusion 151 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: we all kind of hope for at the start of 152 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: the year. Now, if you're a Mets fan, if you're 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: a Tiger's fan, you're not happy right now. I totally 154 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: get it. But from a broader baseball perspective, you want excitement, 155 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: And as I said a couple of weeks ago, it 156 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: did not look like we were going to be anywhere 157 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: near this kind of excitement. The Mets looked like they 158 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: were a lock, the Tigers looked like they were a lock, 159 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the Astros were in a much better position, and all 160 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: of these things that have happened, it didn't seem like 161 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: they were going to happen. So let's look now at 162 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: the al remaining schedules. We'll close it out with this 163 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: Cleveland three versus Detroit at home. We've talked about that 164 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: three versus Texas at home. Also Detroit not such an 165 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: easy go here. They're on the road for six games 166 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: at Cleveland and Boston, and then the Astros. They're on 167 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 1: the road too in Sacramento, which is not an easy 168 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: place to play against an offense that is not easy 169 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: to deal with the Athletics, and then three at the 170 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angels. So there you have it. That's the 171 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: final week. It's going to be a wild one, and 172 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: I would expect that most fans are pretty excited about 173 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: what might end up going down. 174 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: When you think fair Harbor, you should think soft, you 175 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 2: should think buttery liner. But it's not just the bathing suits, 176 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 2: are the shorts. 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Also for bathing suits, 185 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: for shorts, for whatever clothes that you're interested in where 186 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 2: you want to basically feel like you're not wearing them 187 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: but you are. That's what Fair Harbor can bring to 188 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: the table. So head to Fairharbor Clothing dot com, slash 189 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 2: foul twenty and use code foul twenty for twenty percent 190 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: off your order. That's Fair Harbor. H arbo r Clothing 191 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 2: dot com. Backslash foul twenty for twenty percent off your 192 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: order and make sure you use that promo code foul twenty. 193 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 4: Well well, well, well, well, time. 194 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: Now for the inside Dish, the part of the show 195 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: where I talk maybe about a story I've written, about 196 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: a trend in the game, something going on. And today 197 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the Astros, but I want 198 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: to start off by talking about the Milwaukee Brewers, and 199 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: I'll explain and try to weave it all together. So 200 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: back in spring training, I wrote a column basically saying 201 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: that if the Brewers stumbled this season, it would be 202 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: the responsibility of owner Mark at Tanasio because he had 203 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: not spent hardly anything during the off season. Now, after that, 204 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: they signed Jose Kintana one year, four point twenty five million, 205 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: but My premise in that column was, hey, at some point, 206 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: it's going to catch up with that Tenasio. If people 207 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: could leaving and you don't replace them with quality people 208 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: in return. Well, obviously the Brewers and Mark at Danasio 209 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: are sitting pretty right now. And I approached that Tenacio 210 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago and they said, listen, man, 211 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm never writing anything like that again. I'm done. I've 212 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: given up. You win. And yet he does win. They've 213 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: got the best record in the majors and he's done 214 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: it his way, no question about it. So I was thinking, 215 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: as I prepare for this segment, maybe I should have 216 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: written that calm about Astros owner Jim Crane, because look 217 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: at what has happened to the Astros over the last 218 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: five years. Springer gone to free agency, Korea gone to 219 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: free agency, Tucker traded, Regman gone to free agency. Those 220 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: are four significant players, parts of the Astros core, part 221 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: of the reason they were so successful in the late 222 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: twenty tens and early twenty twenties, and now those players 223 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: were essentially gone. So I thought about that, and I 224 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: thought about Crane and some of the signings that they've 225 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: made under him. In this time, Josea Bray was not 226 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: a good signing. Rafael Montero not a good signing. Both 227 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: were free agents, and you wonder, okay, as the Astros 228 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: sit here today in this precarious spot, seemingly facing an 229 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: uphill fight for sure in the ALE West and even 230 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: threatening to fall out of the playoff picture entirely because 231 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: their wild card chances are looking bad too. They don't 232 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: hold any of the tie breakers in these scenarios. And 233 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: when you consider it all and wonder and ponder the 234 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: Astros situation, it almost seems amazing that it went on 235 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: for this long and what happened to the Astros this season. 236 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: It took like this incredible cavalcade of injuries, an amazing 237 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: run of injuries that really no team can withstand, and 238 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: they've withstood it actually pretty well. Now. As I wrote, 239 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: or as I said in the first segment, they went 240 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: into that weekend series with Seattle tied. Now they are 241 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: no longer tied. They are three games back, and they 242 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: appear to be ready to be dethroned as ALE West 243 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: champions in a full season for the first time since 244 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. Think about that, they've won every AO West 245 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: title in a one hundred and sixty two game season 246 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: since twenty seventeen. That's really hard to do. And yes, 247 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: I'll say it again. We can talk all we want 248 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: about the trash cans, and we have and we will, 249 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: but not all of this was accomplished in that fashion. 250 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: So you wonder and you think about this team and 251 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: where they are right now, with a weekend farm system 252 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: and with kind of an aging injured corps Altuve and 253 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: certainly you're don Alvarez. How do they get back and 254 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: how did this all happen? Well, according to baseball perspectives, 255 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: and this was in Chandler Rome's story today, no team 256 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: has lost more value to injuries season than the Houston Astros. 257 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: It's not even close. And the Astros at one point 258 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: had eighteen players on the injured list. This was in 259 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: late July. At that time, eight starting pitchers were on 260 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: the injured list. They lost Jordan Alvarez for almost three months, 261 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: Jeremy Payne out for a significant time, Izach Parade's the same, 262 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: and Jeremy Meyer a pretty good I'm not Jerry Meyer. 263 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: Jake Myers a pretty good center fielder, a guy who 264 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: emerged this year. He too was out for a long 265 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: period of time. Josh Hater has been out since August eighth, 266 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: on and on it has gone. I believe it was 267 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: last week when I talked about Joe a Spot being 268 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: the favorite for AL Manager of the Year. Well, he 269 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: still might win it, but it's not going to look 270 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: as pretty now if he does. And frankly, right now, 271 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: Stephen Vote in Cleveland, John Schneider in Toronto, there are 272 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: other candidates who are looking better. AJ Hinch was the 273 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: popular choice for a while too. That's how topsy turvy 274 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: this whole thing has become. The Astros they acquired at 275 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: the deadline, Carlos Carea, they required him. They brought in 276 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: Haesus Sanchez, who has not been much of a contributor 277 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: at all, and Ramon Urdi is the same. He has 278 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: not done much at all. The biggest issue for this 279 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: team and it has to do somewhat with the Alvarez 280 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: injury and with the loss of pain here for a month, 281 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: but not completely. The offense is the biggest issue, and 282 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: this has been a perplexing thing with the Astros. Now. 283 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: Paradis was brought in, as was Christian Walker, to improve 284 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: their plate discipline, to make them less of a free 285 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: swinging operation. Paradis is a guy who sees a ton 286 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: of pitches. Walker had that reputation as well, but it 287 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: hasn't happened for the Astros, and for whatever reason, their 288 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: offense all season long with Alvarez without has not really clicked. 289 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: They are twenty seventh in the Majors in runs per 290 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: game since the deadline, twenty seventh since adding Carlos Carea 291 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: and Jesus Sanchez. That's not what they intended when they 292 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: made those moves. They were trying to bolster their offense 293 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: and it just hasn't happened. So the Astros, is this 294 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: the end? Well, we're gonna find out over the next 295 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, a week or so. But it's been 296 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: an amazing run, and even this year, it's been amazing 297 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: what they've accomplished considering what they've been up against. And 298 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: all teams go through this, you guys know this. All 299 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: teams have years that are off years. It's just been 300 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: such a long time since the Astros had one of 301 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: these seasons, and it looks like this is turning out 302 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: to be one of them. Even if they get in, 303 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: how far are they going to go from Bervaldez has 304 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: struggled in the last I don't know month or so. 305 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: Hunter Brown legitimate ace, but they don't have much out 306 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: there beyond those guys. So it's been a tough season 307 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: for the Astros, no doubt. It's been the kind of 308 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: season with the Astros that we just haven't seen from 309 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: them in a long, long time. All right, back with 310 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: grilling Ken right after this tod Father. 311 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 2: You and me grew up in Jersey. 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Will Ben Sherrington be 338 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: back with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I do not know the 339 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: answer to that, Jay, But after six seasons and six 340 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: essentially disappointing seasons, the Pirates certainly would be justified if 341 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: they made a change. 342 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 2: Now. 343 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: That said, they have built a collection of young arms 344 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: that is really the envy of the sport. They also 345 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: have played better under Don Kelly than they did under 346 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: Derek Shelton. They've had their moments since the change in managers. 347 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's enough to save Ben Sherrington's job, 348 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: and I don't know that it should be Ben Sherrington 349 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: is one of the most respected people in the game. 350 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: He's a guy everyone will tell you is an extremely 351 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: high character. At the same time, the performance is what 352 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: the performance is, and they have not done enough with 353 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: limited resources to maybe justify him staying on as GM. 354 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: You look at Cleveland, you look at Milwaukee, you look 355 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: at Tampa Bay. In most years, you look at Cincinnati. 356 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: Right now, these are all teams in similar markets and 357 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,719 Speaker 1: they're doing better than the Pirates have. So obviously this 358 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: is question number one for the Pittsburgh Pirates when the 359 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: season ends would be I would not be surprised by 360 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 1: a change, and I would also not be surprised if 361 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: Bob Nuttings stayed the course. He's not exactly the most 362 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: predictable owner in the sport. Actually, I should correct that. 363 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: Pirates fans would say he is the most predictable owner 364 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: in the sport in terms of spending money. I don't 365 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: know that he's that predictable with regard to what he 366 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: might do in the GM spot. All right, the next question, 367 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: this one it's from Armand who asked if the Mets 368 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,959 Speaker 1: and Tigers don't make it, do you see coaching staff 369 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: firings with Hinch and Mendoza staying that would probably be 370 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: armand the way that these teams would go. And certainly 371 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: with the Mets, I don't know where the the dysfunction 372 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: or the problem is exactly, and I talked last week 373 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: about maybe a chemistry issue being there, and that's not 374 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: on the coaches. But in a situation like this, if 375 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: the two teams do indeed miss the playoffs or end 376 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: in the playoffs in a disappointing fashion, I would expect 377 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 1: certainly that there would be changes. David Stearns has been 378 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: pretty public about backing Carlos Mendoza. Joel Sherman had a 379 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: note today in The New York Post in which Stearns 380 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: said again that Mendoza has done a very good job. 381 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean that others below him will not be held 382 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: responsible for this. Hinch two would seemingly be one of 383 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: the more secure managers in the game, but they too 384 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: could look for coaching changes. I would not expect if 385 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: these two teams end the season in disappointment, that things 386 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: are just going to remain status quo. That is rarely 387 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: the way it works in baseball. All right, next question 388 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: from RPG man forty five. If you had to pick 389 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: who's out in the Astros, Tigers, Red Sox or Guardians. Wow, 390 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: Now this is an aj Persinski type question the KI 391 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: where you just put me on the spot. If I 392 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: had to guess right now, I'd say the Tigers because 393 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: they're playing the worst of these teams. Now, you could 394 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: say the Astros are as well. Yeah, that would be 395 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: a fair point to make. But my hunch is the 396 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: Tigers just because they're gonna go into Cleveland and I 397 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: don't know how that's gonna go for them, And then 398 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna go into Boston needing to win, I would 399 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: presume at that point, and I don't know how that's 400 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: gonna go for them, because the Red Sox also will 401 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: be playing for a playoff berth in that scenario at 402 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: Fenway Park where they are very good. That's my guests watch. 403 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: I'll be wrong. I'm usually wrong when I make predictions 404 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: of this nature. All right, let's go to the next one. Now, 405 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: this one comes from foul Territory, which asks will the 406 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: Orioles keep Tony Mansleino. I don't know the answer to 407 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: this question, and certainly the Orioles have played better under 408 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: Manseleno than they did under Brandon Hyde. Since late May, 409 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: they are above five hundred and that's pretty good. Now 410 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: you can say the young players have stagnated, the young 411 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: hitters have stagnated, but he stabilized that team. And in 412 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: addition to that, we've seen in the second half Trevor 413 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: Rodgers emerge as one of the best pitchers in the 414 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: entire sport, and Kyle Bradish come back from Tommy John 415 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: surgery along with Tyler Wells. Not all of that, of course, 416 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: as Mansollino is doing, but it's the stuff that he inherited. Now, 417 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: what I like about Mansollino is what he told us 418 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: in our Fox interview with him last Thursday night when 419 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: we were Camden Yards. I asked him about being an 420 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: interim and he said my approach was this, I was 421 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: going to do the job, not to save my job 422 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: or not to help myself get an extension. I was 423 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: going to do the right thing. So what he means 424 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: by that is do the right thing by players, make 425 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: the right decisions for players and for the team, and 426 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: not necessarily make decisions that might help enhance his chances 427 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: of returning. I love that, and to me, that is 428 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: the sign of someone who is secure in himself and 429 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: someone who has a feel and someone who seemingly has 430 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: the respect to that clubhouse. Now, I expect Michaelias will 431 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: at least conduct some kind of search, but he might 432 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: have the guy that he wants right in the dugout 433 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: at this moment. All right, we'll take one more question 434 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: and then we'll say bye bye for the day. Let's 435 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: see what we got here. This comes from John who says, 436 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: which do baseball fans love more? Seeing their team win 437 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: or laughing at other teams or other fan bases upset 438 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: with their team losing. Fans should want their teams to 439 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: win more than other teams to suffer. But back in 440 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: my days as a fan, I knew that I enjoyed 441 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: a great deal when other teams are the rivals of 442 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,239 Speaker 1: the team I was rooting for suffered. So I can 443 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: see both sides of it. But yeah, let's be positive here. 444 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: Let's root for the teams that we want to win, 445 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: and let's not just take extreme joy at other's expense, 446 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: even though sometimes that's a lot of fun. All Right, 447 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: that's it for today's show. We will be back Thursday 448 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: our usual live show twelve thirty Eastern. Myself and Alana Rizzo. 449 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: Have a great week everyone, and let's see what the 450 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: heck baseball has in store for us. 451 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 5: The rest of the way, bet MGM players will receive 452 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 5: an MLB Parlay Boost token to use the token at 453 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 5: a parlay wager made up of entirely MLB bets to 454 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 5: your betflip and activate the tokens for extra winnings. If 455 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 5: you're a wager that was made with the Parlay Boost 456 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 5: token wins. Gambling problem more concerned, there is help. 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