1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of Fair Territory. And I thought 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: after the deadline things would get quieter, wouldn't have as 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: much to talk about. Ha. We've got plenty to talk 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: about this week, of course, starting with the brawl, but 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: we'll get into that. We've also got wild card races, 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: We've got the collapse of the Angels, We've got post 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: deadline reviews, all kinds of things going on. But of 8 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: course I want to start with the biggest story of 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: the week, and yes, it was what went down Saturday 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: night in Cleveland, Jose Ramirez versus Tim Anderson technical knockout. 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: The first thing I want to mention here is Tom 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: Hamilton's brilliant call on the Guardians Radio network, down goes Anderson. 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: To do that in the moment seconds after the fight 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: actually started. It's actually astonishing to me that he would 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: do that, that he would have the presence of mind 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: to just come up with that line, which of course 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: evokes toward Cosell's great call George Foreman versus Joe Fraser. 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: I was a young child when this happened. That was 19 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: the down goes Fraser line. Tom Hamilton, give him the 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: freak Award right now. He's been a finalist before, but 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: give it to him for that alone, it was amazing. 22 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: Now for the fight itself and for what happened, a 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: couple of things stood out to me. Most one was 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: what Jose Ramirez said after the game about why this 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: kind of got started, and he said Tim Anderson has 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: been disrespecting the game for a while now. What he 27 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: was talking about with regard to that particular series was 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: Friday night when Anderson applied a hard tag on the 29 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: Guardians rookie Brian Rochio and Saturday when, according to Terry Francona, 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 1: Anderson was chirping at Gabriel Arius. Now we talk about 31 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: letting the kids play, letting players' personalities show, and I'm 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: all for that. A lot of fans are all for that. 33 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: And yet there is a line. There's always going to 34 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: be a line, and that line is not being drawn 35 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: in in this particular case, by an old fashioned sports writer, 36 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: some fuddy duddy fans, some people who don't have a 37 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: sense of the modern player. No, it's being drawn by 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: one of Tim Anderson's peers, one of the biggest stars 39 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: in the game. Actually, Jose Ramirez used to be in 40 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: this sport. Players police themselves, and it was a healthy thing. 41 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: In many ways, it was unhealthy and that players sometimes 42 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: got hurt when guys threw at each other. We all 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: understand that, but there is something we said for what 44 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: happened here, and Jose Ramirez evidently decided enough was enough. 45 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: So you never want to see players get hurt under 46 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: any circumstances. That's not something anyone would want to encourage. 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: But at the same time, this is an example of 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: again players policing themselves and one player saying to another physically, 49 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: as it turns out, we're not going to take that anymore. 50 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: So that was one thing that stood out. The other 51 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: thing and this is actually a little bit more meaningful 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: to me. What the heck has happened to Tim Anderson? 53 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: And I'm talking more about Tim Anderson as a player, 54 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: not as a guy. He's had a horrible year. And 55 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: I go back to the WBC. This was just in March, 56 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: five months ago. He was the talk of the WBC. 57 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: I wrote a glowing column about Tim Anderson and the 58 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: way he was playing. I quoted Mark DeRosa, the manager, 59 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: as saying, out of any player, any player on the 60 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: US team in the WBC, he has grown on me 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: the most. Michael Young, one of De Rosa's coaches, called 62 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: Tim Anderson a flat out competitor Mike Trout one of 63 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: the biggest stars in the game stead of Tim Anderson. 64 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: He's a star. There's no other way to put it. 65 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: Tim Anderson in the WBC played second base out of position. 66 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: He had an eight to eighty ops or so only 67 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: I know eighteen and bats whatever it was. But he 68 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: was brilliant. And then the season started. He missed some 69 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: time with the sprain left knee. Okay, but he has 70 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: not been the same player. And I want to show 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: you some numbers that will demonstrate this the rise and fall, 72 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: actually the fall of Tim Anderson. Those were his career 73 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: numbers up top twenty three batting average, ninety eight career 74 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: home runs, seven to forty career ops this year two 75 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: forty four batting average, one home run five seventy six OPS. 76 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: That is the lowest among qualified hitters. Now, Tim Anderson, 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: the White Sox hold a club option on him for 78 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: next season. I would not be surprised to see him 79 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: traded this offseason. With the club option, the team gets 80 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: him and exercise it if the White Sox don't exercise 81 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: it first, however they want to do it. It's just stunning 82 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: to see his fall. And of course this fight and 83 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: his fall and his fight kind of exemplified all that 84 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: He needs to get it back going somehow, and I 85 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: don't know what it's going to take. And I know 86 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: he had some tweets that were kind of vague and 87 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: cryptic over the weekend. Tim Anderson can be and was 88 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: an should be a big, big time star in this game. 89 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: And I hope we see that again from Tim Anderson. 90 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: All Right, moving on here, let's go to more on 91 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: field matters, shall we say the National League wild card race? 92 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: And I put race in quotes because it's kind of 93 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: a sputtering affair right now. And let's look at the 94 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: standings first of all, to show you just how odd 95 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: this has become in terms of what the race is. 96 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: All Right, the Cubs, of all teams, a team that 97 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: almost sold but did not, now tied for the third 98 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: wildcard position with the Reds. The Cubs have one thirteen 99 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: of sixteen. They're also a game and a half out 100 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: of first place in the Central with the Reds. But 101 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: look at the other teams. The Reds losers of six 102 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: straight since the deadline, the Marlins losers of fourth rate, 103 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks losers of six straight, and I believe twenty 104 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: two of twenty nine. These teams have just fallen apart. 105 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: And then there are the Padres, who every time you 106 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: think they're kind of common, they don't. So I fully 107 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: expect still that the Padres are going to charge in 108 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: this race. They have too much talent, and they did 109 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: some nice things to the deadline to supplement their roster, 110 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: things that I've complained about in the past with them 111 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: that they haven't done building a coherent twenty six man roster. 112 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: They built around the edges of the deadline instead of 113 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: going for their latest star. So I do expect with 114 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: the collapses of the Reds, Diamondbacks, and Marlins, that the 115 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: Padres are eventually going to slip into this thing somehow. 116 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: I also expect some of those teams to revive a 117 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: little bit, and we'll talk more about that in the 118 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: inside Dish segment and their actions at the deadline, those 119 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: sagging clubs and what happened. But it's all in front 120 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: of the Padres. This is a line that managers often 121 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: say this time of year. You've heard it from Aaron 122 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: Boom with the Yankees. It's all in front of us. 123 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: It is all in the Padres. There are no excuses 124 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: if they get beat out by these low revenue teams 125 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: that are ahead of them. Shame on the Padres. It's ridiculous. 126 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: Already they should be a much better club, and yet 127 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: here they are again, chance to go to five hundred 128 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Baseball. They fall on their faces. They're 129 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: two under. It is time for this team to finally 130 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: get going. Of course they've been saying this for four months, 131 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: but with less than two months left, I would think that, yes, 132 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: it's time for the Padres to really finally make their move. 133 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: No excuses, let's go all right. Finally, let's talk about 134 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: another team that is absolutely collapsing. A team that went 135 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: all in at the deadline, did not trade Shoheotani, dealt 136 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of prospects, and of course is again performing 137 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: like they've performed really for the past decade. I'm talking 138 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: about the Los Angeles Angels. The Los Angeles Angels, I've 139 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: lost six straight since the deadline, seven of nine. They 140 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: entered the deadline fifty six and fifty one with a 141 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: nineteen point five percent chance of making the playoffs. Not bad. 142 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: Now they're fifty six and fifty seven below five hundred, 143 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: down to about a two point two percent chance of 144 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: making the playoffs. Now, Phil Nevin said what he had 145 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: to say after their latest loss, and of course a 146 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: manager is going to say what he said. Just here, 147 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,679 Speaker 1: I want you to take a look at this quote. 148 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: Here's Phil Nevin. I know everybody is now done with 149 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: us and counted us out. That's fine. We've got twenty 150 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: six guys in their plus staff that know we have it. 151 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: They know we're still there, they know what's in front 152 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: of us. There's that phrase. Phil Nevin is right. But 153 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: here's the problem. The Angels still don't have Mike Trout. 154 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: You should be back at some point in the next 155 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. And the other problem is their schedule 156 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: is rough. Let's take a look at what they've got 157 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: right in front of them pretty much for the rest 158 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: of this month. Three versus the Giants, three at Houston 159 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: at Texas, their two biggest division rivals and two likely 160 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: playoff teams, actually the dore all likely playoff teams. Then 161 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,479 Speaker 1: three at home against Tampa Bay, three at home against Cincinnati. 162 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: That is really difficult. That's fifteen games ahead of them. 163 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: So we all knew the danger of the Angels strategy 164 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: in keeping Otani and trading for all the pieces that 165 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: they did, and the danger was that they might not 166 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: get there. They probably would not get there. The odds 167 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: were against them. They had basically a one in five 168 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: chance if that. But here they are. It's already disintegrated 169 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: faster than anyone could have imagined. Will they play meaningful 170 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: games in September? I'm not so sure at this point. 171 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: And while the Angels might say, Okay, we traded a 172 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: ton of prospects, but really we didn't have a great system, 173 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: and of the prospects we traded, probably only the catcher 174 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: at Yaquero was the only big time guy. He went 175 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: to the White Sox in the Giolito trade, with Bernaldo 176 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: Lopez coming back as well. Okay, that's fine, but here's 177 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: the flaw in that theory. One if you keep all 178 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: those players, some of them will develop into better players 179 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: than you think. It will also keep your depth intact 180 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: for future trades when you actually might have a better 181 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: chance of doing some things. It just leaves you in 182 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: a sense barren. Now, I don't expect most of the 183 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: players they traded to become major league contributed much less stars, 184 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: but at the same time to say it didn't hurt 185 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: the organization by doing this, Well, the original sin was 186 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 1: keeping Otani at last year's deadline twenty twenty two, when 187 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: you could have cashed in, when you could have made 188 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: the Wan Soto trade. From there, they've just compounded it. 189 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: And I understood when they decided not to trade Otani, 190 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: and I understood all the reasons for that. At that point, Okay, 191 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: you go for it. You might as well not go halfway, right, 192 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: But this was the risk. This was the danger. This 193 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: was the choice they made and the chance that they took. 194 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: It's going to backfire. I'd be shocked if they came 195 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: out of this. And it's just something that frankly, we 196 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: all saw coming. Time. Now for the inside Dish, this 197 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: is the segment in which we go inside a story 198 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: I've written inside a trend in the game. This week, though, 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: I want to go kind of backwards, go back to 200 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: the deadline, and go inside the deadline and kind of 201 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: revisit some of the things that have happened and some 202 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: of the outcomes that already have taken place, you had 203 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: some fan bases that were rather upset with the conduct 204 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: of their teams, and understandably so, you had some teams 205 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: that didn't do a whole lot. And I'm going to 206 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: start off talking about two of those teams, because both 207 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: of these teams, while they didn't do a whole lot, 208 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: they're actually coming out of this pretty well. The first 209 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: of those is the Minnesota Twins. The Twins needed a 210 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: right handed hitter, they needed more bullpen help, and Aaron 211 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: Gleeman of The Athletic wrote a scathing and appropriate column 212 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: about their lack of activity at the deadline. Well, here 213 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: are the Twins. They've won five of six since the deadline. 214 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: Versus the Cardinals and the Diamondbacks and the rest of 215 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: the division, we know this got weaker. Guardians traded Savali 216 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: and Rosario, the Tigers traded Lorenzo, the Royals Chapman and 217 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: Barlow and Nikki Lopez, and the White Sox they traded everybody. 218 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: So part of the twins lack of urgency was due 219 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: to the fact that they knew the division was basically 220 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: coming apart around them, and they knew that they'd be 221 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: okay if their better players started performing well. We still 222 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: haven't seen that really from Corea and Buxton. So much 223 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: of what the Twins are built on depends on those guys. 224 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: But they've gotten contributions from younger players Walner and Julian 225 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: some others. So the Twins are in a commanding position 226 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: in the Al Central. Did they do enough to maybe 227 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: win around to the playoffs, which we see of them 228 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: do it a while. No, but they're in decent shape. 229 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: Then there were the Mariners, a team that actually traded 230 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: its closer for the second time in three years. Paul Sewald, 231 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: he was the one who went this time. He went 232 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: to the Diamondbacks, and they didn't do much else, didn't 233 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: trade Taskar Hernandez, didn't really buy at all, and you wonder, 234 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: what the heck are the Mariners doing? Now. I know 235 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: they got some pieces back for sea Wald. Okay, I 236 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: get it, but the Mariners were a team that people 237 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: were wondering what are they doing? They were in the 238 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: playoffs last year for the first time in forever, and 239 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,839 Speaker 1: now they're just kind of sitting there stagnant. Well, the Mariners, 240 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: they've won five of six. They're in pretty good shape 241 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: right now. And it goes to show you again sometimes 242 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: keeping it together is not such a bad thing. One 243 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: more team I want to talk about before I get 244 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: into some other stuff with some teams that have not 245 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: fared as well. The Dodgers. Now, the Dodgers, as I 246 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: wrote about last week, they didn't get Eduardo Rodriguez. They 247 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: had a deal in place. He vetoed it, invoking his 248 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: no trade rights to that particular team. He had a 249 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: ten team no trade list. They have pitching issues, and 250 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: they were left with kind of a difficult spot because 251 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: they had acquired some players, but none of them are 252 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: impact players. Talking about Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly talk 253 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: HI about Ahmed Rosario and Keike Hernandez didn't look like 254 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: much right Lynn at the highest era in the majors, 255 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: most home runs allowed in the Majors. He has since 256 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: made two really good starts for the Dodgers, one on 257 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Baseball against the Padres. Joe Kelly, he'll be 258 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: a little up and down always, I guess, but he'll 259 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: contribute to that bullpen. And Rosario and Hernandez have done 260 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: exactly what the Dodgers wanted them to do, which was 261 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: help their right handed lineup. So these teams, while it 262 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: seems like they didn't do a whole lot or didn't 263 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: do all that they wanted. They still came out of 264 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: it okay. But the real issue for me concerns teams 265 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: that failed to get starting pitching help. And I guess 266 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: the Rogers would count in that group because they didn't 267 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: get much or anything beyond lance Lynn. But I'm really 268 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: talking about the Reds. I'm talking about the Diamond Max, 269 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: the Braves to a certain extent, though they were really 270 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: only looking for depth, and I'm talking about the Red Sox. 271 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: I wrote about the Red Sox on Monday and hein 272 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: Bloom's approach at the deadline. I know a lot of 273 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: their fans are frustrated, and I understand where they're coming from. 274 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: This is a team that, yes, it did not have 275 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: great postseason chances, great odds at the time of the deadline, 276 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: but they needed starting pitching didn't get it. Now they've 277 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: got Sale coming back and Trevor Story this week, Tanner 278 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: how Garrett Whitlock eventually okay and if those guys stay healthy. 279 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: In my view, the Red Sox still can be okay. 280 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: But you needed starting pitching, you didn't get it. Same 281 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: with the Reds. Same with the Diamondbacks. Now, the one 282 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: thing I will say on behalf of all of these teams, 283 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: and the one thing that fans have a hard time 284 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: maybe seeing because they're so focused on their own club, 285 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: is that the market was indeed terrible. It was really 286 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: thin on starting pitchers, and especially controllable starting pitchers, guys 287 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: you can have for multiple years. Only one of them 288 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: really was moved. I'm not counting the Mets forty three 289 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: point three million dollar twins. Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. 290 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: They're in a separate category. Schurzer became a multi year 291 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: guy when he agreed not to opt out. Verlander did 292 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: have a year left. They're different, They're so expensive, and 293 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: those deals were so unusual. I don't really see them 294 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: as controllable starting pictures in the classic sense. The one 295 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: that was created was Aaron Savali. He went from Cleveland 296 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: to Tampa Bay. Kind of a coup for Tampa Bay, 297 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: but they gave a really good prospect, calm Anzarto to 298 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: get him. And then there's Lance lann who has an 299 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: eighteen million dollar club option. He's controllable. I don't know. 300 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: At the time of the trade, the Dodgers thought they'd 301 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: ever pick up that option. They might be reconsidering that 302 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: now we'll see how that turns out, but those kinds 303 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: of pictures were not available. Now that said, the Reds 304 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: have a really young staff. They started a kid yesterday 305 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: in his major league debut, gave our home runs on 306 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: his first two pitches, first two pitches. The Diamondbacks they 307 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: addressed their bullpen. They acquired Tommy fam but they didn't 308 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: get a starter. They have a lot of young starters 309 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: as well behind Gallon and Kelly. They needed that. And 310 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: the Red Sox I've addressed already. We talked about them. 311 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: We know they needed starting pitching in this market with 312 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: the supply so limited and with the rentals okay, but 313 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 1: no top of the rotation difference makers in that group, 314 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: someone was gonna get shut out. Certain teams were gonna miss. 315 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: The Ools did not miss. They got their guy. The 316 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: Phillies got their guy. In credit to those teams that 317 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: did act and get starting pitchers, the Rangers, of course, 318 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: with Montgomery on top of Serzer. But it was simple 319 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: market dynamics that created an atmosphere in which not everyone 320 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: was going to get what they wanted. And while I'm 321 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: not excusing the teams that did not get the starting 322 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: pitching help that they needed. And remember, Dylan Cees controllable, 323 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: not traded, Miss Keller controllable, not traded, the Seattle youngsters 324 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: not traded, So none of those guys went because the 325 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: prices were so high. And yet if you're the Reds, 326 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: you're running out of pitching. If you're the Diamondbacks, you're 327 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: in that same range. And even the Orioles, sure they 328 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: got Jack Flaherty, they're gonna have issues in September and 329 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: maybe October with innings limits and guys getting tired and 330 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: all of that. They've already demoted Tyler Wells. So the 331 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: market contributed to a lot of this, and of course, 332 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: in some cases it's fair to criticize the front offices 333 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: for not having the foresight and maybe the courage to 334 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: go out and get the starting pitching that they needed. 335 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: All of this is still yet to play out in full. 336 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: I always say this about trades. You can't evaluate them 337 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: in the moment, you can't evaluate them after two weeks, 338 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: and really the only time you can start evaluating is 339 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: once the season ends and we know what happened with 340 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,959 Speaker 1: that particular outcome for that particular team, did they make 341 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs or not. That said, we've seen some interesting 342 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: early trends. We'll be tracking them as the season continues. 343 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 1: Through it and Dork of the Week. I'm gonna throw 344 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of a curve ball at you this week, 345 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: but we'll get to that. I'm gonna start off with 346 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 1: the Dude of the Week. This is a pretty straight choice. 347 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: Not necessarily a shocker if you're paying attention, but this 348 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: guy was a twenty eighth round draft choice. Twenty eighth 349 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: round doesn't even exist anymore. This was in twenty seventeen. 350 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: Came out of Eastern High School in Varheaston, New Jersey. 351 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Davis Schneider, who came up for the 352 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: Blue Jays and just was on fire all weekend. Let's 353 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: look at what he did nine for thirteen, nine for 354 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: thirteen to start his major league career. As you can see, 355 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: that's the most or tied with Cochler Triplet for the 356 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: most in a player's first three career games since nineteen 357 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: oh one David Schneider Cocher Triplet. So David Schneiner does 358 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: this for the Jays. He's got twenty one homers a 359 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: triple a nine to sixty nine ops. They could not 360 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: deny him. He came up made an immediate impact. David Schneider, 361 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: you are the dude of the week. Now my dork 362 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: of the week. This is where the curve ball comes in. 363 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: It's the fans of the Philadelphia Phillies for going soft 364 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: with their surprising, out of nowhere support of their three 365 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars struggling man Trey Turner. Now, I went 366 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: to school in Philly. I worked two years in South 367 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: Jersey the Courier Post right outside of Philly, so I 368 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: know Philly a little bit. When I was in college, 369 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: I attended a Giants Eagles game at Veterans Stadium since demolished. 370 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: I was a Giants fan. I rolled up in my 371 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: orange four Grenada with New York plates into the Vebb 372 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: parking lot and people were throwing rocks and bottles at 373 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: my car. That's the Philly I know. When I turned professional, 374 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: turn professional like I'm a player. When I became a 375 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: writer started working. My second job was, as I mentioned, 376 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: the Courier Post in New Jersey covered Mike Schmidt. One 377 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: day I got to go to the Phillies. That wasn't 378 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,239 Speaker 1: my regular beat, and it was the day after he 379 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: was quoted by a Canadian reporter as calling Philly fans 380 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: a mob scene, uncontrollable, beyond help. Schmidt took the field 381 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: that day in a wig, shoulder length wig and sunglasses 382 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: because he so much feared the fans' wrath. That's the 383 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: Philly I know, and now I go. Last year, I 384 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: write a column saying Joe Girardi should not be fired. 385 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: From the moment that column was published until the end 386 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: of the World Series and even beyond, Phillies fans have 387 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: been all over me and I must say rightly, so 388 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: they were right and I was wrong. That's the Philly 389 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 1: I know. This Philly. This is like a Kansas City, 390 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: Midwest nice. You guys are losing your reputation. Man, you've 391 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: gone softer at a soft pretzel. Philly fans dorks of 392 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: the week. 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Time now for grilling Ken, Let's get 416 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: to your questions. This one comes from Rocky Joe Shields 417 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: and Rocky asked, do you miss the waiver trade? Deadline. 418 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: With expanded playoffs, it feels like more teams might be 419 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: out of it and some bigger trades happen. It's a 420 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: good question, and my friend Jason Stark in The Athletic 421 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: last week after the deadline, raised the question of should 422 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: this deadline be pushed back to August fifteenth, perhaps to 423 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: give teams more clarity, give them more of a chance 424 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: to figure out who they are by that date, and 425 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: then we can see from there what teams want to do. 426 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: The waiver deadline, from a personal standpoint, was a major 427 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: pain in the rear. I hated it and I hated it. 428 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: This is selfish on my part, not because trades were made. 429 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: Trades were always fun, but if you remember who went 430 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: on waivers and who was claimed, it was all confidential 431 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: and oh my gosh, trying to get that information was 432 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: like trying to get something out of the CIA. And 433 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: then it also just continued trading season and it just 434 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: kind of dragged on and on and there was no break. 435 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: That's my selfish personal reasons. From the standpoint of the sport, 436 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: it was just confusing, and the waiver process as a 437 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: whole was this byzantine, complicated mess, and it just led 438 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: to a lot of different kinds of issues. That said, 439 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: what Jason wrote about pushing the deadline back and maybe 440 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: giving teams more time, it's something he basically concluded should 441 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: not happen based on this year's deadline, which was a 442 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: little bit unusual. But it's something we need to watch 443 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: in the coming years because if more teams being in 444 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: it leads to less of a sexy July thirty first 445 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: August first deadline, then Baseball will need to revisit this question. 446 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: And it's an interesting question. I've always liked the fact 447 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: that you have two months to go after the deadline. 448 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: You have to make a decision after four months, and 449 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: then two months left and you have to figure it 450 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: out August fifteenth, there'll be only six week left. It's 451 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: just a little bit different than dynamic. I'm not sure 452 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: it would beneficial, but again something to watch because, as 453 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: you mentioned, Rockey, the expanded playoffs have changed the entire 454 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: way teams approach the postseason picture and the deadline. Next 455 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: question comes from Austin Leclear. Austin says, is the NL 456 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: Central the most interesting division race? I would have to 457 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: answer yes, and it's become all the more interesting because 458 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 1: of the Cubs surge thirteen in three role right now 459 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: going into Monday's play thirteen and three. So Hota have 460 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: Sharma of The Athletic wrote today about their offense and 461 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: just how it is carried them through this latest push 462 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: that they're on. They have a real chance of winning 463 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: the division. And this shows the value sometimes of keeping 464 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: a team together and not just conceding because the playoff 465 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 1: odds are not necessarily great. The Cubs were playing better 466 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: at the deadline, decided to keep the team together. Looks 467 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: good right now. What's interesting about this race is that 468 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: the Reds, it seems to me, are fading. Now. I 469 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: don't say that just because they've lost the sixth straight, 470 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: but as I mentioned the previous segment, they're kind of 471 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: running out of pitching. They've got more kids, Yes, I 472 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: get it, but it's gonna be really tough for them, 473 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: even with Hunter Green and Nicolodola coming back to sort 474 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: of get through the season, and we're assuming those guys 475 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: are gonna come back healthy. Then there are the Brewers 476 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 1: who did some things of the deadline that I really liked, 477 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: Carlos Santana, Mark Hanna, Andrew Chaffin good moves. Brandon Woodruff 478 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: came back on Sunday. Look great. They are still the 479 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: team to beat in my estimation. But the Brewers are 480 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: not so good. Where you say, WHOA can't touch them? 481 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: So Cubs Brewers read It's going to be interesting right 482 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: to the finish. Okay, next question comes from Nick tim 483 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: Nick asked, who's your current American League Rookie of the 484 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: Year and do you think it'll finish that way? Nick? 485 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: If I had to say this before Sunday, I probably 486 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: would have said Josh Young and the Texas Rangers. But 487 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: on Sunday, Josh suffered a fractured left thumb. Really unfortunate. 488 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: He's going to be out for some time. We'll see 489 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: just how long. So without him dominating the picture, and 490 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: I'm not even sure he was dominating, It's a very 491 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: large group of candidates, and I want to take a 492 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 1: look at some of those names right now and you'll 493 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: see just how close this race is. These are just 494 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: the hitters. I'm excluding jenier Cano of the Orioles, the 495 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 1: great reliever, the All Star. He's had a tremendous season. 496 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: But look at these opss for different American League rookies 497 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: minimum two hundred and fifty played appearances. That's Luke Raley 498 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: of the Rays. He's the top guy in ops. Eight 499 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: sixty two. Yashida of the Red Sox. You might have 500 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: a funny feeling about Japanese players or major leaguers over 501 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: there coming over and being rookies year whatever, he's got 502 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 1: an eight to forty seven ops. He's had a great year. 503 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: Tristan cass Has has really come on. Eight thirty two ops. 504 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: Josh Young next, eight thirteen, Gunner Henderson of the Orioles 505 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: eight oh eight, the lowest of that group, and yet 506 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: probably I don't even know if it's probably the best 507 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: defensive player along with Young and a guy who has 508 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: meant an awful lot to a first place team, a 509 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: team with the best record in the American League. So 510 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: I would say this comes down to the final six 511 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: weeks or eight weeks wherever we are now, and we'll 512 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,479 Speaker 1: see who plays the best rush. Young probably will not 513 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: get it now because he's gonna miss so much time. 514 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: But it's a really good race, really great crop of 515 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: rookies in the American League. And finally, a two part 516 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: question from Luke. Luke asked, were you named after Ken? 517 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: The Barbie doll. And second, have you seen the movie? 518 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: And what are your thoughts? Luke, I was not named 519 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: after Ken, the Barbie doll. Now, granted, I was born 520 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: at a time when I guess Barbie was popular, and 521 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: it's conceivable that my mother would have said, let's name 522 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: him after No, she did not do that. My dad 523 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: did not do that. Not named after Ken. And I 524 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: have not seen the Barbie movie, and I will not 525 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: see the Barbie movie. I'm out on that. I'm not 526 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: going to see any movie during the season anyway. Thanks 527 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: for the question, though, Look you ahead this Saturday on Fox, 528 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: we've got Braves at Mets. Well, one of those two 529 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: teams is worth watching. And I would imagine when the 530 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: Fox schedule makers put together their schedule they were thinking, Wow, 531 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: this will be a really fun matchup. It might have 532 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: been before the Mets trade Sureser Verlander, Tommy fam Markana, 533 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: David Robertson. Now it's not looking so sexy, but we're 534 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: gonna get a look, certainly at the Braves MVP candidates, 535 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: Acunda being the leading one, but Matt Olsen. Do not 536 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: overlook him. He's had an amazing year as well, so 537 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: that's coming up now. Next week there will be no show, 538 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: no fair territory. I'm taking a week off so we'll 539 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: be back with you in two weeks, and I want 540 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: to thank everyone as always for their questions for listening. 541 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: You can watch us and subscribe to us on YouTube. 542 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: You can listen to us on world wherever you get 543 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: your podcasts and subscribe to us that way as well. 544 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: We will talk to you guys in two weeks. 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