WEBVTT - Cora v. Devers + Royals checkup 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.360 I firmly believe that Mike Calvarcia is having an all 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.440 star caliber campaign this year. To see where he's come 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:10.000 from to where he is now, it's been truly remarkable. 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:11.280 Yeah, that's what he said. 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:12.360 That's what he said. 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:14.600 That's what he said. 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:15.760 That's what he said. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.079 I'm tired of the wishy, washy fans, the haters out 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:22.360 of here. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:24.560 I'm gonna trigger somebody today. 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.120 Okay, I'm gonna trigger somebody because I'm tired of the 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.440 fans or the haters that are sitting around waiting on 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:31.480 the Tigers to fail. 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.640 Right, Well, watch, Ernest, I'll tell you they're gonna fail. 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.080 Watch it. You're that I told you so person Like 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.440 you're waiting around so you could be like I told 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:44.080 you so. Look, I know you they were gonna struggle. Look, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:45.320 let's see if they do that in July. 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.720 Well, then they do it in July, then you're gonna say, well, 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.400 all out. 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:51.640 Like what do you want? 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:51.879 Like? 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:53.640 What baseball are you watching? 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:53.760 That? 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:57.520 You're not seeing what we're seeing. You know, the this 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:58.320 is not a fluke. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:02.640 These guys are a a solid baseball team. 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.679 Preach Austin Jackson, part of Tiger territory, so we're gonna 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.040 highlight some of our shows part of the FTAM network. 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:15.120 So that's one Austin talking to Cody Stavenhagen and Karen Steckley, 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.399 and I love that Cam. I mean, Austin's kind of 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.800 new to the broadcast game and he's he's finding his 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.360 voice and also calling out the trolls. Right if you're 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:25.559 a Tiger fan right now. 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.560 Absolutely shouldn't be complaining much. 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.800 And let's be honest, that's not the usual nature of 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.680 a Tiger's fan, right the Tigers fan, the real Tigers 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.840 Tiger fan is going through it, gonna be through the team, 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.319 through the thick end of thing. And right now, like 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.240 Austin said, what we're seeing isn't a fluke. I think 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:47.960 the little tastes of last year. Have they finished the 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.040 second half, the taste of the playoffs being a game 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.200 or pitch or just you know, one moment away from 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.560 going as far as they've been in years, And now 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.200 they went out and brought back Flairty, brought back some 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.200 veteran pieces the bullpen. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.800 They figured that blueprint out the past few seasons. 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.640 They have a starting five rotation that I would and 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:09.440 trade for anybody right now, arguably in the game right now, 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.480 if you talk about how they've been throwing, and then 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.440 you have good problems like Matt Deerley coming back, Meadows 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.839 coming back, if you can get anything from Aulis Cod 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.959 when he gets back, and then you have Hobby Bayaz, Right, 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:24.400 Hobby Baya is playing good baseball is really it's contagious 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.160 for people around him. Right he's out in the center field, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:31.600 he's playing loose. What's happening is not a fluke. It's real, 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.720 and especially when you look at what they have to 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.720 compare themselves against in that division. Like you said, it's 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.720 a good division, but I think right now that's the 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.880 team to beat. And I love Austin triggering some people 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.800 in Detroit. Let's go, like, don't give me that wishy, 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:46.000 washy fan base stuff. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.799 Believe in these boys. They're here to play. 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.040 Good for whom. Good for him. He played there long enough, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.679 he knows that fan base, so he knows and good 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.359 for him. Yeah, get behind, get behind these guys, or 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.400 don't don't don't go back and forth a fan or 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:00.960 don't be a fan. 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:05.120 That's it, straight up, all right, Next up, we got 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.480 a couple more for That's what he said. Let's dive 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.639 back into the Red Sox first base situation. I don't 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:15.040 think anybody believes that the current status is going to 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:16.640 be the plan for the rest of the year. But 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:22.320 Gabrielle Star, friend of the show, tweets that Korra was 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.600 asked about a conversation on first base with Rafayeldevers in 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:28.720 the last couple of days and the answer was just 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.560 a simple no. When they said as he planned to, 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:37.400 and the answer again was no. Aj, do you think 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.680 that there's beef between Alex and Raffi or he's just 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.920 keeping it simple and being like, uh nah, he's just dhing. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.400 Or do you think that there's residual effects from what 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:48.720 happened a couple months ago in spring training? 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.400 He's being consistent, I'll give him that. I don't know 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:57.720 why they're being so hardcore about this. They just must 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.120 really hate Raffi Devers in the field. I just I 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.000 don't understand why they're being so hardcore about this. If 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:04.800 you can put Raffi Devers at first base and it 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.560 makes your team better, isn't that what this is all about? 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.760 So if you look at your roster and you look 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:11.840 at what you have in the minor leagues, you say, well, 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.000 Raffi Devers at first base makes us a better team, 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.320 shouldn't you at least say we'll think about it. Right 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.360 now it's a no, but maybe down the line we 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.800 might change something. I don't think there's a beef, but 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:22.720 I think that it's interesting the way they just keep 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.120 saying a hard no. So this just mean Raffi Devers' 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.400 is DH for the rest of his career. 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Like, I mean, there's 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.680 no offense to Rome Gonzalez and Toro Abraham Toro, but 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.040 I mean I'd rather if I could put Rothie Devers 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.000 at first and then I can use my DH whoever 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.719 that might be Yoshida or whoever else I can find. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.080 You know, maybe a young kid may or Anthony could 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:08.920 DH and you know, bring him up and let him 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.640 play DH and get some bats in the field here 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.840 and there like that would if that makes a team better? 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.640 Then isn't that Wasn't that the whole point to when 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.200 they said Raffi or the DH, it makes our team better? Well, 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.240 if Raffi playing first makes a team better, wouldn't it 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:21.000 be the same argument. 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.400 Yeah, I'm with a J And I think another question 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.080 that just I kind of think about is I really 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.320 wish we got more insight on how Raffie Devers really 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.400 feels right, because we're making a lot about this first 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:38.440 base situation, and as you don't hear much from him, 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.120 it kind of makes you wonder, is he give me. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.120 Static about it? And it's like, if that's the situation, 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:44.080 not saying he is. 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:46.880 You know, again, I've said it before, sometimes you just 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:48.680 got to put your big board bridges on right. You're 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.839 getting paid a lot of money and maybe sometimes in 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.520 these situations you you don't get your way right, but 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.800 you got to swallow your pride and go out there 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.159 and do what's best for the team. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:06:58.480 Right. 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.120 So, you know what, when we have these conversations, just 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.640 it kind of makes me wonder, is he kind of 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.160 being poudy about the situation? 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:05.520 Right? 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.320 Because at the end of the day, most guys, they'll tell. 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.520 You put me anywhere as long as I'm in the lineup, 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:11.960 as long as I'm playing. But when you give a 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.320 guy money, sometimes that sense of entitlement, you know, comes 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.120 along with that, and you think, well, you give me 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.320 all this money, I'm your guy, then you should do 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.920 whatever I want. And it's just like, that's not that's 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.080 not It doesn't seem like that's the case, right the 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.400 boss Boston Red Sox saying, Hey, Alex Regman was the 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.800 best for us defensively, we like him at third base, 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.240 and right now, DH would be the best for you, 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.080 possibly first base. So I just it makes me question 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.560 how much kickback he's really giving behind the scenes. 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.080 M yeah, aj. 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.480 But now though, now though, I mean, if he wanted 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.760 to play third, I'm sure he'd be open to playing first, right. 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:50.640 I Mean, I get it, I get you. If it's 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.480 best for the team and then you need me to 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.640 play first, That's what I'm saying like if the Red 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.560 Sox look at this, that's why I can't believe it's 0:07:56.560 --> 0:08:00.480 just been like a no no oh y yeah right 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.400 like no no yeah yeah yeah yeah like no, Like 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.040 to me, it should be like, well maybe if it 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:06.560 makes a team better, we should try it. 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.920 Yes, No, what you're saying is like, no, he's horrible. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.040 We know we don't want him anywhere on the field, 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:14.360 Like yeah, I get, I get what you're saying. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.320 You know what I'm saying, Like they're they're just like bro, bro, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.080 we don't want him to touch the dirt and lets 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.160 it's in the box or running the basis Like yeah, 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.240 you're right, I feel you Like that's all that Ya, 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.760 that might be the bigger question, and like they won't 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.160 they and they won't just say it like he's he's 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.680 a horrible defender there, like. 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:35.880 Get it, that's pretty and listen, I was all for 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.120 the pregnant Yeah sip, he's been their best hitter, right, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.319 he's a great third baseman. But they ain't talk to 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.600 They clearly didn't talk to Devers before they did it, 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.679 otherwise he wouldn't be in this situation, right, And but 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:48.520 that goes back to my point though, if you can 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:50.600 put Raffie Devers at first base and it makes your 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.160 whole twenty six man roster better, you have to at 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.640 least think about it instead of just saying no, no, no, right, 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.320 it's just no, that's that's kind of my point. Like 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:01.640 I don't know, I don't know what's going on there 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:02.920 won a World Series. 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:06.120 I don't know. Yeah, it's like it's like I feel 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:07.880 you when you break it down like that. It's like, yeah, 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:09.640 like how good? How bad could he be? 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:10.280 At first? 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.880 Like you know what I mean, Like we've seen guys 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:15.960 go out of your plaid the position. I mean we 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.400 can name them. I mean, Luisa Rise, they talk about him. 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:20.440 They put him at first so you can keep his 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.440 bat in the lineup. It's like, I'm with you, I 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.880 do it makes you right, aj Like how bad could 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:26.600 he be at first? 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:28.680 Like how does that not make your team a little 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:31.600 bit better? And then and then hey, you killed two 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.280 birds of one snow, Now he's on his feet. 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.320 Now he's engaged and you don't have to worry about 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.480 the whole all of d agent And I'm not engaged. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:41.520 And now you're engaged. You know you're playing defense. But yeah, 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.200 you're right, You're absolutely right on that. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.000 I mean, I got one for you. It's going to 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:49.240 take a month and a half or so, but they 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:54.599 will fall out at some point. Nate Lowe from the Nationals, 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.840 somebody like that, who's on a one year contract, who's 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:58.959 on a team that's not going to be playoff bound. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.800 You know, he's hitting pretty well, can play nice first base. 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.840 They'll do something like that. That's probably what they have 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.400 in their head. I mean, there's no one else, There's 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.280 no one in free agency right now. I mean, I 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.360 would be surprised if they signed Rizzo. I don't think that. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:14.840 Let's stop with the. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.480 I know, well, some fans, some fans even better idea 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.800 for you, a j some fans in the chat we're 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:22.800 asking about grand All. 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.439 I'm gonna go a hard no on on that one too. 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.840 Grand Doll is what catcher. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:31.959 They're like, you can play first I'm like. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:36.640 No, Boston fans are better than that. 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.000 Come on, let's yeah. 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.080 I mean he's like, you got the Josh Bills out there. 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.480 But it's like, is that really you know what I mean? 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.160 That's yea. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.920 Yeah, And I mean with the Marlins trade, Matt nervous 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.560 right now, maybe, but I think you're going to get 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.520 some options in six weeks or so. 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.199 I know if you look back to. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.840 What a day or two ago we talked about Roman Anthony, 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.480 and I guess, at least for now, that's not in 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:07.000 the plans. 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:08.480 Again, that's something that I would do. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.200 But if they're really a hard no on changing up 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.760 development with guys like that and wanting to leave him 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:15.880 in the outfield, then you're going to be able to 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.600 find somebody at the trade deadline. The thing is, the 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:23.160 trade headline's far away. Even if this happens in early July. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:28.360 I mean we're in early May. It's May seventh, they could. 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.600 Cost you exactly. That's the problem. Everyone was like, oh, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.360 let's just wait, let's just hold off, but you can 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:35.719 fall too far behind and then what. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:39.960 Then you might miss the playoffs by a game and go, damn. 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.079 I guess we should have figured out first base a 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.480 little bit quicker. That happens, So keep it again. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.560 Listen, we talk about how long the season is, but 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.080 it gets late really fast in the big leagues. 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:51.480 It really does. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:55.120 Jalen Thompson is the Kansas City Star Wars reporter. He's 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.400 back on with us on FT right now, Jalen, good 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:57.679 to see you. 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:58.160 How you doing. 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.640 Hey, what's up guys? You guys doing I'm doing good. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:03.080 Yeah, we're great. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.840 So what looks different the past couple of weeks for 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.200 Kansas City because this team's playing really good ball. 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.520 You know, when I when I talked to Salvao Perez, 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:14.760 it was a couple of weeks ago. He said that 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.360 the team had a meeting, well, I won't say like 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.520 a meeting, but they all just kind of got together 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.600 and they were talking about it and they were saying 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:26.040 that we're just doing too much. And this is when 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.520 they came off of the ten game road trip where 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.320 they went to and eight and they and they lost 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.719 a lot of games they probably could have won if 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:37.800 they actually hit the baseball. So Salvi was saying, you know, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.560 we're doing too much. Everybody's trying to, you know, be 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.880 the hero. We just have to get back to playing 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.000 simple and pass the battle along. And I think that's 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.560 what you've kind of seen. The pitching has always been 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.400 there this season, but now the offense is starting to 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.400 put some things together. I think the really key part 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.360 about all of this is you're seeing production from guys 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:00.559 that you probably didn't count on earlier this season to 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.120 be what the Royals needing to be in the lineup, 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.679 like mikel Garcia, Drew Waters, and I think that collective 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:10.560 group is helping. And now you're seeing Salvi and Bennie 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.760 Passportino and by Way Junior're starting to get going. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:14.440 So the roles are rolling right now. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.440 Hey, Jalen, is there any chance right as you got 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.240 this young team, sighting team, athletic team, they do a 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.640 little bit of everything. Is there any chance that the 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.679 fan base may get a Jack Kaggle young siding? And 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.880 what would it take for him to break his way 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.280 out of Triple A in the Kansas City? 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:36.600 Yeah, what's up? 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.880 I just he's he's gonna come. He's coming, He's on 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.959 the way. But I tell everyone this and the roles 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.800 have said it as well. You have to resist the 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.079 urge to want to bring him up too early. So 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.520 he's killing it right now in Double A. Four home 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.960 runs in his last three games. Yesterday hit his first 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.240 multi home run game as a professional. We know what 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:03.000 type of power that Jack Cacione brings. AJ knows this 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.120 very well. The nine home runs he hit in nine 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.760 straight games in Florida last year. The worlds want to 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.760 bring him along slowly. They want him to see pitchers 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.280 in Double A multiple times. They want him to learn 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.520 the outfield. They want him to continue to just grow 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.600 as a professional so that once he gets to the majors, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.600 he doesn't go back down. And I think what we'll 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.920 see I'm projecting this. I don't know if it will 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.680 happen or not, but I think he'll get the Triple 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.200 A really soon, and then we'll see what he does 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.720 in Triple A, and then from there, I think he'll 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.320 be ready to come to the big leagues. 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.800 Hey, Jalen, Well, first of all, I talked to Quataro 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.160 on Saturday and this question was posed not by me, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.920 but by Jason Minetti, and he he asked him this 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.040 direct question, what are the chances? He said, there's definitely 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:48.640 a chance, but like you said, they're gonna play it 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.000 slow because they don't want to rush him, and they're 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.360 they're honestly, they're kind of like, we don't really have 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.240 a spot for him. I guess the outfield, but he's 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.800 trying to learn the outfield. They have Pascorentino at first. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.040 They like to keep DH open for salve if he 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.320 needs a day or a Pasconino or one of the 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.720 other guys needs a day as a DH. So he 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.280 made it pretty obvious that yes, he's on their radar, 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.280 but it's not gonna happen tomorrow. 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.040 It could happen down the road, but. 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:12.760 He's got to learn how to play the outfield, and 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:17.360 he's just it's just not there. Right, So you're on track. 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.720 You're on track with that, Jalen. And the biggest thing, 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.640 excuse me for me, that the Royals started doing. They 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:24.920 started hitting some home runs. I mean, I did a 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:28.560 game on Saturday, then fifteen homers going to that game, right, 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:29.800 and then they got on a home they've been on 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:31.520 a homer barrage. And by the way, just to say 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.520 this for your tweet, when you say how the Royals overcame, well, 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.200 the White Sox had to pop up, hit the guy 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.400 in the head and all this other crazy stuff. So 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:41.400 you're welcome for that win for the Royals yesterday because 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.120 the White Sox literally headed it to him. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.480 Have you ever had something happened like that to you 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:48.240 in your career? 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.760 One hit me in the head. I've never had one 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.280 bounce off my head head before. I don't I mean, 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.960 I missed a pop up, but I think everyone's probably 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.600 missed a pop up. Aaron Judge missed a pop up, right, 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:05.240 But I. 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:04.560 Know I have never seen anything like that. 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.920 And you know, I've been watching baseball all my life 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.680 just to see how that aenning kind of unravel. Now, 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.560 I'm gonna give you a little inside of what it's 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.840 like to be a b reporter in writing the story. 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.200 So I had two different stories going. One they win, 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:23.120 one they lose. I'm pretty much typing in, Okay, the 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.600 Vices HAVEVA League is a knife inning. You don't expect 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.120 them to give it up. So I have the Royles 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:29.600 have lost the game. 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.240 But then I started seeing all this stuff go on, 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:32.840 and I'm. 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.560 Like, well, I need to figure out how I'm gonna 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.560 craft this story where they come back and win. So 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.880 you just it was just calamity. It was zaney, it 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.880 was chaotic, and it kind of felt like and Kyle 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.440 Isbel told us this after the game. When they got 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.480 Bobby with Junior up, it felt like the game was over. 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:52.600 That's how they felt. 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