1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: To see what he's doing. Now. This is early two 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: thousands bonds and he's going to be treated that way. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: He has been treated that way to a certain extent. 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. We 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: have a little bit of a different lineup today. Lano 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: Rizzo is away in parts unknown, so we are using 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: today the Star of foul Territory. We are privileged to 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: have the Star of foul Territory as my co host. 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: His name, of course is Scott bro and you see 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: him right there. And Scott, it's interesting that you're here 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: on this Thursday because we've got a bit of history 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: to talk about. 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: We do. 14 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 3: And Ken, obviously I appreciate being on with you. And 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 3: when I looked around for a second, I was making 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 3: sure Aja Prazinski wasn't nearby, because you said the Star 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 3: of foul Territory. So I'll make sure he knows that 18 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 3: you said that about me and not him. 19 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: You're the Star of foul Territory. 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: No que, thank you, thank you, an honor. I've never 21 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 3: missed a word Territory. So glad to be here for 22 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 3: the ride today. But yes, Ken, let's get right into it. 23 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 3: So with the lead here Aaron Judge hits home run 24 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 3: number three hundred of his big league career, and I 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: just think it came in the most unique way. I 26 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: know you're going to get to it a little bit 27 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 3: later on, but Wan Soto getting intentionally walked in a 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 3: game where they had the lead. 29 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: There's two on Judge. 30 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 3: Ken had also seen the pretty non competitive pitches, but 31 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 3: it's three to zero. They did a great job on 32 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: the Yankees broadcast of saying how he's going to have 33 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: the green light anyway in situations like this, and he 34 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 3: did not miss that one. 35 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: He did not. He has not missed many all year, 36 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: actually since April when he had a little bit of 37 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: a difficulty and went through some swing changes afterward or 38 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: some adjustments that he made. And it's just amazing to 39 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: me what he has accomplished in a relatively short amount 40 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: of time in his career. Now he's been playing a 41 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: while now, but to get to three hundred homers faster 42 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: than any other major leaguer, that's a big deal. There's 43 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: no question that's a big deal. And when you talk 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: about Judge and you look at him in the future, 45 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: you wonder, can he get to Barry Bonds or even 46 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: Babe Ruth seven sixty two, seven fourteen. I don't know 47 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: the answer to that. I don't know that it's yes. 48 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: But Soto had an interesting line last night when he 49 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: was asked about it. Somebody said, well, it's four hundred 50 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: and sixty two still to bonds, and Soda said, well, 51 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: if it hits sixty a year, it's not going to 52 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: be that difficult. Obviously, it's going to be difficult. We 53 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: all know that. But look at this, folks. This is 54 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: from Jason Cattania last night. Aaron Judge and Juan Soto 55 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: both have thirty home runs and one hundred plus walks. 56 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: The last teammates to do that Pep Burrow and Ryan 57 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: Howard on the two thousand and seven Phillies. These guys 58 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: are doing amazing things, and I want to show you 59 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: just where they are in their seasons and where their 60 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: paces are as we go forward for the final quarter 61 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: of the season, because it's rather impressive, to say the least. 62 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: All right, here's Judge. You can look at this. Scott 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: batting three thirty three, just sixteen points below Bobby wit 64 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: for the American League lead, forty three home runs, six 65 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: four sixty seven on base seven h seven slug one 66 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: point one seven four ops his pace fifty seven home runs. 67 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: Soto arguably even more impressive now with the home runs, 68 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: but just with his career is three oh seven thirty 69 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: four homers on pace for forty six four thirty eight 70 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: six fifteen one point zero five to two ops. Oh, 71 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 1: and getting back to Judge, the on base slugging ops, 72 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: they're all career highs right now. So he is having 73 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: arguably an even better season than he did two years 74 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: ago when he hit sixty two home runs. 75 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 3: It's incredible And for Judge, I know, you know, you 76 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: struck a chord for me when you mentioned April. People 77 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 3: were freaking out. It happens fast, and we have bias. 78 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: We have recency bias, but we also have bias at 79 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: the beginning of a season, right, I'm sure you saw 80 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: this a million times. At the start of the year. 81 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 3: You're getting, you know, tweets about it from fans. Hey, 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 3: what's wrong with Judge? Oh, Judge's toast? Judge hurt. No, 83 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 3: you just had a slump and a slow start, and 84 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: that was the the only slump that he had the 85 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: whole year. And you mentioned this at least one time. 86 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 3: You said, Hey, if this happens in June, then nobody 87 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 3: talks about it. If he has a cold week and 88 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 3: a half or people don't talk about it as much. 89 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: But when it happens at the start of the season, 90 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: you also get the booing at Yankee Stadium. 91 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: It's crazy. 92 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: It becomes, you know, a wildfire very quickly in baseball 93 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: when a star like this struggles. 94 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 2: But look what he's done since then. It's outrageous. 95 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 1: Guy, it's amazing to think that he did get booed 96 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium this year. And I know when he 97 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: was going through that in aprils, some fans were asking, hey, 98 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: what's with the foot? 99 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: Is he still hurt? 100 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: All of that, and the Yankees people kept saying, no, 101 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: he's healthy, he's fine, And you have to go on 102 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: people's words at that point, and that's what most of 103 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: the reporters were doing. Oh, the reporters were doing. And 104 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: to see what he's doing. Now, this is early two 105 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: thousands bonds and he's going to be treated that way. 106 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: He has been treated that way to a certain extent. 107 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: But he is not the only story going in Major 108 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: League Baseball right now. 109 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 3: No, you're right, he is definitely not the only story going. 110 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 3: The one other thing I want to mention and then 111 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 3: we'll get to the NL West here too, is he's 112 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: playing center field. That was a big story in the offseason. 113 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 3: I know yesterday he was DH but still spending time 114 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: in center field. He stayed on the field. That was 115 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: a huge topic. So the guy doing this with you know, 116 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 3: the defense that he's putting up as well for the 117 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: Yankees is incredible. And I also think Judge's home are sorry. 118 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: Soto's power is kind of playing up here as well, 119 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: and where some people think, oh, maybe maybe Soto's not 120 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: going to hit as many at Yankee Stadium, right, He's 121 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 3: We went over the yesterday, the fan grafts zips projections, 122 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 3: which many people go by as somewhat of a bible. 123 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 3: Before the year starts at thirty three, it's going to 124 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: go down a little bit. He's almost for forty six, 125 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: like as if Sodo can't adjust to a different ballpark, 126 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 3: and also isn't going to be excited about playing with Judge. 127 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 3: So I thought that part was interesting, and you mentioned 128 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 3: him saying how excited he is about Judge's progress and 129 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 3: that he could catch one of those records despite his 130 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: age to me. It also means Wan Soda has the 131 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 3: utmost respect for Aaron Judge. 132 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: He loves him. 133 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 3: And if money's the same, you know, I know this 134 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: is the question for you all the time, too, Will 135 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 3: so too go to the Yanks? I think if the 136 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 3: money is the same, it sounds like he's pretty happy here. 137 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: I would agree with that. But it's going to be 138 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: all about money. And if Steve Cohen comes in there 139 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: and says we're doing this and it's X and the 140 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: Yankees can't get there, he's going to be a met 141 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: So we'll see how this all plays out. That's gonna 142 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: be a fun discussion this offseason because Soda is going 143 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: to be coming off one of his best years and 144 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: certainly a platform year for the Ages. Judge had one 145 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: too a couple of years ago. So we'll see what happens. 146 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be a fun offseason, all right. So 147 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 3: before we get to all of that, of course, the 148 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 3: NL West might feature four teams in the postseason. Giants 149 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: have a pretty outside shot at this point. But where 150 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 3: are we at with the Padres and the Diamondbacks on 151 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: a roll right now and the Dodgers falling yesterday? They 152 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: had a decent series against the Brewers Ken but the 153 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: Big Three couldn't come up big against Devin Williams last 154 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: night in a one run loss. And now they look 155 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: behind them, they're two and a half games ahead of 156 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: not one, but two teams. 157 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: That to me is what makes this so crazy. 158 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 3: Is I mean they could go on a night finished 159 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 3: the season the Dodgers and still not win the division 160 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 3: because either the Padres or the Diamondbacks can get a 161 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 3: little bit hotter. 162 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: No, it's a great point, and two and a half 163 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: games is nothing, especially with about a quarter of the 164 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: season left to play. Let's look at the Diamondbacks and 165 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: Padres and just how hot they've been. I don't know 166 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: that they can sustain this. They probably can't, but this 167 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: is really impressive. You look here at what they have done. 168 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks July twenty second, they were fifty one and 169 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: fifty five hundred team since then eighteen and three. The 170 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: Padres July nineteenth fifty and fifty a five hundred team 171 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: since then nineteen and three. The Padres have done this 172 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: without Fernando Tattis Junior and Darvish and the Diamondbacks. It 173 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: might even be more impressive. What they're doing because Christian 174 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: Walker is out, Gabrielle Moreno is out, Catel Marte has 175 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: been out recently. They are thirteen and two without Walker, 176 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: they're eight and one without Moreno and four and zero 177 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: with Marte missing most of the last four games. So 178 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: here is the wild card race. These teams look pretty 179 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: comfortable there. You never know, four games is not in 180 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: a massive amount, and if one of these teams get 181 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: cold or both, you could see the Braves jump up 182 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: again and get into a better wildcard position. But my gosh, 183 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: these teams have been so impressive. And what I love 184 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: about the Diamondbacks right now is that their starting pitching 185 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: is coming together. Merrill Kelly is back, Edward Rodriguez is back, 186 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: Jordan Montgomery a much better start yesterday, And of course 187 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: they've got Zach Gallen and Brandon Fott as well. That 188 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: is a very formidable five. Now. The back end of 189 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: their bullpen is a little bit questionable. I get that, 190 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: but they've got some other good relievers. They are a 191 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: team right now that looks really impressive, and the Padres 192 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: as well. They've had a tremendous year. This is aj 193 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: Preller's best job, in my opinion, and who knows where 194 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: they might go. 195 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 3: All right, So my follow up on the surging teams 196 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 3: here in the NL West is which one do you 197 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 3: think has a better shot of winning a tournament in October? 198 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 3: I think they're both going to get in. I know, 199 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 3: four games even isn't crazy, but they both are in 200 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: a pretty comfortable spot here to be able to make 201 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 3: it into a wild card position. And there's still six 202 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 3: weeks to go by ken if they're both in the playoffs, 203 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 3: and they're both playing in a wildcard. 204 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 2: Series, so you got to do the extra series. 205 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: Do you think the Diamondbacks, with what they did last 206 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 3: year and the lineup that they have plus the starting pitching, 207 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,599 Speaker 3: is more dangerous or the Padres having what four to 208 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 3: five high leverage arms that could be closers on many 209 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 3: other teams. 210 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: It's a great question. And the Padres also have an 211 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: incredible offense when they're clicking. So I'm not sure what 212 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: the answer is to that, because I love the Diamondbacks 213 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: starting pitching, and I love the Padres bullpen, and the 214 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: Padres not only do they have a great bullpen, but 215 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: they've got Dylan Cees and Michael King to high quality 216 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: starters Musgrove is back now. Waldrop has done well for them, 217 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: Aldron has done well for them all season long, so 218 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: they get Darvish back. It's a pretty interesting group, to 219 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: say the least. And when you have someone like Dylan 220 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: Cees as well. Dylan Cees is the kind of pitcher 221 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: who can dominate a postseason. So I don't know which 222 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: one is going to be better equipped. It'll depend done 223 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: health once we get to the postseason. But my gosh, 224 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: it's been quite a show by both those clubs. 225 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Jackson Merrill could have the Evan Carter factor, 226 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 3: not the same type of batting profile, but in that 227 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 3: rookie who picks things up as this season goes on 228 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: and then all of a sudden shows himself up to 229 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 3: a national stage. He certainly is not scared. I mean, 230 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 3: he's been clutches can do for this team. 231 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 2: So far this year. All right, So then let's get 232 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: to the fallers. 233 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 3: Who is hitting those dog days of August and struggling 234 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 3: and looking like they're falling apart I can see on 235 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: the graphic here. 236 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: I mean, the Cardinals are still hanging around. The Pirates 237 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 2: have completely fallen apart. 238 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: Both teams are really struggling, and you can even throw 239 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: the Giants in here after they get swept by the 240 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: Braves at home. But I want to talk about the 241 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: Cardinals and the Pirates. Now, let's look at them the 242 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: same way we looked at the Padres and Diamondbacks, but 243 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: in reverse. The Pirates July twentieth by fifty and forty eight, 244 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: pretty good position. Since then six and sixteen. The Cardinals 245 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: July twenty third, they're fifty three and forty eight. They're 246 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: five over. They're about to get Eric Fetti and Tommy 247 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: fam about a week later. And since then they're seven 248 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: and thirteen. Both these teams have struggled. The Cardinals are 249 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: at about five percent playoff odds right now. The Pirates 250 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: are back in last place. Now, the Pirates, I didn't 251 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: love their deadline, but keep in mind it was a 252 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: thin market. What did they do. They added the two 253 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: lefty relievers, Jalen Beeks and Josh Walker. They added Isaiah 254 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: Kiner Fhileffer. That was a good deal for them in 255 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: my opinion. He's under control for next year, and Brian Delacruz. 256 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: These were complimentary moves for the most part. They also 257 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: traded two starting pitchers Martine Perez and Quinn Priester, and 258 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: then they of course suffered an injury with Marco Gonzalez. 259 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: Perez beats them last night. But at the same time, 260 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: they were never really going to fire with what they 261 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: did at the deadline. They were never gonna be that 262 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: kind of momentum team. They sort of did what the 263 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: Pirates do. They did some complimentary. 264 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: Moves around the edges. 265 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: And what's interesting to me here about them is that 266 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: before the season started, their owner, Bob Nuttings said he 267 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: wanted the team to take a meaningful step forward. They 268 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: won seventy six games last year. A meaningful step forward, 269 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: I would think would be a five hundred season. Right now, 270 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: they're in last place again. They're on pace to win 271 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: seventy seven games, just one more than last year. Not 272 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: good enough. Now, the Cardinals, this is a curious group 273 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: because not only are they tied with the Reds right 274 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: now for third place in the Central not only are 275 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: they below five hundred their run differential Scott This is 276 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: could probably surprise you as closely as you follow it. 277 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: Third worst in the National League, worse than the Nationals. 278 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: So probably they're playing above their heads with that kind 279 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: of run differential, and I just don't see how they're 280 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: gonna come out of this. They are just a team that, 281 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, their stars Arnado and Goldschman haven't performed. 282 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: Their starting pitching has been okay, not great, and some 283 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: of their young guys have not played to the level 284 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: that they expected either. 285 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, they're missing something we talked about on foul Territory 286 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 3: a lot before the season started, where we thought the 287 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 3: wind projections for them were way too favorable on their end, 288 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 3: and you're seeing them look like a very five hundred. 289 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: Dish ball club. 290 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 3: Ken I think the one difference then I'll get a 291 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 3: fan question in here on the Pirates. 292 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 2: The one difference for. 293 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: Me is, you know, Saint Louis has been a perennial 294 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 3: playoff contender. They try right, like there's big name there. 295 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: I know they don't spend as much, maybe as their 296 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: fans want them to. But Goldie and Ironatto having down seasons, okay, 297 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 3: at the trade deadline, a lot of people really give 298 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 3: them a ton of credit for what they got and 299 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 3: Fetti and the fam addition, right, and how they didn't 300 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 3: have to give up much in terms of what was 301 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 3: on the current Major League roster. 302 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: Tommy Edmonds still isn't back yet. For the Dodgers. 303 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 3: I loved what they did. That doesn't mean that you 304 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 3: do that ken and you're going to get into the postseason. 305 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 3: But when I look at the Cardinals versus the Pirates 306 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 3: and how they've been building this up for years and 307 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 3: they certainly had a winning window that was opened this year. 308 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 3: In my mind, if they did anything in the offseason, 309 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 3: that's part of their mo oh right. We don't bring 310 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 3: on players for big deals that free agents. Russell Martin 311 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 3: two year seventeen from a billion years ago is still 312 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 3: the biggest deal they've ever done. 313 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 2: That's wild. 314 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 3: And then for me, the trade that I know it's tough, 315 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: but it was overwhelmed or underwhelming, I mean, it's. 316 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: Too agree average players. 317 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 3: And publicly it sounded like they were saying they could 318 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 3: take on some payroll. Privately, I remember Jim Dukatt was 319 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: on our show recently and said he had heard that 320 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 3: that was a lie and they would have to unload 321 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 3: a player, which they did in Martin Perez. I'd be 322 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 3: very disappointed of Pirates. Fans are pretty disappointed that they've 323 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 3: been waiting for all this time and they're still not 324 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 3: treating them like a contender yet. 325 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: I agree, and that goes back to ownership. I don't 326 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: know how much freedom Ben Sherrington, as their GM has 327 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: to make moves. Evidently not that much freedom. And we 328 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: wrote about this in spring training Stephen Nesbit and I 329 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: about how this all stems from Bob Nutting and his 330 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: seeming lack of desire to invest the resources necessary. We're 331 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: not asking them to be the Dodgers, but a little 332 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: bit more effort would be pretty nice. 333 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, And then the next layer of the equation here 334 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 3: is how much buzz Paul Skeens and even before him, 335 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 3: Jared Jones brought to Pittsburgh. I know some people that 336 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 3: lived there and said that there was more buzz there 337 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 3: than I had been in years, just based on the 338 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: pitching talent alone. And how you see the Marquis oh 339 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: Skeens is pitching a night, that's going to be a 340 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 3: packed house. So, with that being said and then essentially 341 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 3: being out of the playoff mix, now Daniel had a 342 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 3: question about shutdowns. He said, well, some of their young 343 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 3: starting pitchers like Skeins and Jones get shut down. If so, 344 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 3: when my guess is maybe in the next couple weeks. 345 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: To this point, they're not admitting that they're going to 346 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: shut down Skeens. They're saying, we're going to keep going. 347 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: He's going to keep pitching. Of course, they're going to 348 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: say that they're still sort of in contention right the 349 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: moment they feel that they're out of it, and really 350 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: that's any moment now, I would expect that they would say, Okay, 351 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: that's it for the season. Paul's had a great year. 352 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: We wanted to stay healthy, we wanted to come back 353 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: next year build on this foundation, and that will be 354 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: the point where they call it a night. Is it 355 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: possibly pitches the rest of the year, I guess, but 356 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: I don't know that it would be too prudent of 357 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: them to do that even all. 358 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 3: Right, and let's get to one more topic before we 359 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 3: move on here from a loaded lead. Last night, you 360 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 3: put out a story on Elias Diaz hitting the waiver wire, 361 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 3: which is unique and I think some fans need to 362 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 3: be reminded. Can a player hits the waiver wire now 363 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 3: and a team claims him and that's it. You get 364 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 3: the player, you take on the money. There's no trade 365 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 3: to it, right, So what were your thoughts on on 366 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 3: that and really the grand scope of what can happen, 367 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 3: which I termed the dump deadline last year. It's not 368 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 3: the cleanest name out there, but it's good enough for 369 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 3: national television too, when the Angels let. 370 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 2: Go of half their team. What do you think about 371 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 2: this year's dump deadline? 372 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: First of all, I like the term dump deadline, Scott. 373 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty fitting for what this is, and 374 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: we're going to see teams that fall out of it 375 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: try to perhaps get rid of their potential free agents, 376 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: get the money off their books by putting them on 377 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: outright waivers. That's what we're talking about here. Elias Diaz 378 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: is an example of that. He has about one point 379 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,479 Speaker 1: five million dollars due. People say, well, why didn't they 380 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: trade him at the deadline? Carson Kelly got traded, Danny 381 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: Jansen got traded. The Rockies evidently felt they didn't have 382 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: enough interest to justify a move, okay, and now they're 383 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 1: trying to purge that remaining one and a half million. 384 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: I don't know that he will get claimed. He had 385 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: a horrible July. I mean terrible. It's as far as 386 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: his offense is concerned. But we are going to see 387 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: some of this, and as I wrote earlier this week, 388 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: we talked about this on foul Territory. The Rangers for 389 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: me are a team to watch. They have a number 390 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: of potential free agents who could help contenders. They've been 391 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: operating on this budgetary kick for pretty much, I don't know, 392 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: several months now, since last offseason. Really, they've been under 393 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: restrictions uncertainty with the future ours en revenues. Yeah yeah, yeah, 394 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: Well you also won the World Series last year, and 395 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: you also hosted the All Star Game. You shouldn't be 396 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: acting like you're going broke. That said, they might look 397 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: to save some money and talking about Kirby Yates and 398 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: David Robertson, possible Nathan Evaldi, all of these kinds of players, 399 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: those are the ones will be looking at. You'll see 400 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: some fringe players as well, go on out right waivers 401 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: in the coming weeks. There are some on there right 402 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: now that I haven't mentioned. They're not really worth mentioning. 403 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: But Diaz was interesting simply because he was the All 404 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: Star Game MVP in twenty twenty three, and. 405 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 3: I saw some fans online on socials yesterday and even 406 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 3: some writers talk about how maybe they should have traded 407 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 3: him last year. I'm like, that's not what the Rockies do. 408 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 3: He had a year and a half left control. They 409 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 3: just don't do that. It's it's hard, it's hard to 410 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 3: explain to the average fan, but that's just how the 411 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 3: Rockies operate. So the Rangers pitchers that you mentioned, though, 412 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 3: ken sound like they'd all get picked up. I mean, 413 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: I don't know if there's maybe one candidate that wouldn't. 414 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 3: But with the way that every team needs pitching and 415 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: the chance to just take on money, and I don't 416 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 3: think it's crazy crazy money for any of them with 417 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 3: a week or a month and a half to go, 418 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 3: it sounds like those players would offload like the five 419 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 3: or six you mentioned, maybe nine to ten million bus 420 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 3: if they went down that road, Like why would do 421 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 3: one and not do all of them? 422 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: Then? 423 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 3: At that well, that's even though it's a bad look, 424 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 3: it's just like, if that's what you're doing, then then 425 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 3: do it right. 426 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: No question. If you're going to do it, go ahead 427 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: and put the whole group on. And there are some 428 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: others as well, but it is a bad look. When 429 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 1: you're the defending World Series champions and you're doing that, 430 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: you're kind of sending a message that we'll cut off 431 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: our players whenever we need to cut off our players. 432 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: And I don't know, it's not something that most front 433 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: offices will be comfortable with now. Artie Moreno. Last year, 434 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: what he wanted to do and he succeeded in doing, 435 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: was getting below the luxury tax threshold. After they made 436 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: that crazy series of trades at the deadline to try 437 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: to have this last gas didn't work, Okay, now we'll 438 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,719 Speaker 1: get under the threshold. I didn't like it, I got it, 439 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: I understood it. So I don't know that the Rangers 440 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: want to mimic the Angels. That's not necessarily a model franchise. 441 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: But it's going to be really interesting, not just with 442 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: the Rangers, but with other teams as well that fall 443 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: out of it, to see what they do in the 444 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: weeks ahead. 445 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and even the Cleveland Guardians then picking up some 446 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 3: of those players and people being like, wait, what, you 447 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 3: didn't do much of the deadline and you're not really 448 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 3: in it. So we might get some of those surprises too. 449 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 3: You never know where it's like, oh, the Reds picked 450 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 3: up a pitch or what, So we'll see. That's why 451 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 3: it was interesting to me. It's just so unique. Anyway, 452 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: let's get to Grill and Ken right now, Let's make 453 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 3: sure you get at least a question or two in 454 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 3: here from the crowd. Obviously always loved the questions from 455 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: everyone here in the YouTube chat Armie chow Maine. Earlier 456 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 3: this year, FT talked about whether or not John Mazzelak's 457 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 3: great name and Army's always in the chat. Whether or 458 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 3: not John Mazzelock is on the hot seat this season? 459 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 3: Have things changed for mo in your mom. 460 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: I think they might have changed, now we don't know 461 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: for sure. Now the hot seat when it comes to 462 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: the Cardinals is a relative term. They are franchised at 463 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: value stability, and they are not a team that is rash. 464 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 1: They don't generally do things that are kind of nuts. 465 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: Now Shilt was an exception to that, but Shilton Mozella 466 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: had a disagreement and that was that. But I'm talking 467 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: came out the front office. Now. John Mozelak has been 468 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: the president baseball Operations there since I believe two thousand 469 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: and seven. He was the GM then he got elevated 470 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: to President of Baseball Operations. It's been a long haul 471 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: for him and I can see him at the end 472 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: of the season, saying you know what, Okay, I've had 473 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: my time. We've got Tim Bloom here, We've got Michael Gershier, 474 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: and perhaps one of those would take over baseball operations. 475 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: That would be a smooth transition. It wouldn't be uncardinal 476 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: like and bringing in someone from the outside. Heaven forbid, 477 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: I can see that happening. I haven't talked to John 478 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: Iszaelac about that. I doubt he would ever reveal his 479 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: intentions at this point, but he might decide, Hey, it's time, all. 480 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 2: Right, let's get to at least one more. 481 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 3: Here Spersey with a question, with early season award combos starting, 482 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 3: any front runners for Manager of the Year. 483 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 2: I thought quickly about it. 484 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 3: I actually think I have a very distinct too in 485 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 3: my head, but I want to hear what you have 486 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 3: to say. 487 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: I would expect we're in agreement on this. Pat Murphy 488 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: and the National League, Steven Vote in the American League, 489 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: and those two guys replaced well, Vote replaced the legend, 490 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: and Murphy replaced the guy who is now the highest 491 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: paid manager in the game. I don't want to call 492 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: Craig Council on Legend just yet. But Fran Cones certainly was, 493 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: and for them to do what they've done with their 494 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: teams basically both operating with severe payroll restrictions, it's really impressive. 495 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: And all season long, they've been kind of my two 496 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: favorite stories because they came out of nowhere. In my opinion, 497 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: I never expected the Brewers to do what they've done. 498 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: They've got a commanding lead in the central right now. 499 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: And the Guardians, who would have thought after their offseason. 500 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: Remember it started with them dumping Pantril and they eventually 501 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: got Barlow and that was the rationale. But it wasn't 502 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: like they were going out there and killing it in 503 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: the offseason. So kudos to both and I would expect 504 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: they're both extreme front runners for those awards. 505 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, if anybody saw Cleveland in this spot, you're crazy. 506 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 3: I want to go back and see anybody that picked 507 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 3: Cleveland having one of, if not the best record in 508 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 3: baseball at this point, that's wild. Okay, next one, Jeremy asking, Hi, Ken, 509 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 3: are you excited for next year's Bristol Speedway game? Sitelines 510 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 3: will be something? And also I'll add, I mean, I 511 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 3: think you're gonna have one hundred thousand plus people. Aj 512 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 3: said Prizinski on foul Territory. They're trying to set some 513 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 3: type of attendance record over there. 514 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the idea, it seems to me, and I 515 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: am excited for it. I'm always excited for these special 516 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: event games. Now, this one, to me doesn't have the 517 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: same resonance as the Field of Dreams game or the 518 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: Rerick Word game. But with that goal in mind, setting 519 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: the attendance record and being in a place where baseball 520 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: has not been before in Tennessee, that's pretty cool. And 521 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun. And I'm 522 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: sure Fox will do an amazing job with our visuals, 523 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: as we always do. We have incredibly talented people working 524 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: for us, So yeah, it'll be cool. It'll be definitely cool. Yeah. 525 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 3: I can't speak highly enough about Fox handling those big games. 526 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 3: They make it feel like a movie. It just makes 527 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 3: it feel like a big event. They crushed that, so 528 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 3: props them. Excited for that. So I notice your shirt 529 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 3: actually has a similar vibe to the conversation we're talking about, 530 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 3: and shout out to Baseball isn't one of the sponsors 531 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 3: of our show, The official lifestyle brand of Baseball. You 532 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 3: can go check out their website and I've got one too. 533 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 3: By the way, I'm checking show everyone. You seems sunset 534 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 3: very nice, but thank you. 535 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: What do you rock in there? 536 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 3: I see a little Field of Dreams action which you 537 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 3: covered right from a few years ago. 538 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: This is a Field the Dreams. I don't want to 539 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: mess with the computer here, but it's that one and 540 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: the Field of Dreams game when we did the first 541 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: one in particular White Sox Yankees. First of all, the 542 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: game was incredible, but that was one of the highlights 543 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: of my career. It was just a beautiful setting and 544 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: we did as you said, Scott. Our director Matt Gango 545 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: and our technical people are so good. It was a 546 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: beautiful night and it was really cool as well meeting 547 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: the guys who tend to that field and asking them 548 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: how they put it together and how they brought major 549 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: League Baseball quality field to Dyersville, Iowa. I mean, they 550 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: had the Field of Dreams field, but this was a 551 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: separate stadium and I just love being there and I 552 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: hope we go back at some point soon in the future. 553 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 554 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 3: And there you can see the Field of Dreams line 555 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 3: that's on Baseballism as well. I too hope that we 556 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 3: have a Field of Dreams game coming soon. Every year, 557 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 3: sure I would be okay with it. I know some people, okay, 558 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 3: try to make it more special every few years regardless 559 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 3: they were I think doing renovations or something there. So 560 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 3: that's why you haven't seen the game for the last 561 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 3: several seasons. So when it comes back, it's it's gonna 562 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 3: feel special again. Ken, this was fun. Hope that I 563 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 3: did okay and my best Delana Rizzo impression. And I 564 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 3: know you're gonna handle dude in Dork of the Week, 565 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 3: But thank you. I just want to say thank you 566 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 3: for all you do. I love the show always, as 567 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 3: you know. 568 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: Thank you Scott, and Scott's going to have Foul Territory 569 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: coming up with a great lineup today, Aaron Boone, Jackson 570 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: Holliday and Jason Stark. Scott, thanks for doing this, man, 571 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 572 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 2: Thank you, Ken, say everyone on Foul. 573 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: Now, Dude and Dork of the Week. Dude is easy. 574 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: It's Aaron Judge. I'm not even going to get into 575 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: it that deeply. We all know who Aaron Judge is. 576 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 1: We all know what he's doing. Fastest to three hundred 577 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: and all of that dork of the week, and I 578 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: love this guy, but he's got to be dork of 579 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: the week Grady size More of the White Sox. Now, 580 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: I want to give you some perspective here. Grady size 581 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: More last season was working as a fifteen dollars an 582 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: hour intern for the Arizona Diamondbacks in their baseball operations, 583 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: became a coach for the White Sox, much to his surprise, 584 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: and now he's the manager of the White Sox. So 585 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: I don't know that we could expect him to be 586 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: Miller Huggins right off the bat that said pitching to 587 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: Judge last night, that's one of the all time What 588 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: were we doing here? Let's look at some of the tweets. Well, 589 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: there's the whole run, of course, but there's some tweets 590 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: here that were pretty good as well, quotes from the 591 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: Yankees that kind of said it all. And what I 592 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: had the biggest problem with was, Okay, you have a 593 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: base open. Let's look at the quotes. First, Wan Soto, 594 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: I didn't know they were going to try to pitch 595 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: to him. I don't know it's their strategy. I don't 596 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: know what they were thinking. That's pretty good. Courtesy of 597 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: Gary Phillips and the New York Daily News, and I 598 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: believe there was one more as well. Oh here we go, 599 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: Austin Wells intentionally walking Juan Soto. That was crazy. I 600 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. All of the Yankees who spoke postgames 601 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: said something along those lines, except for Judge. He said 602 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: he understood the decision. I don't understand the decision. Why 603 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: are you pitching to Aaron Judge with a base open? 604 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: I know you would have loaded the bases with a 605 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: six to two deficit. I get it, and I know 606 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: it was right right as opposed to having Chad cool 607 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: face Juan Soto, a left handed hitter. But you could 608 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: have taken the next step and walk Judge to pitch 609 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: to Austin Wells. If you're going to disrespect someone in 610 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: the Yankee lineup, you might want to disrespect Wells instead 611 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: of Judge. And the other thing. Here we get to 612 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: three and oh, three and zero against Aaron Judge, nothing 613 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: good is going to happen at that point. Intentional walk 614 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: at that point would have been appropriate as well more 615 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: than appropriate. So, Grady Sizemore, I hope you have a 616 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: long career as a manager. I hope This isn't the 617 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: end for you, this little interim status that you have 618 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: right now. Grady's are one of the great guys, and 619 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: it was a great player, and it's really smart baseball man. 620 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: But managing is hard, and the game speeds up on you, 621 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: and you have people like me second guessing, and it's 622 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: not an easy job by any stretch of the imagination. 623 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: But for pitching to Aaron Judge last night, Grady's dork 624 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: of the week. All right. With that, I wanted to 625 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: say goodbye to everyone. I'll be at Dodgers Cardinals this 626 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: weekend at Bush Stadium. Dodgers at Cardinals. Monkey Bets will 627 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,959 Speaker 1: be back. 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