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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory.

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Speaker 1: I'm chandeler Room, joined by Tyler Stafford. Happy Week one

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Speaker 1: of the NFL season. To all that participate. Somebody alert

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins. I don't think he was aware that the

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Speaker 1: season started today. To tie it all in, the Astros

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Speaker 1: played a game in which Jacob de Gram pitched on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: They scored eleven runs. The Texans scored nine points today,

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Speaker 1: So the Astros can take solace in the fact that

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Speaker 1: they scored more in a game started by Jacob de

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Speaker 1: Gram than the Texans did under their ballyhooed new look offense.

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Speaker 1: That's about the most solace the Astros can take from

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Speaker 1: this weekend in Arlington, which accentuated what has become their

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Speaker 1: biggest flaw. They cannot consistently score runs. This is a

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Speaker 1: lineup that is just that is struggling to produce runs.

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Speaker 1: And when you look at the lineup on paper, Tyler,

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Speaker 1: when you look at the names that are in it,

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Speaker 1: when you look at how it's constructed, when you look

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Speaker 1: at the guys at this team employees, it's almost a

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Speaker 1: little mind boggling that they are not more productive than

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Speaker 1: they are right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean when the when the lineup came out today,

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Speaker 2: I was like, all right, that's about as good as

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Speaker 2: it's gonna get, you know, and then they get no

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Speaker 2: hit for five innings. Yeah. It was a rough five

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Speaker 2: or six hours of Houston sports watching today. Not fun

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Speaker 2: to watch two teams that just cannot score at all. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, part of it is al Twove

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Speaker 2: is in a really bad slump right now, and you

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Speaker 2: know there's other guys that have not consistently been able

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Speaker 2: to step up. But you're right, I mean, the names

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Speaker 2: They just they just haven't been, you know. They now,

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Speaker 2: you know, they've faced some good pitching in the past

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Speaker 2: couple of days, but it's been a month and a

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Speaker 2: half of just not being able to score. And I

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Speaker 2: don't know what to do. But it's not fun to watch,

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Speaker 2: I'm telling you that much.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned jose Al Tuovay. He is in a seven

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Speaker 1: for fifty three funk and in the last two days

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Speaker 1: we have seen like visible on field frustration from him.

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Speaker 1: There was a couple helmet slams, there was a couple

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Speaker 1: bat slams after some strikeouts. We don't usually see that

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Speaker 1: from Jose al Tuova. Even when he's really really going bad,

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Speaker 1: he usually tends to hold it in, tends to be

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Speaker 1: able to do it out. I mean, all these guys

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Speaker 1: was not able to do that in Arlington this weekend.

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Speaker 1: And it's it's unfair to put it all on him.

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Speaker 1: It's unfair to say Jose al Tuove has to get

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Speaker 1: going for the whole lineup to get going. But he's

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Speaker 1: a big part of what they're doing. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: hitting third every night, you know he is. He can

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Speaker 1: be their igniter, he can be the guy that you

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Speaker 1: know when he is going, they are deadly. And it's

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Speaker 1: too simple to say that just fixing him will fix

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Speaker 1: the problem. But you look and you mentioned that, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: this this weekend was not good. They faced Jacob de

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Speaker 1: Gram on Saturday. Obviously they somehow scored eleven runs. Friday,

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Speaker 1: they faced Merril Kelly, who, again a veteran pitcher that's

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Speaker 1: been around that that knows how to pitch. I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is not they weren't facing scrubs. And also, let's

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Speaker 1: remember now the Rangers do have the lowest era in baseball.

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Speaker 1: If they do one thing, they pitch it really well.

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Speaker 1: So not that that excuses it. You know, Joe Aspota

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Speaker 1: after the game on Friday, you know, was he before

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Speaker 1: we get in, Like, I do need to say this

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Speaker 1: at the point in the year now where fans are

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Speaker 1: hanging on like every reword that Joe A. Spotta says postgame,

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Speaker 1: every word Dana Brown says when he goes on the radio,

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Speaker 1: every word the players say, like I get it, I

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Speaker 1: understand it. Gone are the days of people in management

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Speaker 1: positions Joe spotted Dana Brown. Gone are the days of

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Speaker 1: them going on the record and just obliterating their team,

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Speaker 1: Like they're not going to sit here and say, oh,

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Speaker 1: Jozel Tuova sucks right now, so we got to get

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Speaker 1: him going, Like no, like Joe, They're saying what they

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Speaker 1: have to say, guys, Like when Joe'spotta says he likes

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Speaker 1: and they're one swing away, like sure, he believes that,

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Speaker 1: but like guys, he's not stupid, like deep down like

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Speaker 1: he understands that they've got to be better. They've got

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Speaker 1: to score runs. You know. Today actually after the game,

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Speaker 1: it's playing and simple. We got to take better at bats.

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Speaker 1: And that's about as blunt as he's been about the situation,

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Speaker 1: which Tyler, as you mentioned, has stress far beyond just

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Speaker 1: this weekend. They have played since they acquired Ramon Urius,

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Speaker 1: Carlos Correa and Jesus Sanchez at the trade deadline. They

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Speaker 1: have played thirty five games. They have scored three or

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Speaker 1: fewer runs in seventeen of those games. That is a

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Speaker 1: stretch in which they got Jordan Alvarez back, It's a

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Speaker 1: They've been close to, if not as full strength as

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Speaker 1: just not translated into consistent production. And everyone wants to know,

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Speaker 1: k why what the root causes. Everyone's looking at chase

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Speaker 1: rates and yes, this team chases. I think only the

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Speaker 1: Rockies have a higher chase rate than them. Yes, this

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Speaker 1: team sees the second fewest pitches per plate appearance in baseball.

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Speaker 1: We've been over that this is an aggressive team. Can't

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Speaker 1: put my finger on it, Like, I can't pick out

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Speaker 1: one thing to say. If they fix this, it's it's solved.

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Speaker 1: And Christian Walker actually said after the game on Friday, like,

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Speaker 1: if we had an answer, if we knew how to

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Speaker 1: think right now they're kind of in that mode of

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Speaker 1: just kind of searching to figure out is this just

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Speaker 1: a very very bad valley in a season of peaks

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Speaker 1: Is this one hundred and forty four, one hundred and

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Speaker 1: forty five games into the season, Is this just what

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Speaker 2: You know? I that's the hard part about watching baseball

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Speaker 2: is so much of it really is random, and it's

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Speaker 2: hard to like remind yourself of that, because yes, I'll

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Speaker 2: twov chase his pitches and he looks silly, but sometimes

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Speaker 2: he chases a pitch and he pokes it down the

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Speaker 2: left field line for a double and you clap for him,

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Speaker 2: and you go there's Jose al Tuo Bay, the Hall

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Speaker 2: And sometimes he rips it and sometimes he doesn't. And

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Speaker 2: when you have a lineup of nine guys that do that,

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Speaker 2: you know, when they're all struggling or you know, when

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Speaker 2: it just looks bad. You know, they just can't score.

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Speaker 2: But at the same time, on Tuesday, that exact same

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Speaker 2: Because they have the potential to do that again. It's

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Speaker 2: not a lineup that you look at and just go like,

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Speaker 2: there's no talent here, there's no redeeming qualities of this lineup.

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Speaker 2: They've got good hitters in there, and they've got guys

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Speaker 2: who've shown that they're good hitters this year it's just

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Speaker 2: they haven't been able to piece it together. And that's

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Speaker 2: just what baseball looks like sometimes. And that's why, like

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Speaker 2: we always say, you know, with the playoffs in mind,

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Speaker 2: it's just a matter of getting there, because in a

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Speaker 2: five game series, that lineup could absolutely score eight runs

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Speaker 2: but that's just what it looks like sometimes, and it's

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Speaker 2: just a matter of getting as many guys in there

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Speaker 2: a frustrating thing to come to terms with as a

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Speaker 2: it was two months ago, just unequivocally, you would rather

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Speaker 2: have this lineup going out every day than you did

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Speaker 2: in June. And in June they look like the best

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Speaker 2: They just if they can rip off a five game,

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Speaker 2: But you're you're right, there's not like a fix for it.

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Speaker 2: You don't. You don't look at it and go like, oh, well,

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Speaker 2: this is the problem. If they just cut back on this,

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Speaker 2: you know, that's it. It's you know, that's how baseball

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Speaker 1: I think the one thing that I would point to

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Speaker 1: since since this Golden Era started, they have preached passing

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Speaker 1: move runners, things like that. The Astros have a three

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Speaker 1: with runners on base. It's the Cleveland Guardians, who have

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Speaker 1: not had a good offense in fifteen years. The Rockies,

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Speaker 1: We mentioned Jacob de Gram's name a lot in the

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Speaker 1: first segment. Hunter Brown is a dude like I mean, Jacob.

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Speaker 1: Absence of that, it's giving the baseball to Hunter Brown

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Speaker 1: and fromber Valdez as many times as you can. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk about Fromber a little bit later, but it's, uh,

431
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Speaker 1: you know, I wrote after the game about Hunter Brown.

432
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,119
Speaker 1: It's it's interesting to like examine or just say that

433
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Speaker 1: he bolstered his cy young candidacy when he's not going

434
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Speaker 1: to win it. Like let's like, I mean, let's be

435
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Speaker 1: adults here. Trek Scoobel is going to run away with

436
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Speaker 1: this thing barring again he I think they're both gonna

437
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Speaker 1: make three more starts in the regular season. Unless Terrek

438
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,479
Speaker 1: Scooble just absolutely falls on his face, he's gonna win

439
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: the SIUP. He's gonna be the first excuse me, be

440
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,439
Speaker 1: the first picture since Pedro Martinez to win back to

441
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: back cy Young Awards in the American League. So good

442
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: for him. The Astros, however, would very much like for

443
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Speaker 1: Hunter Brown to finish in the top three of American

444
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Speaker 1: League cy Young voting because, as we've discussed, he is

445
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Speaker 1: uh PPI eligible and this is his last year of

446
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,359
Speaker 1: PPI eligibility. So if he finishes top three in the

447
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,119
Speaker 1: cy Young voting this year, the Astros do get a

448
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,880
Speaker 1: draft pick next season. And when you start to look

449
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,919
Speaker 1: at kind of where he sits, so after that outing,

450
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,680
Speaker 1: he's got a two point twenty five ERA A. Trek

451
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Speaker 1: Scooble and Paul Skin's the only two guys in the

452
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Speaker 1: big leagues with a lower one. Schoobles is at two ten.

453
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Speaker 1: There are or there were after Saturday. I'm I'm using

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Speaker 1: that frame of reference after Saturday because I haven't added

455
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Speaker 1: in all the games from today. There were seven other

456
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Speaker 1: starters in the American League that had thrown more innings

457
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Speaker 1: in Hunter Brown after Saturday, six of them have an

458
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 1: ERA of two point sixty seven or higher. Now bear

459
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Speaker 1: in mind Hunter Brown has a two point twenty five

460
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Speaker 1: e R, so you've you've got that. Brian Wu, Jacob

461
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: de Gram, and Scooble all have a lower whip than

462
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Speaker 1: Hunter Brown. Scubale, de Gram and Carlos Rudan all have

463
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: a lower batting average against than Hunter Brown. It's gonna

464
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Speaker 1: come down to, like what do voters care about? Like,

465
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: there's thirty BBWA members that that vote for the Scion Award.

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Speaker 1: Every one of them have different criteria. Some of them

467
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Speaker 1: value workload, some of them value strikeouts, some of them

468
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Speaker 1: value e R. Some of them are gonna look at pips,

469
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Speaker 1: some of them are gonna look at x fips. Some

470
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Speaker 1: of them are gonna look at the do they pitch

471
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Speaker 1: for a good team or a bad team. It really

472
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Speaker 1: is thirty different sets of what is important. But I

473
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Speaker 1: think any way you slice it, Tyler like it'd be

474
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Speaker 1: it'd be a travesty at this point. At this point, again,

475
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Speaker 1: he's got three more starts, so a lot of things

476
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Speaker 1: can happen, But it's you start to look at it,

477
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Speaker 1: it's got to be you know, Hunter Brown, Garrett Crochet

478
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 1: and Tarrek Scoobel, or the three that have kind of

479
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: separated themselves. Jacob de Gram's in there. His numbers are insane,

480
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,440
Speaker 1: but he hasn't thrown enough. He hasn't thrown as many innings.

481
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: Same thing with Nathan Valdi, who's on the IL. I'm

482
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: not going to pitch again this season, but the innings

483
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 1: are going to be a concern for him. But I

484
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 1: think the most well rounded candidates are the three we

485
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: I just mentioned, Arrek Schoobel, Hunter Brown, and Garrett Crochet.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think you're right. I mean, school

487
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 2: is gonna run away with it. But I would imagine

488
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Speaker 2: the vast majority of the ballots have Hunter Brown second,

489
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 2: just based on you know, both Era and even like

490
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 2: you mentioned, de Gram has been fantastic, but he's the

491
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 2: ERA is two seven eight, and he has a lower

492
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Speaker 2: strikeout per nine than Hunter you know, like, it's not

493
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Speaker 2: like there's any one number you could point to of

494
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Speaker 2: any of these guys and say, like, if this is

495
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 2: all you care about as a voter, you're definitely gonna

496
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 2: have him above Hunter Brown. Like Hunter Brown's gonna finish

497
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,280
Speaker 2: second in in the cy young or at the very

498
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Speaker 2: least third, you know, just because they're there's no argument

499
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Speaker 2: to be made. I mean, he's been the second or

500
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 2: third best pitcher in the American League for you know,

501
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 2: the entire season. And and yeah, I mean you're gonna

502
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 2: have some strays where somebody has somebody ranked higher uh

503
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 2: than than Brown by like one slot, probably on a

504
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 2: handful of ballots, but the vast majority of them are

505
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 2: going to have him two, maybe three. And yeah, I

506
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 2: mean he's just been incredible. And they they mentioned, uh,

507
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,359
Speaker 2: what's it called PIP what's the thing called p I

508
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 2: p p I. They mentioned that on the the Fox

509
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 2: broadcast on the on the National Game, Ken Rosenthal just said,

510
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 2: just trust me. I'm not going to bother to explain this,

511
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 2: but just trust me. If he finishes in the top three, uh,

512
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 2: the Astros get a pick. And they left it at that,

513
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 2: which is, you know true. We spent about half an

514
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,120
Speaker 2: hour explaining it before the year, and it boils down

515
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 2: to just trust us. The Astros will get a pick

516
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 2: after the first round. If Hunter Brown finishes in the

517
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 2: top three, the cy young and barring any major major changes,

518
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 2: that is that is going to happen.

519
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: You consume a lot more like just like I maybe

520
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: maybe more like National Baseball just content than I do Tyler.

521
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: Just in general, does Hunter get maybe the recognition that

522
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Speaker 1: he deserves or is he still trailing? Just obviously, like

523
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: everyone knows who Schooble is, everyone knows who de gram is,

524
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Speaker 1: and I mean for a good reason. De Graham's thirty

525
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: seven years old and is the best was the best

526
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 1: picture on the planet like five years ago, Like Crochet

527
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: gets a lot of run just for he plays in

528
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: a big market. He was a quick a quick rise

529
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: or wasn't a big wasn't a big trade this offseason?

530
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: Does does Brown get the the notoriety that maybe his

531
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: numbers warrant or is he not there yet?

532
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 2: I would say pictures in general get less notoriety than

533
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: they warrant, just on a national level outside of you know,

534
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 2: Otani or Scoogle or somebody like that. You know, it's

535
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 2: just harder to post a highlight of pictures, and so

536
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 2: I think on the Internet it's just harder to see

537
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 2: those things. But I listened to a lot of the

538
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 2: opposing teams radio broadcasts, and they always talk about Hunter Brown,

539
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 2: you know, like that that is someone that every everybody

540
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 2: is aware of, so I would say, you know, maybe

541
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Speaker 2: not quite at the level of like this guy is

542
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 2: locked in as one of the you know, a lot

543
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 2: of times they talk about him is like this guy

544
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 2: is quickly becoming one of the better pictures. And I

545
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 2: would argue, like, it's not becoming anymore, Like he just

546
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,959
Speaker 2: is one of the better pictures in the league. But

547
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 2: that's like the worst that you hear people say is

548
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 2: like he is on his way to becoming one of

549
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 2: the best pictures in the league. I think he gets

550
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 2: plenty of recognition, and it's obviously deserved.

551
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Speaker 1: You want a hot take, mm hmm. HIB commercials next year. Oh,

552
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Speaker 1: I think he's got to be. I think he's got

553
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: to be in him right, Hunter E.

554
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Speaker 2: Brown.

555
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Speaker 1: I think his middle name, he's earned it, right. Oh,

556
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: that's that's health the notoriety. But if he gets on

557
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: HIB billboards and if he's uh, if he's like dancing

558
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: with Altuve in a in an ad for like tortilla chips,

559
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: like m hmm, that's gonna help.

560
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Speaker 2: But uh so, when we were at the I went

561
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Speaker 2: to the Labor Day game with Olivia, my five year old,

562
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Speaker 2: and we've talked about this before. But all she cares

563
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 2: about is orbit the whole time.

564
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: Uh.

565
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 2: She loves whenever the astros get a strikeout and the

566
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 2: astronaut k counter comes up. She always like, dad, look

567
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 2: astronauts and the other. The third thing that she noted

568
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 2: as soon as we sat down, she pointed to right

569
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Speaker 2: field and said, hb she she recognized the sign out there.

570
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 2: So yeah, I agree. If you can get in some

571
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Speaker 2: hib commercials, maybe uh, maybe Olivia will start respecting him

572
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 2: a little bit more.

573
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Speaker 1: Did you explain to her who plays right field?

574
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Speaker 2: Oh, we've we've talked about that. Yeah, we we went

575
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 2: over there and sat there. She loves Altov, she knows

576
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 2: that's that's my friend. She'll point out anytime he comes up.

577
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 2: But but yeah, we'll We'll have to get her clued

578
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: in on on Cam Smith's more, what a hit. Shout

579
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Speaker 2: out Cam Smith. That was a rip.

580
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Speaker 1: It was It was enjoyable to see someone that has

581
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: struggled for as long as he has, Like I posted

582
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: it on on and I fully like that was two

583
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: and a half months of just pent up. I don't

584
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: know if it was rage, emotion, elation, just relief all

585
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: into one, and he just absolutely and you the Dugout

586
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: loved it too, like it was it was a good

587
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: moment for him, and I mean he killed de ball.

588
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: It was like one hundred and five off the bat.

589
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: If he had set to anywhere else in the ballpark,

590
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: it's a it's a homer. And I mean too, that's

591
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: the situation too, like if he makes a playoff roster,

592
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 1: like that's what he's going to be doing, Like he's

593
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: going to be pinch hitting for Hayesus Sanchez against the

594
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: lefty late in the game, and that's a good first test.

595
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 2: To pass that dude can fly. Yes, he is so fast,

596
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 2: which is what he's huge, Like, I'm I mean he's

597
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 2: he is so fast and uh yeah, I mean his

598
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 2: swing is also very pretty like I mean, I'm I'm

599
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 2: aware that the results have not been there recently, but

600
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 2: he has a very good looking swing. Eno Sirius of

601
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 2: of the Athletic I'm not sure if you've heard of

602
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 2: it has like a swing plus stat like the bat

603
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 2: tracking stat and camp Smith was like in the top

604
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 2: ten as far as like just how you would ideally

605
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 2: form a swing, like he has a very very nice swing.

606
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 2: It's nice to see for him. I was excited and yeah, man,

607
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 2: he was. He was booking it out of out of

608
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 2: the batter's box there, So that that was good to see.

609
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: Not a lot of fun things to watch this weekend

610
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Speaker 2: that were not Astros related. There were a lot of

611
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 2: fun things outside of that. Were you guys in the

612
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 2: press box? How did the news spread of the the

613
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 2: Dodgers implosion in the press box?

614
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: Well? Was that on? That was on the night Hunter pitch.

615
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 2: So yeah, I was like it happened during the game, right,

616
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Speaker 2: I was.

617
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: Like, I mean, I'll peel back the curtain. Like once

618
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: Hunter left the game, I like stopped watching the game

619
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: and just was writing, Like I'd look up every now

620
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: and then to like see who was hitting, like where

621
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: they were in the lineup, things like that. But like

622
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,919
Speaker 1: I was kind of just like head my head down,

623
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,240
Speaker 1: like getting some stuff done. Then like I kept flipping

624
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: over and like our athletics slack kept like pinging with

625
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: like he's four outs away through and they were making

626
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: coverage plans. Yeah, so I'm here. I'm here presuming that

627
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: oh he's gonna it's Yamamo against the Orioles, Like he's

628
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 1: gonna get it. And then like I think I saw

629
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: a Twitter notification from like passing or somebody passing like

630
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: posted that the that they all I saw was like

631
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 1: yoshinobah Yamamoto was one out away from a no hitter

632
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, like he must have not

633
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: gotten it. That sucks. And then like I opened it

634
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 1: and it was like and the Dodgers loss. I was like,

635
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 1: are you kidding me?

636
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 2: Yep, that rule happened. Uh? Did you have you been

637
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,879
Speaker 2: keeping up with the uh? The Mariners fan who uh

638
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 2: purchased an etsy witch to help fix the Mariners?

639
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: No? Yes, what the hell? What the hell is an Etsy?

640
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 2: Well? Etsy is just the site you can go on

641
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 2: there and pay someone for a spell. And he posted

642
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: his name is not Bob Ross on Twitter but on

643
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Speaker 2: September fifth, he says, I have paid an etsy witch

644
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Speaker 2: to help the Mariners best. He's helped me manifest and

645
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 2: then he posted the screenshot of it. And then today

646
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 2: the Mariners won eighteen to two, and the official Mariner's

647
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,479
Speaker 2: Twitter account posted a picture of the final score and said,

648
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Speaker 2: shout out to the Etsy witch which rules. That's so funny.

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Speaker 2: So you know that that is a saga, will be

650
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Speaker 2: keeping up with very funny.

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Speaker 1: You said, paying an etsy wish. That sounds like something

652
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Speaker 1: that will get you put in.

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Speaker 2: Jail, Well you can pay it was. It was twenty

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Speaker 2: dollars with a five dollars off cubon. So this this

655
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Speaker 2: man paid fifteen dollars for someone on the internet to

656
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Speaker 2: put a spell on the Mariners and it worked. They

657
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 2: won eighteen to two today. So try anything because playing

658
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 2: baseball has not worked for the Like how bad are

659
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Speaker 2: the Mariners? That the Astros are terrible and they're still

660
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 2: two an out? Like this is objectively the worst Astros

661
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Speaker 2: team of the last ten years, and they're just gonna

662
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 2: they just keep leading the division. Like, if the Mariners

663
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,960
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Speaker 2: If they can't win with the like what are you doing?

665
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Speaker 2: You're gonna have a guy that probably might win the

666
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Speaker 2: MVP or at least finished second. He's got what fifty

667
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 2: three home runs? You got Julio Rodriguez in his prime,

668
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,320
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Speaker 1: They're starting pitchings fall allegedly, but.

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Speaker 2: You know they've got, you know, all of that going

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00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 2: for them. The worst Astros team that's been around in

673
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 2: the last ten years and they still cannot catch up yet.

674
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 2: Now could have you know, can go on an eleven

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00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,440
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676
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 2: But uh, it's wild that they have not overtaken the

677
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 2: astros like that is, if you can't do it this year,

678
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 2: I don't know what to tell you.

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Speaker 1: I have an al MVP vote this year, so I'm

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681
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,520
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Speaker 1: So from Ravello is pitched again today. It was fine.

714
00:38:54,920 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: He it was what happened in his life last start.

715
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: Is only going to make the reactions to everything he

716
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: does more outsized. Everyone freaked out today because he gave

717
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,399
Speaker 1: up four runs and seven innings. That is, he pitched

718
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: fine today, like he was not the reason they lost

719
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 1: the game today. He made one bad pitch. He threw

720
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 1: a flat change up to Jake Berger, who had a

721
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: two run home runer of the opposite field. He pitched five.

722
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Speaker 1: Now the bigger stuff was, you know. He talked after

723
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: the game, said that while he didn't address the clubhouse

724
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: again after the cross up stuff, did say, you know,

725
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 1: he was asked, you know, maybe what he learned from

726
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: that instance, what happened with Cesar Salazar. He said, I

727
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: learned not to get frustrated, not to go crazy, and

728
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: just focus on the next hitter, in the next pitch

729
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to throw. And then he also said that

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Speaker 1: he made it a priority to come in today and

731
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Speaker 1: in his words in Spanish, be more chill. He wanted

732
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: to be more chill today and again, it's one game.

733
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: Don't want to make any more of it. But a

734
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: lot of stuff went wrong for him today, like the

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00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: first run scored on a wild pitch that Jan Diaz

736
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Speaker 1: should have caught but didn't. Janr Diaz fell down running

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Speaker 1: to get the baseball and then threw it off of

738
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Speaker 1: Jonahim's back. Should be noted that promer Veldez did back

739
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: up home plate in this whole scenario, which is something

740
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't usually do. Dylan Moore scored from second base.

741
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: That is this kind of thing that in the past

742
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 1: has allowed him to unravel a little bit, kept his composure,

743
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: kept it going, gave up the home run to Jake

744
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: Berger to go up, to go down four to one,

745
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: got the next guy out on the next pitch, or

746
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: I think he got the next guy out like two

747
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: bitches later, and then he went back out for the

748
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: seventh inning, got three outs again. If his objective today

749
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: was to show that he can be chill and calm

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00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: and keep his focus, he passed. It was a good

751
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: first step. It was a good first step improving that

752
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: because and I kind of weave this story in of this,

753
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: you know, this detail into my story today in that

754
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 1: sixth inning that he gave up the three runs and

755
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,760
Speaker 1: the Global Life field press box they have like TVs

756
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: everywhere that just have the game. Most press boxes do,

757
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: but in Global Life like they have one. You can't

758
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: look up without seeing like three huge TVs that are

759
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: playing the game. And throughout that sixth inning, when they

760
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: weren't showing the game going on, like from er pitching

761
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 1: to whoever was hitting, they were alternating shots of Saisar

762
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 1: Salazar on the bench, Joe Aspata like managing the game

763
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: and then showing what happened last week. Like if I

764
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: so all that to say this is this is going

765
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: to be something that carries with him for the rest

766
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: of the season. And the only way he is going

767
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: to even attempt to start shedding that and to get

768
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: away from that is to not let anything affect him,

769
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: not let you know, anything that happens in the game

770
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: affect him. And for the first time out for having

771
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: to when when he knew all eyes were going to

772
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: be on him today, for how he bounced back, you

773
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: have to give him credit. He pitched pretty well and

774
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 1: he was able to control himself.

775
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, he was able to get through.

776
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 2: I like the bea chill comment. I mean, it's almost

777
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 2: confirmation that what we said last week where he's like,

778
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 2: I got to learn to control my emotions and not

779
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 2: get frustrated you know all this. Well, I'm like, well,

780
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,720
Speaker 2: if it was a mix up, that's not the lesson

781
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 2: that you would learn from that. But whatever, you know,

782
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 2: it seems like it's fine. Yeah, I mean, he looked

783
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 2: fine today. It wasn't it wasn't anything too crazy, But

784
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 2: I mean it is a concern. They're what one in

785
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 2: six in his last seven.

786
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: I think they're one in seven.

787
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know you got to turn it around.

788
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 2: But of course at the Astra score five runs today,

789
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 2: you don't worry about that. Yeah, uh, hopefully there's a

790
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 2: lesson learned. I did. I did see the report that

791
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 2: that one team has decided they're out on Fromber, which

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00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 2: I assume is like the pirates, who you know, who

793
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 2: cares they're they're they're not actually in any way, that's

794
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 2: that's not a real thing to be concerned about. But yeah,

795
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 2: you you just hope that he can find it and

796
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:42,479
Speaker 2: can I don't know, can can get through the rest

797
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 2: of the season to put up the starts that you

798
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 2: expect from Fromer and and like we said, maybe when

799
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 2: the lights are on him and you know, like the

800
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: rest of the anwers and maybe in the playoffs, something

801
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 2: can click where where there's that adrenaline, then there's that

802
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 2: pressure and that's what's needed. I mean again, like you

803
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 2: can absolutely envision a scenario where Fromber goes eight innings

804
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 2: and strikes out fourteen and gives up one run in

805
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,440
Speaker 2: a playoff game, and you're like, yeah, of course he

806
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,959
Speaker 2: did that, Like that's what Romber does. You just hope

807
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 2: you get that version of him and not a different version,

808
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 2: but yeah, it was. It was at very least it

809
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 2: was good to bounce back and not have like an

810
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 2: implosion game that could have been really rough to deal with.

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Speaker 2: So you're right, at least we were able to make

812
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 2: it through that start today. But yeah, I mean, at

813
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 2: the end of the day, the Astros have to score

814
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 2: runs and they're just not doing that.

815
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're one in seven in his last eight starts,

816
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: and in those starts, the Astros have scored one run,

817
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 1: one run, four runs, zero runs, two runs. They scored

818
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 1: four runs in the win, they scored one run against

819
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: the Yankees and the implosion start, and they scored two

820
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 1: runs today. So it has a been really for lack

821
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,479
Speaker 1: of Fromber. It really hasn't been Fromber's fault per se

822
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: that they're one to seven in his last eight starts.

823
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, like if you if you watch

824
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: today's game and you exited that game blaming fromber Valdez

825
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: for what happened, then you need to reevaluate how you

826
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: watch baseball, or you just need to admit that, like

827
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: you just have a problem with the pitcher himself, which

828
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: is I mean, fine, that's fine if you if that's

829
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: your prerogative, go ahead. I I'm not gonna say much

830
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 1: about this because I don't really care and I don't

831
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: want to keep this topic going. But like, I have

832
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 1: a hard time believing that that that is going to

833
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: like seriously impact him in free agency for the only

834
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,359
Speaker 1: only reason like this is professional sports. Like how many

835
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: professional sports teams have signed like legitimately like convicted criminals

836
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: to play for them, Like the Houston Texans have a

837
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,720
Speaker 1: running back on their team that was caught on camera

838
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 1: beating a woman. Right, I don't think something that you

839
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,799
Speaker 1: can see that you don't know what the intent was,

840
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: Like like, look, it was not good what Frombervell does

841
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,720
Speaker 1: may or may not have done. The optics were awful.

842
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: Will never no one will ever know the true intent.

843
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 1: I have a hard time believing that it is going

844
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: to seriously impact him. Well, we'll teams have questions and

845
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: will teams want to sit down with him and you know,

846
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 1: have maybe a deeper conversation with him than they would

847
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: some other perspective free agents. Sure, yes, I'm sure that will.

848
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure this will lead to that, But I have

849
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: a hard time believing that this is going to like

850
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 1: seriously be like teams are like, oh, no, we're not

851
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 1: going to pursue him, We're not going to, Like I

852
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: have a very hard time believe.

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00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course. I mean, look no further than the

854
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 2: Astros and the trades that they have made for people

855
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 2: who again have done far worse things in the scale

856
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 2: of humanity than what Frober has done. I mean, shoot,

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Speaker 2: every time I get online, I see a rolldist Chapman

858
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Speaker 2: hadn't given up a hit in fifty at bats and

859
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Speaker 2: the man fired a gun into a ceiling out of anger.

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Speaker 2: So you know, you're you're right that that is not Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's not that's not seriously impacting him.

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Speaker 1: No, I don't think so. But like I said in

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Speaker 1: on Foul Territory the other day, it's not gonna be

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Speaker 1: with the Astros.

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Speaker 2: Like's they weren't. They weren't going to anyway, but they're

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Speaker 2: definitely not now.

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Speaker 1: No, no, no, And like I said then, like they weren't

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Speaker 1: bringing him back. But I knew I've had that opinion

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Speaker 1: since like February fifteenth when they reported the camp. Like

870
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Speaker 1: nothing that's happened in the last week has altered that.

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Speaker 1: It's just yeah, I mean, he's gonna he's going to

872
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 1: want and he's going to get a lot of money,

873
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Speaker 1: and the Astros do not pay starting pitchers a lot

874
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Speaker 1: of money, not that amount of money that he's going

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Speaker 1: to want.

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Speaker 2: So well, I mean to give you, just just to

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Speaker 2: give you, and I from Ber, I would I would

878
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Speaker 2: argue that most people who much the Astros and Fromber

879
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 2: would classify this as a down season per Fromber. I mean,

880
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 2: it's still a good season overall, but it is not

881
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Speaker 2: up to the standards of like peek Fromber that you

882
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 2: would expect. He is fourth in the American League in

883
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 2: Fangrafts pitching war like. He's still one of the best

884
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Speaker 2: pitchers in the league and he hasn't even been that

885
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,919
Speaker 2: great relative to what you would expect from Fromber. He's

886
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,919
Speaker 2: gonna get a ton of money, That's what's gonna happen.

887
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 2: Because his armor is made of rubber and he can

888
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,280
Speaker 2: throw two hundred innings a year, and even in bad years,

889
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,879
Speaker 2: he's still really really good. And somebody's gonna pay for it.

890
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Speaker 2: It's not gonna be the Astros, and it's not gonna

891
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Speaker 2: be the one mystery team out there who has decided

892
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Speaker 2: that they're not interested. But yeah, he will get signed somewhere.

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Speaker 1: If you don't have a ton of money and you're interested,

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Speaker 1: you can shop Crush City Territory Shop dot com. You

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Speaker 1: your heart desires. If you're on YouTube right now, you

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Speaker 1: can scan there. Go to Crush City Territory Shop dot

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Speaker 1: com and shop to your heart's content. You can spend

902
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:26,040
Speaker 1: less money than Framber Valdez. We'll get in free agency.

903
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 1: The Astros and myself will head to Canada tomorrow Monday

904
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 1: to play three games against George Springer, Miles Straw, Will

905
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: Wagner's not there anymore, Joey Loprafido's and the Miners. Jake

906
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:44,360
Speaker 1: Bloss's arm is in a sling. James clicks there. So

907
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: a lot of Afros connections in Toronto at the Rogers

908
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 1: Center against the Toronto Blue Jays in what is is

909
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: another It's gonna be another tough series. I mean the

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays depending on how you view the Tigers Blue

911
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: Jays maybe the best team in the American League. They

912
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 1: put the ball in play, they are a relentless offense.

913
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Speaker 1: They've got a rotation that is very veteran. No real

914
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Speaker 1: standout like, oh my god, this dude is incredible, but

915
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Speaker 1: they just got a lot of veterans in that rotation

916
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Speaker 1: that know how to pitch. Their bullpen has been an

917
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: adventure lately, so the Asher's prop and the Ashers can

918
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Speaker 1: commiserate with having a bullpen that's an adventure. So two

919
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Speaker 1: teams that you know the Ashers are gonna have to pitch, well,

920
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,760
Speaker 1: they're not gonna throw Fromber or Hunter Brown in this series.

921
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Speaker 1: So it'll be Christian Xavier, Luis Garcia, and Jason Alexander

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00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,240
Speaker 1: pitching in some order in this series. I think Garcia

923
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: is gonna pitch the first game and then after that

924
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: they'll set the rotation. But I'll be in Canada. We

925
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Speaker 1: will have on Tuesday, we'll have Mitch Bannon from The

926
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Speaker 1: Athletic on the pod to preview Ashers Blue Jays. He

927
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Speaker 1: will give us, give us a George Springer status update,

928
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Speaker 1: give us a Miles Straw vibes. Check. Love those guys

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Speaker 1: can't wait to see him. But until then, you can

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Speaker 1: As always, we appreciate you guys listening and like I said,

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Speaker 1: we will be back on Tuesday to talk about the

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00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: Astros north of the border.

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Speaker 2: If you want to win in Canada, you have to

942
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Speaker 2: bring your a game. Bye.