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Speaker 2: Hey, Look who's back, Look who's bad.

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Speaker 3: Why would you Why wouldn't you rather play?

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Speaker 1: Would you rather play in Chicago at one o'clock when

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Speaker 1: Okay, perfect, See that's why Scott, you should work for

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Speaker 2: some things that have happened since you've been gone. One

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Speaker 1: Uh? Should be pretty high. I listen, I was on

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Speaker 4: Their lineup holed up because every one of those dudes

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Speaker 3: And we do our power rankings in four months, we

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Speaker 1: No, I agreed, but this is a huge injury. Listen,

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Speaker 3: Now he starts for us. Oh, and look what happened

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Speaker 4: Because it was a prime case of why Clay Holmes

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Speaker 3: Caused me eating like, oh man, well, this is why

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Speaker 2: Some news from yesterday, the Pirates are optioning closer David

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Speaker 4: He's gonna have an opportunity to work through it All Stars.

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Speaker 3: We'll see.

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Speaker 4: I don't hate the theory, never have any idea. I

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Speaker 4: be able to push that out.

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Speaker 3: It happened to me.

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Speaker 1: It happened to me in two thousand and seven, two

435
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Speaker 1: thousand and six, I made the All start team the

436
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Speaker 1: White Sox side Toby All, who was the starting and

437
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Speaker 1: I'm like, why the hell did y'all sign him? I

438
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Speaker 1: catch one hundred and thirty games, and They're like, we

439
00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,320
Speaker 1: needed a better backup, right, But I was like, it

440
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Speaker 1: was just a weird I mean, he ended up getting hurt.

441
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Speaker 1: That year would suck for him and for us, but

442
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Speaker 1: you know, it was just a weird situation.

443
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Speaker 2: I want to get to a story in a moment

444
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Speaker 2: on who the better athlete is rookie bets Er Sho

445
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Speaker 2: Heo Tani with some of his teammates answering. But first,

446
00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,680
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are also undefeated, and they made a little

447
00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,879
Speaker 2: deal with the A's they picked up Estuary Ruiz. It

448
00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 2: gets a lot of attention over the years for a

449
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,040
Speaker 2: variety of reasons. He was part of a Big Three

450
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Speaker 2: team trade, and then at one point last year, people

451
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Speaker 2: are like, why is he's not playing when he was

452
00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,440
Speaker 2: looking decent at the plate, But really has never over

453
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 2: a long stretch, been able to put it together at

454
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,760
Speaker 2: the plates fast as lightning. So I could see him

455
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Speaker 2: stealing bases for the Dodgers as an extra guy off

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Speaker 2: the bench in the playoffs. But so I had sixty

457
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,280
Speaker 2: seven Bags in twenty twenty three, but he had been

458
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Speaker 2: DFA and so Alton Gonzalez reported at first, here's Fabian

459
00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,280
Speaker 2: Ardaiya saying that they picked him up from the A's

460
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 2: slow move for the Dodgers. So is he going to

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Speaker 2: be a star now?

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Speaker 1: Aj I don't think he's going to be a star,

463
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Speaker 1: but he's a nice pickup see on the big league team.

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Speaker 1: That's the question is are they gonna option him down?

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Speaker 1: What are they going to do with him? Because their

466
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Speaker 1: team's pretty set in the outfield. I mean, you look

467
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Speaker 1: at PA's Confordo, Tayo, Chris Taylor, Key K can play

468
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Speaker 1: out there. They've got some dudes out there that can

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Speaker 1: play and play a lot.

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Speaker 3: And so I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, is he just gonna be the twenty six

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Speaker 1: guy that comes in and pitch runs for Freddy when

473
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Speaker 1: he slits in the shower.

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they don't have this dynamical on the team.

476
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Speaker 4: They don't have the Terrence Gore type of player on

477
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Speaker 4: this team. I don't know that Ester Reuise wants to

478
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Speaker 4: be that type of guy. I think he understands his value,

479
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Speaker 4: but you know what, just another example, it's so unfair

480
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Speaker 4: that the Dodgers just get all the.

481
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Speaker 3: Players, so unfair. No one else had an opportunity to

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Speaker 3: get this guy.

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Speaker 2: People are gonna say that if he does anything, just depth.

484
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,159
Speaker 2: You got to build up your depth and your speed.

485
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Speaker 2: And yeah, maybe late in the season he appears on

486
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Speaker 2: this team and they keep him on a playoff roster.

487
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Speaker 2: I always think that every team is going to do this,

488
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Speaker 2: and then most of them don't. Aj is having just

489
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Speaker 2: an absolute weapon on the bench in the playoffs. I

490
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Speaker 2: know you got to keep rosters tight, but are you

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Speaker 2: surprised that there aren't more Terrence Gores in our game?

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Speaker 1: No, because one dimensional players don't play that much anymore.

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Speaker 1: They don't play in the Terrence score. I mean, Kratz,

494
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Speaker 1: you played with him. He couldn't hit, so he couldn't

495
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Speaker 1: steal first right. So it works in the playoffs, but

496
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Speaker 1: it doesn't work over one hundred and sixty two game

497
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Speaker 1: season because there's not enough times where you're like, man,

498
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Speaker 1: we really need a pinch hitter only here, right, because

499
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Speaker 1: a lot of times the guy would come up again.

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Speaker 1: In the postseason, you can throw a guy out there

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Speaker 1: to steal a base. Dave Roberts was a way better

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Speaker 1: player than Terrence Scorre. Dave Roberts probably stole the most

503
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Speaker 1: famous base in history or one of them, right, But

504
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Speaker 1: he was a way better player than what Terrence Score was,

505
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: or it was another guy not Terrence Score was.

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Speaker 2: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Quenton Barry was another one that kind of had a

508
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Speaker 1: career of being a pinch runnery type of person who's

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Speaker 1: now the third base coach for the Cubs.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: But it's just because there's so one dimensional it's hard

512
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Speaker 1: for teams in today's game to justify having a guy

513
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Speaker 1: that can only do one thing on a roster.

514
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Speaker 4: But the teams that it works on are the teams

515
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Speaker 4: that have dudes that play one hundred and sixty games.

516
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Speaker 4: You have your set roster lineup and you don't need

517
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Speaker 4: to go to the bench. But Terrence Scores got three

518
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Speaker 4: World Series rings, so it's a winning formula. Even if

519
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,400
Speaker 4: you're steal one base in that one base pushes you

520
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,400
Speaker 4: over the line. I just think there's I think there's

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Speaker 4: value there, and good for the Dodgers given this guy

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Speaker 4: another shot after the A said you know what, we

523
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Speaker 4: don't need humble dfa mm hmmm.

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Speaker 2: A couple other things from LA. First off, welcome back

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Speaker 2: to Dustin May. It's been about two years since he

526
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Speaker 2: pitched on a big league mound. Remember he had the

527
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Speaker 2: life threatening esophagus situation where he needed surgery. I mean

528
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Speaker 2: his story is really I mean sad at some points,

529
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Speaker 2: but now happy that he's back. Damn aj he looked good.

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Speaker 2: I know the Braves are struggling, but truck out the

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Speaker 2: side in the first five innings one hit, three walks,

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Speaker 2: six punchouts. Dodgers were down a run early, and then,

533
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Speaker 2: like I mentioned earlier in the show, Mookie betts with

534
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Speaker 2: a little pop. I mean, he's suddenly on fire and

535
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Speaker 2: they pick up the dub. But May looked good.

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Speaker 3: He did.

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Speaker 1: He's another weapon if he can stay healthy. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if anybody watched this game watch I stayed up

539
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 1: and watched him start, and they kept showing his wife

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Speaker 1: in the stands, and they kept talking about how emotional

541
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Speaker 1: it was for what he went through last year with

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Speaker 1: the esophagus thing, so for him to come back and

543
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Speaker 1: be out there after arm surgeries and then the thing

544
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Speaker 1: he had where he what was it he swallowed at

545
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Speaker 1: like a tortilla chip or something, and then he thought

546
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Speaker 1: he was gonna die and they had to do emergency

547
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Speaker 1: surgery on him. So welcome back, just to may please

548
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: stay healthy because your stuff is nasty.

549
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, nasty. I want to keep him on the field.

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00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 3: Nasty.

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Speaker 4: And you were thinking this guy that I heard stuff

552
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Speaker 4: in the offseason. Wow, you know e's him back into

553
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 4: the bullpen and you know that arm is just gonna play.

554
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 4: That arm place five innings, one inning, seven innings, sinkers

555
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 4: go lore and his velocity's back.

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Speaker 3: He looks he lost weight or maybe just a tighter.

557
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Speaker 4: Uni man, he's just got I don't know, he has

558
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Speaker 4: the it. And the Dodgers. The Dodgers lineup, obviously, we're

559
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Speaker 4: not going to hit on now a ton. They just

560
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Speaker 4: wear teams down. They are the best team at taking

561
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 4: team at bats. It's like, it's okay, we didn't get

562
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Speaker 4: them this time. Keep them out there though, we'll get you.

563
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 4: Oh you're gonna put your bullpen pieces in.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're good. We got something on those guys.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmm. May. By the way, I know this was

566
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Speaker 2: several years ago. I don't know if it's still the case.

567
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Speaker 2: Was not a fan of bullpen action. He's got the

568
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 2: Stroman line. I'm a starter, and Hey, that stuff is

569
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Speaker 2: starter like. I mean, you happen to be on a

570
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Speaker 2: team that's got a lot of starting depth, but a

571
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Speaker 2: few pitches like that, He's going to have that fit

572
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 2: spot lockdown for LA. All right, So one more thing

573
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Speaker 2: fun story here from Ken and the Athletic Undefeated Dodgers

574
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Speaker 2: have Mookie and show Hey who's the better athlete? So

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Speaker 2: I'll give you a couple of quotes. Man, I lost

576
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Speaker 2: my quote, AJ you go first.

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Speaker 3: Great quote.

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just thinking, amazing your quote, Scott, it

579
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Speaker 1: was amazing rookie.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I've only seen show Hey play baseball, so I don't know.

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Speaker 1: But I've seen MOOKI do per foll three hundreds and

583
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: in bowling and do a million other different things ping

584
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,439
Speaker 1: pong and all this other stuff.

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Speaker 3: So I go, I'm going Mookie. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure show Hey can do a lot of things,

587
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: but I haven't seen him, so I'm going Mookie. And

588
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 1: plus Mookie is a former teammate of mine. I've only

589
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,960
Speaker 1: shaken Mookie's I've only shaking Shoe's hand, so I can't.

590
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 2: We haven't had good deep combos with show Hey. Chris

591
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 2: Taylor said, I've never seen Show play other sports. MOOKI

592
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 2: pretty much anything he does. He's a natural at You

593
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 2: can pretty much put him on any field or sport

594
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 2: and he can thrive at it. Gratz is it's a

595
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 2: clean sweep.

596
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 3: I feel like it's a clean sweep. I think it's Mookie.

597
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 4: Also, one of my former teammates, Mookie Bets easy peasy,

598
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 4: not saying Show Hey can't. I'm not saying Show He's

599
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 4: not bigger, stronger, faster, more baseball talented.

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Speaker 3: Mookie is the better athlete.

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Speaker 2: Okay, cool, it's settled. Remember the football who was it?

602
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 2: The football player? Was it Hunter? Travis Hunter brought up

603
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,720
Speaker 2: him versus Otani? No, he was.

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00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 3: He said what he does is harder.

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00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so that was an athlete talk. That was

606
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Speaker 2: just difficulty of playing on both sides.

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Speaker 3: Put Show Hey. Put show Hay on a football field.

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Speaker 1: I guarantee you could play tight end and put him

609
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: on defenses. I don't know a linebacker. I guarantee you

610
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: could do it. And then let's see Travis Hunner hit

611
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: a baseball. I'm going with ain't having it.

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00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,199
Speaker 2: Ft Breaking news, Christian Campbell has agreed to a long

613
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 2: term extension he is a week into his big league career.

614
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 2: It's eight years. It guarantees him sixty million dollars. There

615
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 2: are club options for twenty thirty three and twenty thirty four.

616
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 2: This had been talked about over the last several days.

617
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 2: Chris Catillo was all over this story initially. I think

618
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 2: Robert Murray was breaking it about ten minutes ago. But

619
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Speaker 2: AJ Christian Campbell is going to be the starting second

620
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Speaker 2: basement for the Red Sox for a long time. Actually,

621
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Speaker 2: he's a great athlete and versatal enough to play the

622
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Speaker 2: outfield at some point in his career if they need

623
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Speaker 2: him to do that too. But this kid just looks

624
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: like he's got a good head on his shoulders. He's

625
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 2: oozing with potential. He's gotten so much better over the

626
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 2: past year because he's really getting a lot of the

627
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 2: tutelage from the Red Sox organization. That's making a difference

628
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 2: for him. There are a lot of good stories over

629
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 2: the offseason about how he was able to change his

630
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 2: swing and just maximize his ability, And I mean, we're

631
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 2: seeing it now, We're going to see it for probably

632
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Speaker 2: the next decade in Boston.

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Speaker 1: Good for him, Listen, I always get your first one.

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Speaker 1: He's still only twenty two years old, so he'll be

635
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Speaker 1: a free agent again, possibly a thirty I love this deal.

636
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: This is what we talked about with the Jackson Merril.

637
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 1: Did Ronald Acuna do this? This deal could be huge

638
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: for the Red Sox down the line, but it's also

639
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: gives Christian Campbell's security for the next eight years, having

640
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: a good idea where he's going to be and knows

641
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Speaker 1: he's got money for the rest of his life. So

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00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: way to go, Christian Campbell and listen, this dude's off

643
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: to a great start. He's six for sixty with a

644
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: homer already in his big league debut. He's playing second base.

645
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 3: Great.

646
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: I love what they're doing. They're giving him a chance

647
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: and he hits right handed in Fenway, which I think

648
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Speaker 1: is a big deal.

649
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 3: They need this guy. He's there, he's gonna be there

650
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 3: for a long time.

651
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: Good job, Christian Campbell. And you know what, John Henry,

652
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: you're smoking the cigar. You're sitting there in front of

653
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 1: your fireplace. Don't be afraid to pet keep passing out money.

654
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 2: I love this.

655
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 3: I love it.

656
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 4: I love it for him, I love it for Christian,

657
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 4: I love it for the organization, and for the fans,

658
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 4: Red Sox fans have somebody to get behind a six

659
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 4: foot three second baseman. Not quite the Dustin Pedroia, but

660
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 4: the makeup stuff that everybody's talking about. This guy hit

661
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 4: one eighty in spring training, so people are like, oh,

662
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,719
Speaker 4: don't get an memor with the great hot spring training.

663
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 4: He didn't even do good in spring training. So for

664
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 4: Red Sox fans, you gotta think, man, all this stuff,

665
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 4: that Alex Korra, that Alex Bregman, that's all the people

666
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 4: in that follow the Red Sox. Papal Bond said in

667
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 4: the offseason, talk about just something different about this guy.

668
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 4: And he's around to other elite prospects his age, and

669
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 4: there's still something that stands out above them. And now

670
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 4: they got him for sixty million, easy pasy, and I

671
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 4: think he's a prime candidate for it. The guy just

672
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 4: got drafted. He wasn't a first rounder, so he doesn't

673
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 4: have you know, one, two three million dollars in the

674
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 4: bank that he can just sit on. Now he's got

675
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 4: sixty in the bank. Good for him, good for the team.

676
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 4: Baseball needs to do more of this, in my.

677
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 2: Opinion, Yeah, this is where teams are missing the boat.

678
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 2: We talked to Jim Boden about this the other day. Aj,

679
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 2: I'm surprised that some teams are not more aggressive on

680
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 2: this front, you know, sometimes like, oh, we didn't even

681
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 2: have a chance. I'm like, okay, are you sure? Did

682
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 2: you throw a boatload of money at the player or

683
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 2: did you just have an initial combo with an agent,

684
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 2: like send the official offer, let the agent send it

685
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 2: to the player, and let them, at twenty two years old,

686
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,479
Speaker 2: turn it down. I'm not saying for Campbell, but there

687
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 2: are other players. I was picking on the Orioles, for example,

688
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 2: with many of their young think really good position players,

689
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 2: and none of them signed long term yet.

690
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 1: I don't know why. This was the old Indians back

691
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: in the day. I know that the Guardians now John Hard,

692
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: but this is this is the John Hart we're gonna sign.

693
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: Manny told me all those guys, Sandy Alomar Junior, all

694
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: those guys to those long deals, and they had a

695
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: nice long run because they did it. Then the Braves

696
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: did it right with Alvisa, Kunya, Olsen, Riley, Sean Murphy.

697
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: They've signed all these guys to long term extensions and

698
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: they've been good for a long time. This if you

699
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: find players that you think you can trust. Now, they

700
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: don't always work out. I forget, what was the guy's

701
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: name in Philly, Scott, Scott Kingery, Right, they don't always

702
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: work out. But if you have a pretty good idea

703
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: and the Scott Kingery deals not breaking the Phillies either

704
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: when he signed it. But if you have an idea

705
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 1: that these guys have good makeup, they have the ability

706
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: to do this, and they want to be in the

707
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,239
Speaker 1: situation if you go to most of these guys at

708
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: twenty two. If someone would have come to me at

709
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: twenty two years old and said here's eight year sixty million,

710
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: I would have said, I'll sign in blood, right, I mean,

711
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: come on, I mean what do I do to get

712
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: this deal? So I think teams are learning and they

713
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: need to pick the right guys, and usually when they do,

714
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: they work out for both sides, but usually more for

715
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: the team.

716
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 3: Because how many times.

717
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: You say, man, that player is really overpaid at this point,

718
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: not very often. It's usually man, the Braves are saving

719
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: how much on a kunir Riley? In all these a lot?

720
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: So that's where I think the value is.

721
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, free agency is where you can get burned. But

722
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 2: with these extensions, it's few and far between that you

723
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 2: look at them and go, wow, that completely bombed, that

724
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 2: completely didn't work out. Your kingery call is perfect. Six years,

725
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 2: twenty four million dollars. That is not a big deal

726
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 2: for the Phillies. Six years twenty four you caught them

727
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 2: that early. It's not and it doesn't work. Oh well,

728
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 2: not a big deal for them. It's not in baseball

729
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 2: terminology for a big market team like that, for any team,

730
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 2: it does not matter. That does not make a dent.

731
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: So yeah, what was the guys for the Reds? There

732
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: was one for the was it Cinzel? Whendn't he won too?

733
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: They signed?

734
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 3: Didn't Sinzel sign a deal when he first came or

735
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 3: maybe I'm wrong on that, but I could be.

736
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 2: I think Cinzel did, I mean Tamata did with the Pirates,

737
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 2: I mean logo, they went crazy. You remember, he's the

738
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 2: famous story.

739
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: People he signed like five years, five million or something.

740
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 3: He signed like.

741
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 2: Ten and then he'd been inflamed out in five seconds

742
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 2: and he got himself ten million bucks. Then he was

743
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,879
Speaker 2: in a came back.

744
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: He had some he had other problems going on. But

745
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: I mean everyone looks at Rosney Castillo for the Red Sox.

746
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: He was in Triple A forever, but he was an

747
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: international free agent from Cuba that they signed right for.

748
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,439
Speaker 3: He was making how much?

749
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Alan Crab, I mean there are some,

750
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: but I mean, you know, listen, most of these work

751
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 1: out for the team and the player.

752
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, seven years seventy two and a half, largest ever

753
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 2: at the time by an international free agent for rus

754
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 2: De Castillo, which was more than the six years sixty

755
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 2: eight that jose A Bray you got. Josea Bray was

756
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 2: a steal for a while, but yeah, Castillo didn't work out.

757
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 2: I think Castillo was under twenty five. I got to

758
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 2: look back to that. But you know, you can't do

759
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 2: that anymore internationally, like Yon Mancata who got a ton

760
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 2: of money with the bonus. Actually no, Castillo was agelegical,

761
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: so you could still do it. But yon Mancatta, for example,

762
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 2: got the big signing bonus, then the Red Sox flipped

763
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,240
Speaker 2: him for sale. You can't do that anymore. You can't.

764
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 2: That's why rookie Sazaki only got what he got, Choeotani

765
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 2: only got what he got. You can't sign guys internationally

766
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 2: for as much money anymore until they hit a certain age.

767
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 4: Rusnee got helped by Yasiel Puig Mania out in La

768
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 4: Puigue came over and then Rusney people are talking about him.

769
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 4: Is he was going to be better than Puigue? Issue was?

770
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 4: I played against him a lot in Triple A. The

771
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,720
Speaker 4: size comparison was not even close. Puig was an NFL

772
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 4: running back. Rusnee was more like a cornerback.

773
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,959
Speaker 3: He was. He was a smaller guy.

774
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 4: But hey, I think he was Paul Tuckett back to

775
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,879
Speaker 4: back to back, Paul Tuckett MVP. So the man went

776
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 4: down there and he hit. So you know, he never

777
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 4: seemed like he grumbled playing against him. He always smelled

778
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 4: so delicious. Oh so much good cologne up there.

779
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 2: You can get that with seventy two million dollars.

780
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: Michael Michael b in Our in Our that works for us,

781
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: had a great point. Who who else would he like

782
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: to see extended? He said, well, Langford with the Rangers

783
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: would be one, But what who are some other younger

784
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: Ish stars that are just that We're just here. Merrill's

785
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,959
Speaker 1: already gotten it. I guess Skeens would be the one,

786
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: and then the Orioles guys, Gunner and Adley, but it's

787
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,439
Speaker 1: almost to the point where it's too late for them now.

788
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: But Skenes, I guess would be the one, even though

789
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: I don't see him signing anytime soon.

790
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 3: But who always.

791
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: I mean, Langford is a good Langford was a good one.

792
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: Dylan Cruz. Yeah, James Wood maybe, but it might be

793
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: too late for him too.

794
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 4: Tigers Joe, Yeah, James would that that apotaco he hit

795
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 4: the other day that like Righty's are like feeling good

796
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 4: and they hit it where he hit it left hand.

797
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 4: He hit it left handed though, that was that was

798
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 4: nice to me. You get like a Jackson job. The

799
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 4: Tigers have had some have not had success with their

800
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 4: young guys that are supposed to be elite prospect pitchers

801
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 4: getting hurt. So you know what, maybe maybe they don't

802
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 4: do it. But I think he's built differently than other guys.

803
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 4: I think his command and the way he throws the

804
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:33,720
Speaker 4: ball is different.

805
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,760
Speaker 3: But I'm not a doctor.

806
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: Cam Smith was a good one. Cam Smith was a

807
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: good one. From Bourbon and Baseball.

808
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 3: That was a good one. That was a good one.

809
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, Ellie, Ellie, But again, Ellie's like at the

810
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 1: point where it's almost too late like you get after

811
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: you get I mean, unless you go crazy like they

812
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,720
Speaker 1: did with Jackson Merrill.

813
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 3: Right, where the nine years that much?

814
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: Look at the difference, right, Campbell got eight year sixty,

815
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: he's in his first year. Merril already has here on

816
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 1: her belt. He got what nine to one to thirty.

817
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: So once you get past that first year, if you

818
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,799
Speaker 1: don't lock these guys in, the number goes way up

819
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: if they have a good year.

820
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 2: I got one Vlatty Junior.

821
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 3: Are we are?

822
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 4: We rewinding back to twenty twenty like that's that was

823
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 4: the last time they had a chance to sign him

824
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 4: to a team friendly and Ellie I think is in

825
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 4: the tatiase range. Now what is at like three twenty five.

826
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 2: In the mid threes. Yeah, he's got to be at

827
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:33,280
Speaker 2: least in that range.

828
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 3: Now that's where Ellie's at now, he's way best.

829
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 2: Jackson Merle fourteen three forty was the extension age twenty

830
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: two season in twenty twenty one. He signed it right

831
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 2: before spring training started. It was the third largest deal

832
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 2: in Big League history in general. Obviously, there's so many

833
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 2: years in the back end where he really starts to

834
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 2: get a lot of the cash. But yeah, I agree

835
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 2: I mean, that's where Ellie's at, at least in his

836
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 2: third season. Yeah, right in the middle.

837
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: Let me look at Let me look at your crinkled

838
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: baseball card that you left in mid started her debuted,

839
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: He debuted six six twenty three. Let me let me

840
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: make sure I can read that rightly? Ah, you you're

841
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: torpedo wing his card? Scott an old torpedo. It we

842
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: got just now it's a crooked book mark?

843
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: Are there onions in this camera?

844
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 3: However? I have another one Scott right here, same one.

845
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 2: Thank you, Please take care of that. Okay, let's hit

846
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 2: a hot corner. Oh not no, we're sisling sisen Okay.

847
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 2: Nathan Yuvaldi was on fire yesterday, CG. He shut out

848
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 2: the Reds in Great American small Park four hits. AJ

849
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 2: you punched out eight, I mean, and he did it

850
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,959
Speaker 2: in ninety nine pitches. He's been one of the better

851
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 2: pitchers in the sport for a while. I think the

852
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,879
Speaker 2: knock is that he got hurt so often early on

853
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 2: that sometimes he's forgotten. But come playoff time, he's been

854
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 2: a beast and you get these when everything's right.

855
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, this dude's good. Big game Nate, they call him.

856
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: Remember what he did for the Red Sox in twenty

857
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 1: eighteen when he went like seven innings in the in

858
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 1: the World Series in that game that months he finally

859
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: won in the World Series. Remember that whole thing where

860
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: the Red Sox he saved the Red Sox bullpen. I mean,

861
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: how long has he been called big game Nate for

862
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: different teams and different organizations.

863
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 3: I think.

864
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: I think that he has always been good when he's healthy,

865
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: and if he gets that split and cutter going, man,

866
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: it's a long night for any team facing him, because

867
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 1: he still throws ninety five to ninety eight.

868
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 3: This dude has always had justin elite arm.

869
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 4: I think of Marlins the first time I ever saw

870
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 4: him pitch, and then it was the Yankees, it was like,

871
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 4: oh yeah, ninety seven ninety nine with cut easy, paasy.

872
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 4: He just he keeps going. I think he's on his

873
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 4: second Tommy John surgery. I think he's the best, the

874
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 4: most productive pitcher after a second Tommy John surgery or

875
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 4: whatever the internal bracing. I'm not sure the exact lingo.

876
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 4: But he was great last night, and he was great

877
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 4: in Cincinnati, so you know, he wasn't afraid of contact

878
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 4: there and did a great job like this guy. He

879
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 4: seems like he doesn't age. And I'll say it again,

880
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,280
Speaker 4: I said it before. He is one of the only

881
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 4: pitchers that I've ever heard position players rave about what

882
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 4: kind of a great teammate he is, like to another

883
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 4: level other pitchers great teammates. This guy really just connects

884
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 4: with everybody in the clubhouse. I see why teams re

885
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 4: sign him when they do, or you know, don't let

886
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 4: him get the free agency, or he's he's really enamored

887
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,879
Speaker 4: or they're really enamored with him when he's in free agency.

888
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 2: Texas is going to be a problem.

889
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 1: By the way, Lighter.

890
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 3: Five shoutouts seventy pitches. They just took him out. I

891
00:41:58,840 --> 00:41:59,359
Speaker 3: don't know why.

892
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: I mean pitch count. I guess seventy pitches, but five

893
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 1: shut in Cincinnati.

894
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 3: Very young, very young guy. He's not though, he's not

895
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 3: that young.

896
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 2: Twenty five. What's the guest twenty five?

897
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 3: Twenty five?

898
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,399
Speaker 4: Yeah, bullpen didn't work yesterday, so they're trying to get

899
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 4: the bullpen work in because big big game Nate went

900
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,839
Speaker 4: too long. So like hey, they're calling, they're calling from

901
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 4: the bullpen, going, hey, can we get a couple of innings?

902
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 3: Out of it.

903
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 4: For some of my guys down here, they'll reverse bullpen call.

904
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 2: What does that sound like when the phone rings?

905
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 3: Me mean pictures everywhere?

906
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 2: Just some people love that sound. All right. We've been

907
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 2: hitting this one every day, but AJ hasn't talked about it.

908
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 2: AJ Raphael Devers no MLB batters more than twenty swing

909
00:42:54,960 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 2: strikes so far this year except Evers he's thirty five. Oh,

910
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 2: what's going on?

911
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,800
Speaker 3: He don't like being to DH.

912
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 2: H be to D.

913
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 3: I mean, that's it. You don't like a DH. He

914
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:13,919
Speaker 3: don't like a DH third base.

915
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,399
Speaker 1: I don't know what the hell's going on. I mean

916
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 1: some people, I don't know. Some people said he was overweight.

917
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: I've seen some people said this and said that. But

918
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: I mean the bottom line is a guy I don't

919
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: like the DH. There's very hard to find people that

920
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,479
Speaker 1: like the DH. Okay, I hated dhing. When you catch

921
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,399
Speaker 1: every day and then you get they're like, go sit

922
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: over there and take four pinch hit at bats, it sucks.

923
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: I mean, David Ortiz, Edgar Martinez, who else? Every other

924
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: guy complains about not playing the field. Carlos Dogato is unbelievable,

925
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: but he's like, I want to play first, right, I mean,

926
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: I mean guys that we've seen this happen to dhing

927
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: is not an easy thing to do, especially when you're

928
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: used to playing every day, and especially when as what

929
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: did Papa Ban say, when you're a pig and you

930
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 1: went the bacon and then you hit homers or whatever

931
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: you say, make the pig squid? The hell did he

932
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 1: say that the other day? But like I mean, it's

933
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 1: not an easy job if you don't do it, and

934
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 1: if you really don't sell your heart and sold what

935
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 1: he said he didn't really want to do anyways, It

936
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: is a hard, hard job to do, man, and people

937
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: that you can find that do it every day are

938
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:16,320
Speaker 1: very special.

939
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 2: So what's the solution here? I mean, he's not going

940
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 2: to suddenly be their starting third basement at this point.

941
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 2: Christian Campbell ain't going anywhere, Alex Bregman's not going anywhere,

942
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 2: Kristin Costas isn't going anywhere. And actually his glove looks

943
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 2: better at first and he's been working at it, and

944
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,360
Speaker 2: at least early first week here, it does look like

945
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 2: it's going to be better. So he's gonna have to

946
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 2: figure it out. Aja, nothing's gonna change. He's not suddenly

947
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 2: going to pop in as the third basement.

948
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,320
Speaker 3: I know. My question is is he healthy?

949
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: Because remember we talked about his shoulders, and people have

950
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: talked a little bit about his shoulders. Is he healthy?

951
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: That's the question. Is especially this shoulder, his front shoulder.

952
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,799
Speaker 1: As a left handed hitter, you need that shoulder and

953
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 1: he kind of one hand finishes a lot of times.

954
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 1: Is that shoulder healthy? Because of that shoulder's it's going

955
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,280
Speaker 1: to be a long year. And at the back, shoulders

956
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: sore too. I don't know what shoulders. Certain some people

957
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: are saying both shoulders. I don't know that for a fact.

958
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: But to me, he's got to be healthy. And if

959
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 1: he's healthy, he'll figure it out. He's too good of

960
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: a damn hitter, or he just needs to face Garret Cole.

961
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 1: Oh wait, that's not gonna happen this year.

962
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 2: Too soon, Derek, not Garrett, he said Derek, by the way,

963
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 2: Pinck Territory, Christ And I don't want someone to say

964
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 2: too soon Carrott.

965
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 3: No, no, no, not Garrett. Derek.

966
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 2: We like Garrett.

967
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what he said.

968
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 2: That's what he said.

969
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 3: That's what he said.

970
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 2: That's what he said. All right, So let's hit this

971
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 2: Sacramento home field advantage, which does not look to be

972
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 2: the case. In the first two games. The Cubs destroyed

973
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 2: the A's in Game one, and then yesterday they pick

974
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 2: up a closer win, but a win. Kyle Tucker is

975
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 2: homeward in four straight games, and Brent Rooker said, quote,

976
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 2: my hope and kind of my vision is that it

977
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 2: feels like a very big SEC collge baseball game in

978
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 2: terms of the energy that we bring with the capacity

979
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 2: that is allowed. Do we feel like this is going

980
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 2: to be an SEC environment? This is not an Oakland thing.

981
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 2: That's not a Sacramento thing. Last dive fire throwing this

982
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 2: out there. It's a John Fisher thing. They do a

983
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 2: lot of empty seats and open grass. I think that

984
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 2: was like, was that the beginning of the game, We're

985
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 2: about halfway through the game. Whatever it is. Aja, I've

986
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,640
Speaker 2: been to an SEC game, You've been to I'm sure

987
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 2: plenty of SEC baseball games. That's a vibe. Brent Rooker knows.

988
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 2: I don't think that's going to be in Sacramento. Yeah,

989
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 2: they don't leave no matter what.

990
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:39,919
Speaker 1: And listen, Rook played at Mississippi State in Starkville. At

991
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: the Dude Douty Noble and they have grillers and cookers

992
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: and everything out in the outfield. It's just smoke coming

993
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 1: up in the outfield. They don't leave. They stay until

994
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 1: the game is over, and then they stay after. I mean,

995
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: Misssippi State has condos in leftfield. You can runt out

996
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: and stay in condos for the whole weekend. So it's different.

997
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: People Listen, the first game, everyone was there. The second

998
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: game there was not a sell I don't believe, and

999
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: people left early and the a's listen. I played in

1000
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 1: Sacramento in two thousand. It was a bandbox in I

1001
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: don't think that much has changed. They said it was

1002
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 1: fair for the PCL. But that's compared it to like

1003
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 1: Colorado Springs and Albuquerque in places like that where the

1004
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 1: ball salt lake, where the ball absolutely flies. So you've

1005
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: seen in the first two games. I mean, there's gonna

1006
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: be a lot of home runs hit in Sacramento whatever

1007
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 1: they're calling it now, whatever they're calling that park these days,

1008
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: but it's it's it's gonna be a fun atmosphere if

1009
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:27,239
Speaker 1: you want to see home runs.

1010
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to pitch there though.

1011
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 2: M hm, A J. Does your thoughts on days being

1012
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 2: a sneaky little wildcard playoff team change after the first week,

1013
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 2: not as much about the results.

1014
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 3: Time, and I'm sticking with it.

1015
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 2: I'm sticking with Okay, I.

1016
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: Took the over and their wins it was like seventy

1017
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: one and a half. I took the over on the wins.

1018
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: I don't think they're losing ninety games this year, and

1019
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 1: I think they'll figure it out. I think they have enough.

1020
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,839
Speaker 1: I think Springs and Sevarino are good at the top.

1021
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna hit a little bit better than

1022
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: what we've seen early. But I mean, they also played

1023
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: Seattle in Chicago, both teams that are pretty good and

1024
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 1: expected to be in the playoff race. It's not you know,

1025
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: it's not like they played the Braves. I mean, right,

1026
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: I mean they played Chicago and Seattle with two pretty

1027
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: good pitching teams. I'm kidding about the Braves. Okay, everyone

1028
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 1: calmed down in Twitter world and then on the chat,

1029
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: But you know what I'm saying, It's not like the Braves.

1030
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:25,800
Speaker 1: We had to go to the Padres and the Dodgers

1031
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: days have had the Barners at Seattle with their great

1032
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,400
Speaker 1: pitching staff, and now they're playing the Cubs in a

1033
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: ballpark they don't know, and they so it's too early.

1034
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 3: We're not even a weekend. So let's everyone take it back.

1035
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 2: Okay, what about the Cubs. They look much better lately.

1036
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,839
Speaker 4: There's scoring enough problems to stay out of there, to

1037
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 4: stay out of there underbelly that is their bullpen, like

1038
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 4: they're getting their innings in. They're scoring runs right now.

1039
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 4: That ball, Say you hit the center field, I get it,

1040
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,239
Speaker 4: it's four oh three. People are gonna be like, well,

1041
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 4: it just looks like it's shorter. Well, I don't know

1042
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:04,239
Speaker 4: how short it is. I was mushed to center and

1043
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,359
Speaker 4: Kyle Tucker hitting four homers in four straight games. Like

1044
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 4: the team's hitting, they're gonna have to hit all year.

1045
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 4: You're going back to Chicago regularly. Ain't that nice for hitters?

1046
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:19,720
Speaker 4: As much as people want to say awesome, some hitters

1047
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 4: really struggle. Some days you get some absolute bangers of

1048
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 4: games twelve to thirteen, but it's gonna be tougher to

1049
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 4: hit there.

1050
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,919
Speaker 2: I'm against you on the bullpen side, yeah, and I agree.

1051
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,760
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's a becoming more of a pitcher's

1052
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,279
Speaker 2: park there in Chicago. But I think the bullpen's going

1053
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 2: to be fine. I think their bullpen was a big

1054
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:42,600
Speaker 2: problem the last couple of years. I think they've patched

1055
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 2: it up to a much better place. Is going to

1056
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 2: be a dominant bullpen, not necessarily, but dude, Porter Hodge,

1057
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be a problem. A very

1058
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 2: legit set up. Guy. Presley had a rough go over

1059
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 2: the weekend with command and then when it was in

1060
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 2: the zone it was getting smacked. But he he recovered yesterday.

1061
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 2: So I feel like they're gonna be Okay, Kratz, I'm

1062
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 2: against you on this one with the bullpen. I'm not

1063
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 2: saying they're gonna be a great team, but offense definitely

1064
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,279
Speaker 2: looks better. If Kyle Tucker looks like that.

1065
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 4: Holy I mean, they keep bringing Pearson in and he's

1066
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 4: not he's not solidifying that role that the Blue Jays

1067
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 4: thought he was gonna be years ago. And I see

1068
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 4: the same guy. So who are the pieces that that

1069
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 4: Craig Counsel is gonna say and this is something that

1070
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,320
Speaker 4: this is the value that he brings. He's gonna say, Okay,

1071
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go to this guy and I'm gonna be

1072
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 4: really I'm gonna be like this is my guy. He's

1073
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 4: a concrete guy. Meriweather X teammate of mine down in

1074
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 4: Triple A. Unbelievable stuff. Needs to have another great year

1075
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Speaker 4: like the one year that he had that was awesome.

1076
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 4: Porter Hodge is young guy. I think he's the setup

1077
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:54,839
Speaker 4: and I love Presley. Yes, but you need to make

1078
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 4: sure if you're gonna be a playoff team. If you're

1079
00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 4: we're talking about a playoff team, we're not talking about

1080
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 4: just winning the now Central.

1081
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,520
Speaker 2: Aj I watched the Yankee game last night. I'm gonna

1082
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 2: do the Yankees dimebacks later for our playback game, and

1083
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,120
Speaker 2: they must have said the word torpedo. I would say

1084
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 2: the over under probably twenty four and a half. I mean,

1085
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,319
Speaker 2: it was that many torpedoes thrown out there. If you

1086
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 2: do a torpedo drinking game, you better go water on

1087
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,560
Speaker 2: a broadcast like that anyway. The tweet from someone named

1088
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 2: Colm Clark. I feel bad for all the travel ball

1089
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 2: parents that have to buy a torpedo bat for their

1090
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 2: kid that platoons in left field with a buck seventy

1091
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,920
Speaker 2: four batting average.

1092
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 3: It's true, it's true.

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00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 2: Listen, we haven't got your torpedo thoughts man. Give me

1094
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 2: your one and then given about it you're.

1095
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 3: Giving I'm giving you. I'm giving you my torpedo. Talk

1096
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 3: right here, all right, I'm gonna show you this right now.

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00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: I know CAM do this in the day. So here's

1098
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 1: the bad I swung right. See two forty three right,

1099
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: Notice where the barrel goes to. This is all barrel.

1100
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,560
Speaker 1: This is all barrel. Why because I hit ball from

1101
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,320
Speaker 1: here to here every time?

1102
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 3: See this right here?

1103
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: You know what this is. This is special tape that

1104
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball made for me because I broke so

1105
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 1: many bats that they didn't want it flying off in

1106
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:13,920
Speaker 1: the stand, so they made me tape my bats so

1107
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 1: they wouldn't break. An half true story. Me and Johnny

1108
00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:17,960
Speaker 1: Damon both went to the same high school. I had

1109
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: to put tape on our bats. But look at how

1110
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,359
Speaker 1: big my head was. Look the whole thing right here

1111
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:27,799
Speaker 1: is head. This is all head, right if you put

1112
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 1: the part here, they put the part here. Now I

1113
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,840
Speaker 1: know CAM showed like a two C two seventy one

1114
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,600
Speaker 1: that tapered. I wanted as much head as possible because

1115
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 1: I hit the ball from here to hear right, this

1116
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,839
Speaker 1: is all head. This is nothing new. If you take

1117
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,520
Speaker 1: it and move it from here to here, and I

1118
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: hit most of my balls here. Greg, what happens if

1119
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,600
Speaker 1: I hit it here, it's different, Or I hit it here.

1120
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,279
Speaker 1: I wanted the biggest head possible. I don't think it's

1121
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:49,839
Speaker 1: a big deal. I think people are making a big

1122
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: deal out of it because the Brewers pitching sucked and

1123
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 1: they hit a bunch of homers off of it. There's

1124
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: a lot of other guys using it on other teams

1125
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 1: and they're not hitting as many homers. So I think

1126
00:52:57,640 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: this is as much ado about nothing, but way to

1127
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:03,400
Speaker 1: go for bat companies because guess who's capitalizing on it.

1128
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 3: Back companies. They're like, we got torpedoes.

1129
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: We got torpedoes, right, and every kid's like, I want

1130
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: to tor My son comes up me and goes, I

1131
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,399
Speaker 1: want a torpedo, But I go, well, better find when

1132
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 1: we get to college next year, kick, because I'd buy

1133
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,879
Speaker 1: anyone that's good.

1134
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 2: Hey, the Yankees got torpedoed by Gino Suarez in the

1135
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,040
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks yesterday. What was it seven or eight four? Whatever

1136
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,880
Speaker 2: the final was. I mean they scored four runs, not fourteen.

1137
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 2: So maybe there was a perfect storm of Bruce pitching

1138
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 2: having a rough time against the Yankees over the weekend

1139
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:34,760
Speaker 2: a team.

1140
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: Look at where on the box. Go back on the

1141
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 1: go to the box and look at where those pitches

1142
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,359
Speaker 1: that the Yankees were hitting out. I mean, if this

1143
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: is the box and you could put a dot in

1144
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:46,839
Speaker 1: the middle.

1145
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 3: They were.

1146
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,120
Speaker 2: Let's lap. And one last reminder to everyone, you can

1147
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 2: catch us tonight. Me Cam mab and Derek Lewandowski, Jesse

1148
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 2: Friedman all on the call for the Yankees and the Diamondbacks.

1149
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:01,760
Speaker 2: Download the app or watch on playback tv slash Foul Territory.

1150
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:03,759
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1151
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 2: the live stream. You hook up your MLB dot tv account.

1152
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 2: We all watch together on the screen. It's like an

1153
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 2: all cast. It's gonna be fun and aj the Yankees

1154
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,560
Speaker 2: turned out to be human. They lost yesterday. They were

1155
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:18,399
Speaker 2: in control and then basses loaded. Mark Leider serves up

1156
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 2: change up or splitter whatever to Gino Suarez, who has

1157
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 2: not been able to miss lately in the first week

1158
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,760
Speaker 2: of the season, Player of the Week Grand Slam dudes

1159
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:33,120
Speaker 2: on absolute fire right now leading baseball with five homers

1160
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:36,920
Speaker 2: in his first five games. Great pickup from the Diamondbacks.

1161
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 2: I know he started slow last year. He picked it

1162
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 2: up later in the season, and he single handedly won

1163
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,080
Speaker 2: them that game yesterday with that swing.

1164
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a great It was a If you've

1165
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:52,280
Speaker 1: ever talked to au Hennio Suarez Gino, for sure, he's unbelievable.

1166
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: He's a great dude. He's an awesome guy, and he's

1167
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 1: always smiling. People rave about him in the clubhouse, and

1168
00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,359
Speaker 1: he hits big homers for you. And he's a free

1169
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 1: agent at the end of this year. Expect a big

1170
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 1: year out of old Gino. But that home run last night, man,

1171
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: that that crushed Yankee fans, crushed Derek Lewandowski, and it

1172
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: was just, you know, the Yankees were never going to lose,

1173
00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden they lost.

1174
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, not to pick on the Mariners, but

1175
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 2: I remember he was taking some of the brunt of

1176
00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:22,880
Speaker 2: the blame for the high strikeout totals for Seattle a

1177
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 2: couple of years ago. So they got rid of him.

1178
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,320
Speaker 2: They really need a third baseman. Talking about Seattle and Gino,

1179
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:31,319
Speaker 2: who's the best at her in baseball in the first

1180
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,880
Speaker 2: week of the season, now, I guess him and Judge. Anyway,

1181
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 2: we'll talk much more on that later on tonight. Let's

1182
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,080
Speaker 2: get to a few other notes. One Sean Mania set

1183
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:43,239
Speaker 2: back shut down a couple more weeks. This, according to

1184
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 2: Carlos Mendoza Will Salmon from the Athletic with the tweet,

1185
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 2: Maniah needed a full spring training ramp up, so that

1186
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 2: obviously pushes his timeline back. So now we're going to

1187
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:57,080
Speaker 2: late May, if not early June, if everything lines back

1188
00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:58,360
Speaker 2: up once he can pitch again.

1189
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,879
Speaker 3: Right, great? Right?

1190
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 2: Not great? I mean it sucks, But think about this.

1191
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 2: When we entered the season, almost everybody had the Mets,

1192
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 2: the Dodgers or sorry, the Mets, the Braves, and the

1193
00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:19,719
Speaker 2: Phillies in the playoffs. I think the Mets should be good,

1194
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,440
Speaker 2: the Braves should be good in recover. I'm not too

1195
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 2: concerned about the Phillies right now. But there's definitely a

1196
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:28,719
Speaker 2: chance that, for example, aj the Dodgers, the Diamondbacks, the

1197
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 2: Padres make the playoffs. You know, maybe the central is

1198
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 2: a little better than we anticipated, and all of a

1199
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:38,480
Speaker 2: sudden you only have the Phillies and say the Mets

1200
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 2: are the Braves making the playoffs instead of all three?

1201
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, when I said great to the Mania thing,

1202
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:48,360
Speaker 1: it's like great, meaning like great, Oh no, this sucks.

1203
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 1: If you're a Mets fan, like no, like, yeah, these

1204
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:56,919
Speaker 1: setbacks happened a lot. Uh, hopefully he gets healthy soon.

1205
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: But the Mets need him. The Mets need him, the

1206
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 1: Mets need all the pitching. Then gets and go. Didn't

1207
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:06,400
Speaker 1: look that great last night, you know, so we'll see.

1208
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,919
Speaker 1: But you know, hopefully Sean and I as a great dude,

1209
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 1: gets back quickly and can pitch for the Mets and

1210
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:12,560
Speaker 1: drop down at though like chrysalesmore.

1211
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,120
Speaker 2: I'm with you, And lastly, I know I promised it earlier.

1212
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 2: David Rubinstein, the owner of the Oriole, said money was

1213
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,560
Speaker 2: not the issue in Corbin Burns choosing closer to home

1214
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:23,920
Speaker 2: Arizona over Baltimore.

1215
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:26,720
Speaker 1: What really, you know what, if it wasn't an issue,

1216
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,000
Speaker 1: then you would have given him more and he would

1217
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: have stayed in Baltimore.

1218
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,080
Speaker 2: Exactly two fifty mil would have kept him in Baltimore.

1219
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,960
Speaker 2: I'll tell you that. I'm not sure what amount of

1220
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 2: money would have made a difference. We were prepared to

1221
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 2: put in this money necessary.

1222
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:42,200
Speaker 1: Well, I don't I guarantee you if they would have

1223
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:45,720
Speaker 1: gotten over the Arizona deal, he would have gone to Baltimore.

1224
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 3: They did it.

1225
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:49,960
Speaker 1: They probably were in the same range. No tax in Arizona.

1226
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 1: I don't believe right Home lives at.

1227
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:55,840
Speaker 3: Home year round. Lower tax, yeah, lower tax yeah.

1228
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:57,600
Speaker 1: So I mean, listen, there was a lot of incentives

1229
00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:00,600
Speaker 1: for Corbin Burns to being in Arizona, and he delivered.

1230
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:01,680
Speaker 3: He pitched you all last night.

1231
00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 2: He did. He pitched well, kept him in the game,

1232
00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:06,720
Speaker 2: and his team came back. That team can score runs.

1233
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:09,920
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a fun game tonight. Carlos Rodin on

1234
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 2: the mound for the Yankees tonight. And who is at Gallon?

1235
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,440
Speaker 2: I'm forgetting real quick. Someone helped me. Yes, but it's

1236
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 2: a good matchup. Yes, Gallon against Rodan and we will

1237
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 2: see you tonight on playback. Hey, do you feel like

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