WEBVTT - Offense Surges As Braves Emerge From Break With Series Win

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<v Speaker 1>Hello everyone, Welcome back to The Hammer's Territory podcast is

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<v Speaker 1>episode four one six. My name is Brad Rowland. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a Sunday here in mid July, and I'm joined

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<v Speaker 1>as I almost always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott, the

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<v Speaker 1>break is over and the Braves came out of the

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<v Speaker 1>gate with a series victory. How are you.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Brad? It seems like the boys used the most

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<v Speaker 2>of their four days away and came back rejuvenated. The

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<v Speaker 2>offense was really good, and to take two out of

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<v Speaker 2>three against technically in first place Texas Rangers team was

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<v Speaker 2>what everybody was hoping for. That now won three of

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<v Speaker 2>their last four going back to the Sunday before the break,

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<v Speaker 2>and even the New York Mets did us a big

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<v Speaker 2>favor over the weekend and took a series against the Phillies.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Braves did gain a game in the East.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, there's you know, some good, some bad. We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna talk about it all on the show tonight, but overall,

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<v Speaker 2>very much what the doctor ordered. A nice series win

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<v Speaker 2>to begin the second half.

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<v Speaker 1>That's absolutely right, and the vibe is better as a

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<v Speaker 1>result of a serious victory and will waste no time

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<v Speaker 1>now Scott, let us mix it up, engineered by our

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<v Speaker 1>friends at fast at All. I think it is clear

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<v Speaker 1>what the biggest story is of this weekend series victory

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<v Speaker 1>for the Braves, and that was the offense coming alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Quite frankly, the Braves score twenty nine runs in three games,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is a very very welcome thing to see.

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<v Speaker 1>The underlying numbers were really really good as well. Nine

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<v Speaker 1>home runs at ops of almost eleven hundred as a team,

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<v Speaker 1>forty two hits. I mean, you can't expect that every time, Scott,

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<v Speaker 1>but I really enjoyed myself watching the offense the first

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<v Speaker 1>time in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, and not only did the offense it's come

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<v Speaker 2>to life again twenty nine runs in three games, but

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<v Speaker 2>they did it against some pretty good starting pitching too,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like Mackenzie Gore. We saw him of course

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<v Speaker 2>with the Nationals, but Gore has been a good lefty

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<v Speaker 2>for a while. Nathany Valdi is someone who once upon

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<v Speaker 2>a time we talked about as a Braves offseason target

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<v Speaker 2>and is having this nice season. And the Rangers bullpen,

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<v Speaker 2>especially lately, has been pretty solid. So they did a

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<v Speaker 2>nice job and to me, twenty nine runs, nine homers,

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<v Speaker 2>is such a site for sorerise. We know this offense

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<v Speaker 2>is at its very best when it is hitting the

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<v Speaker 2>long ball, and it was really really encouraging. So good

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<v Speaker 2>signs all the way around, and we'll just hope this

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<v Speaker 2>is a sign of things to come for the next

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<v Speaker 2>two months.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta be honest, I didn't realize this until today.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this includes the numbers from the weekend. The Bridge

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<v Speaker 1>are now fifth in Major League Baseball and home runs

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<v Speaker 1>as a team. Does that surprise you? It's more than

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<v Speaker 1>It's more than I thought they would have, honestly.

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<v Speaker 2>Considering they hit so few homers for an entire month

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<v Speaker 2>in June.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yeah, I mean not that that's outlier for the team,

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<v Speaker 1>like historically and what the ross walks like, but with

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<v Speaker 1>as little as run when as played, for example, like

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<v Speaker 1>with as bad as Austin has been until hopefully recently.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see how that goes later on in the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>But like it's been Olsen and Harris and Baldwin and

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of it. And they still managed to be

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<v Speaker 1>top five in the league and all the majors in

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<v Speaker 1>home runs, which thought was pretty interesting. But anyway, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk about individual players plenty later on, including a nice

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<v Speaker 1>weekend that was well needed for Austin Riley, to be sure,

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<v Speaker 1>but I wanted to get this out front on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there was a little bit of concern in

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<v Speaker 1>some circles about Drake Baldwin reminder that he had this terrible,

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<v Speaker 1>like two week stretch in June when he first got back,

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<v Speaker 1>when he went one for thirty eight and had like

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<v Speaker 1>twenty strikeouts, and it was a kind of disastrous, right.

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<v Speaker 1>We were never worry but it was like every day

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, man, this is what's going to end. And

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<v Speaker 1>then it ended. Honestly, it ended to kind of start

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<v Speaker 1>the month of July. But I don't know if you'd

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<v Speaker 1>noticed this weekend, Scott. There were signs before that he

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<v Speaker 1>went pretty nuclear over the last few days to the

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<v Speaker 1>point where I think we can pretty m assume that

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<v Speaker 1>he's back at this stage absolutely.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I noticed on Friday night in particular,

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<v Speaker 2>Drake's exit velocities were superb across the board. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he put five balls in play in all of them

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<v Speaker 2>were ninety nine miles an hour or harder. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>generally a sign that a struggling player is coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of it. So really good signs from Drake. Had the

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<v Speaker 2>two homers on Sunday and just such a complete hit

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<v Speaker 2>or two, you know, like when he's going right, he

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<v Speaker 2>uses the entire field, he gets for power, he gets

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<v Speaker 2>on base. Also hasn't struck out now in like thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five played appearances, which is obviously encouraging, because we did

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<v Speaker 2>see Drake strike out quite a bit when he was

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<v Speaker 2>really struggling. That is not really who Drake Baldwin has

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<v Speaker 2>been in the majors, but just a I mean, in

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<v Speaker 2>some ways his performance on Sunday was historic because he

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<v Speaker 2>did things five hits as a catcher, two home runs.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the great Sarah Langs had a note that

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<v Speaker 2>since nineteen hundred, only like twenty five catchers have done

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<v Speaker 2>something like that, and very clearly this was a game

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<v Speaker 2>ch changing performance from Drake Baldwin.

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<v Speaker 1>If you needed a little bit of a reminder, if

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<v Speaker 1>you were maybe tapped out or doing World Cup stuff

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<v Speaker 1>for traveling, I get it. Maybe you were like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Drake's maybe still struggling. No, that's that's long over, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the reason we're talking about this. He has an

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<v Speaker 1>ops over twelve hundred over the last two weeks or

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<v Speaker 1>so it's been full full star turn once again for

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<v Speaker 1>Drake and for the season, even when you include that

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<v Speaker 1>downturn in June, he has eighteen homers a one thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two diversity, plus an ops of eight forty three. And

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<v Speaker 1>again he's doing that all as a catcher. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing that as a catcher, you are a full

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<v Speaker 1>blown star. That's there's not really any way around that.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you aren't like twenty twenty five cal Rawley MVP level,

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<v Speaker 1>but short of that, like you're pretty much a top

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<v Speaker 1>you know, fifteen MVP guy in the National League if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to do this, And that's kind of where

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<v Speaker 1>Dreik should be living at this point, especially if he

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<v Speaker 1>stays healthy the rest of the way, like he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to get some MVP votes. He won't win it obviously

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<v Speaker 1>with these numbers, but I think he is a catcher.

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<v Speaker 1>It cannot be understated or overstated. I should say how

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<v Speaker 1>impressed that is for that position. I know dang sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>but still he's still a primary catcher. Doing this is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>He really does just transform the top of this whole lineup,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you start to think about you're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>Ronald Acuna junior back at some point soon, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see what if if Sunday is a sign of

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<v Speaker 2>things to come for Austin Riley, who had two homers

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<v Speaker 2>and probably his best day of the entire season on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>If Riley's going to start hitting, Matt Olsen has been

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<v Speaker 2>so good, Michael Harris continues to be a ridiculously good player,

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<v Speaker 2>So you can see a way where in the second half,

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<v Speaker 2>even though the offense was pretty Jekyll and Hyde in

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<v Speaker 2>the early parts of the season, this is hopefully a

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<v Speaker 2>lineup that's going to be able to carry them and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of cover up some of the shortcomings they have,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in the rotation, because, as we'll talk about a

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<v Speaker 2>little later in the show, Chris Sale is great, and

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<v Speaker 2>other than Chris Sale days, you kind of close your

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<v Speaker 2>eyes and say a prayer and hope it's all going

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<v Speaker 2>to work out.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a very on brand weekend for the way

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<v Speaker 1>the Braves are basically having to win games right now,

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<v Speaker 1>which is Chris Sale was perfect, The offense was really good,

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else in between was kind of messy. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the bullpit's not a problem at this point. It's obviously

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<v Speaker 1>quite good and we'll see what Robert Swaraz returns. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was maybe the use case, you could say, affirmative

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<v Speaker 1>case for how the Raves can still win with this

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<v Speaker 1>current setup. But also, you don't what things goes about

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<v Speaker 1>saying you're not going to score nine plus runs per

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<v Speaker 1>game all the time, no matter who you are, So

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<v Speaker 1>you got to pitch a little bit better at some point.

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<v Speaker 1>But hey, look, we'll probably will on this later and

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<v Speaker 1>get frustrated about it. They could have swept this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>like pretty easily. Probably should have.

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<v Speaker 2>Swept this weekend, probably should have. Yeah, and Saturday's game

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<v Speaker 2>is frustrating. We'll talk about it here in a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, you know what I guess if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to be glass half full, it's hey, you had a

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<v Speaker 2>real chance to sweep a again kind of first place

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<v Speaker 2>team in the American League, even if that doesn't say

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<v Speaker 2>a ton, But the Rangers aren't a bad team. They've

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<v Speaker 2>got some dudes in that lineup, and they've got some

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<v Speaker 2>talent at the top of their rotation. So yeah, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to be greedy, yes, the sweep would have

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<v Speaker 2>been great. Well, they should have probably won on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>especially with the early leads that they had but to

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<v Speaker 2>take two out of three. I think you have to

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<v Speaker 2>take it, and hopefully they can keep it rolling at

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<v Speaker 2>home over the next four nights against the Padres, who

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<v Speaker 2>are a team that's really come on hard times in

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<v Speaker 2>the last couple of months.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, beat a competent team, not a great team this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's say they're great, but a competent and not

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<v Speaker 1>terrible team. And you almost swept them. And that's a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good sign. So we've our teased it once. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>do it again right now. We'll talk plenty about the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the weekend. We'll talk about the pending return

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<v Speaker 1>of someone like I don't know ronic you and Junior.

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<v Speaker 1>He's pretty important, the latest trade wins. All that and

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend a little bit in more depth than our

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<v Speaker 1>broad first segment would have. Friday's game was so much fun.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's very simple. But when you win fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>to one, there isn't all that much to say other

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<v Speaker 1>than it was so much fun. We'll get into it

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<v Speaker 1>in more detail than that, but kind of been a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of like rocking chair wins in recent vintage for

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<v Speaker 1>this Braves team. And for like two plus hours, it

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<v Speaker 1>was like, Oh, this game is over. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>win it, win it by a lot, and that's always fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It was, and it ultimately led to maybe one of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest moments of the season with Victor Madero's just

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<v Speaker 2>launching a baseball one hundred and five miles an hour

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<v Speaker 2>off the bat. It was a non pitcher, it was

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<v Speaker 2>a position player who was out there, but really great

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<v Speaker 2>moment for Victor Madero's And yeah, you said it. The offense,

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<v Speaker 2>And not only was the offense great, but the offense

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<v Speaker 2>took advantage of its early opportunities. They scored a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of runs in the first and second, they put two

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<v Speaker 2>runners on, and it was like, Okay, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>game behind Chris Sale, you want to slam the door

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<v Speaker 2>early and don't give the Rangers any kind of chance,

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<v Speaker 2>and blowout wins are so valuable. They didn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>pitch anybody out of the bullpen. Drake Baldwin homeward, which

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<v Speaker 2>was a great sign of things to come. Matt Olsen,

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<v Speaker 2>homerd Austin Reiley, even Homard again off a position player,

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<v Speaker 2>but maybe that kind of is the leaping off point.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, really fun, enjoyable game on Friday night, and

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<v Speaker 2>just you can probably count on one hand the number

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<v Speaker 2>of easy, no drama wins this team has had since

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<v Speaker 2>the start of June.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a chance people might have tapped out before the

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<v Speaker 1>Maderos situation. So let's explain that real quick, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>not often in the universal dh era that a pitcher

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<v Speaker 1>actually goes to the plate. The picture madeos. You might

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<v Speaker 1>even know who that is if you're not a die hard.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a reliever for the Braves right now, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is crazy. It's the first base hit by a

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<v Speaker 1>non Showho Tani pitcher in baseball since the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty one season. Because pitchers don't bat anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>there's exceptions, and like, without explaining this, crazily, position player

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<v Speaker 1>pitchers sometimes stay in bat and they get hits, but

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<v Speaker 1>like an actual pitcher who is man Otani getting a

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<v Speaker 1>hit has not happened for four and a half years,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a Braves reliever that happened to do it

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<v Speaker 1>right after he came up with the Braves. It's because

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<v Speaker 1>basically walt took Matt Olsen out because he never gets

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<v Speaker 1>to sit out, so he got to sit for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>It put Donald Smith at first, and suddenly Madaros is, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>facing a pitch player, but who cares. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure if he saw like Waltz quotes, he was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll let you swing, just don't get hurt. Basically, it

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<v Speaker 1>was like, we don't get hurt. You're allowed to swing.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was a toier point. It was a rocket man.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like a real nice wing. It's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you know Madero's obviously a reliever,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm sure as most guys do you know, they're

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<v Speaker 2>two way players. Yes, exactly, And he looked like he

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<v Speaker 2>knew what he was doing up there. In great moment,

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<v Speaker 2>the dugout went crazy. I'm sure that the bullpen was

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<v Speaker 2>going nuts in right field. I mean, just a really

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<v Speaker 2>cool moment for Maderos and a guy who's thrown the

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<v Speaker 2>ball well when he's gotten his name called covered. The

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<v Speaker 2>final two winnings on Friday night gave up one run,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was very much garbage time by that point.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, I trust Madero's and he's a player

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<v Speaker 2>who has kind of made the most of its opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>in the last couple of weeks when he's been able

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<v Speaker 2>to go into a game, and if he keeps throwing

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<v Speaker 2>the ball like that, then I think he has a

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<v Speaker 2>way to carve out kind of a nice little spot

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<v Speaker 2>for him in the middle of the bullpen, especially his

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<v Speaker 2>guys like Tyler Kinley have come on pretty hard times

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<v Speaker 2>the last few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>For sure. It was the second most runs scored by

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<v Speaker 1>the Braves in a game this season at fifteen. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we shout lot Chris Sau earlier. It's almost like running

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<v Speaker 1>it back like we always do. But it's worth just

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<v Speaker 1>noting how absurd Grissel was in this game. He didn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to be because they won by a million runs.

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<v Speaker 1>But he had seven innings, two hits, no walks, and

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<v Speaker 1>struck out six, allowed no runs and was absolutely dominating

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<v Speaker 1>like there was no one even coming close to him

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<v Speaker 1>in that outing on Friday. Not surprising, but his era

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<v Speaker 1>is two point zero six for the season. And the

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<v Speaker 1>crazy note that I have to get in here is

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<v Speaker 1>that he became the first Brave starter to throw at

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<v Speaker 1>least seven innings in a start in two full months.

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<v Speaker 1>Seven innings not like mine.

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<v Speaker 2>Innings.

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<v Speaker 1>Seven innings not great. And by the way, the last

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<v Speaker 1>one was himself, so he matched himself on that one,

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<v Speaker 1>and he could have gone longer, like I think he

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<v Speaker 1>had like eighty seven pitches, eight to nine pitches. He

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<v Speaker 1>probably would have gone into the eighth of game mattered

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<v Speaker 1>at all. At that point it was over. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the k was really helpful, especially because we didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the weekend was gonna be what it was.

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<v Speaker 1>But the bull come is very well taxed on Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>and Sunday, so getting an easy, breezy one on Friday

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<v Speaker 1>was very helpful. And Sale was just he's so good man.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I saw you sharing stats about him this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's kind of boring, but in the best. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>not take this for granted. I don't want to take

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<v Speaker 1>it for granted because he's been so preposterous since the

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<v Speaker 1>moment he arrived.

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<v Speaker 2>So in four hundred and eight innings now with the

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta Braves, since that trade, Chris Sale has a two

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<v Speaker 2>point three six ERA, a two point four to three

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<v Speaker 2>FIP and this is just maybe the most impressive part.

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<v Speaker 2>A thirty one point three percent strikeout rate and a

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<v Speaker 2>five point nine walk rate, good dude, is incredible. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>he is the fourth highest war in baseball in that span.

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<v Speaker 2>And we know that sale missed a couple of months

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<v Speaker 2>last year and the Braves have always given him extra rest.

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<v Speaker 2>Just so good. I wake up in the morning on

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<v Speaker 2>Chris sale days and say thank God because you know

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to give the team a chance to win.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a ridiculous stat I mean, it's it's a problematic

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<v Speaker 2>at that it's the first time in two months a

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<v Speaker 2>Brave starter covered seven innings. That's your real problem because

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<v Speaker 2>that has kind of layers to it with the way

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to impact the bullpen as well. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Sale Man, keep him healthy, keep him firing. He

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<v Speaker 2>looked uber fresh. Maybe the you know, he only threw

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<v Speaker 2>three innings against Saint Louis before the break, so he

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<v Speaker 2>really hasn't thrown a lot of innings recently, which is

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<v Speaker 2>so good. Absolutely diced up the Rangers lineup, but really

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<v Speaker 2>had no chance against him, and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Liked getting him out there right away. I mean, there's

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<v Speaker 1>there was a school of thought to like protect him

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<v Speaker 1>and it hasn't worked larger for the Braves, but having

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<v Speaker 1>him pitch the first game after the break, when he

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<v Speaker 1>was fresh, give yourself a chance to have him pitch

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<v Speaker 1>as much as possible. You're in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>playoff race. Get him out there. He was awesome, And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they kind of wasted it because they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>need any runs, any any reprevention in that game because

0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.200
<v Speaker 1>they scored so many runs. But it was still helpful

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<v Speaker 1>to have Chris Sale dominating on Friday. We teased out

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<v Speaker 1>this Saturday game was pretty baddening. The Braves led four

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<v Speaker 1>to one and five to three, ended up losing seven

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<v Speaker 1>to six in the end. You and I exchanged texts

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<v Speaker 1>today during the game about how it felt like it

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<v Speaker 1>might be a replay of Saturday. Fortunately that did not happen.

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<v Speaker 1>The Braves were able to win today in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that was kind of scary compared to the previous day.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, we could talk about Owen Murphy, who

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<v Speaker 1>who made his first major week start, But what stood

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<v Speaker 1>out to you from the what was definitely a frustrating

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<v Speaker 1>loss on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's become a bit of a trend that the

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<v Speaker 2>Braves have really struggled in one run games. So since

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<v Speaker 2>June first, the Braves are three and nine in one

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<v Speaker 2>run games, and that is obviously frustrating because those are

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<v Speaker 2>the fifty to fifty games and you would like to

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<v Speaker 2>think that good teams find ways to win those games.

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<v Speaker 2>So just something to keep an eye on. You would

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<v Speaker 2>like to see that correct itself. And you know, there's

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<v Speaker 2>probably a deep philosophical conversation about one run games and

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<v Speaker 2>is it luck? Is it baseball being baseball? Is it skill?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the talent of a team? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>We could save that for yes all those yes is

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<v Speaker 2>the answer all the above. Maybe we'll save that for

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<v Speaker 2>January when there's a lockout. We're looking for segments to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about. But Owen Murphy, I think there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to dream on with Owen Murphy. I don't think he's

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<v Speaker 2>ready to get big league hitters out multiple times at

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<v Speaker 2>this point. The defense did not do him any favors.

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<v Speaker 2>There was an egregious error by Dubon and Michael Harris

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<v Speaker 2>where they ran into each other in the outfield, but

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<v Speaker 2>even after the air, he gave up a ton of

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<v Speaker 2>hard contact. It wasn't like three runs came into score

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<v Speaker 2>on that run on that era alone, But psychologically maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it threw Owen off a little bit. But yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. What do you think about Owen Murphy now

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<v Speaker 2>that we've seen him out of the bullpen a couple

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<v Speaker 2>times and now he's made his first big league start.

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<v Speaker 1>I generally agree with you. I think that he's talented,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure. I understood, I understand and understood giving him

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<v Speaker 1>that start. I think it made total process since given

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<v Speaker 1>what they don't have available, they're clearly searching for some answers. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we would have probably said something similar about

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<v Speaker 1>Strollenbach when he came up to say, hey, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what about this, like this is obviously the moving

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<v Speaker 1>fast and that one worked out great for every Schwrollingboch,

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<v Speaker 1>though you're probably gonna miss on three or four of these.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, people forget this now maybe or may maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I try to the diy or Fuenttes situation last year,

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of heat from a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course now he's back and been a dominant

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<v Speaker 1>reliever this season. Gie Richie's not quite ready, as we've

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<v Speaker 1>probably seen a few times so nothing wrong with it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not either right off about o' murphy. Wo's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two years old, like it's that's totally normal. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also with you that I don't think he is quite

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<v Speaker 1>ready to be a starter right now. I get that

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<v Speaker 1>if he takes about the ball again in the next

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks, I'll understand it. We'll talk about later.

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<v Speaker 1>But it seems like number when he was already optioned

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<v Speaker 1>back to when A immediately. And also it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>he was only gonna go once from what they've been

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<v Speaker 1>kind of messaging behind the scenes. Unless he blew everybody away,

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<v Speaker 1>it was probably gonna be a one start thing. But well, can't.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't pitched that much. He's twenty two and like

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<v Speaker 1>first round pick, so it wasn't like he's coming out

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<v Speaker 1>he's coming out of nowhere. But he was a high

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<v Speaker 1>school kid, and I think that it's totally fine that

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<v Speaker 1>he's not ready, would be what I would say.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though he is not ready, he's not and that's

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<v Speaker 2>not Owen Murphy's fault. He's only made sixteen starts above

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<v Speaker 2>high A ball in the minor leagues, only sixteen starts

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<v Speaker 2>between Double A and triple A this year, all of

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<v Speaker 2>like sixty innings, and you know, we had elbow surgery

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<v Speaker 2>a few years ago, so he's kind of, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to say behind schedule, but you know, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>had a linear progression from being drafted to the majors.

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<v Speaker 2>So for me, maybe Murphy could give you something out

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bullpen if you really need him late in

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<v Speaker 2>the year, if you're looking for a live arm. But

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<v Speaker 2>for me, I'd like to see Owen Murphy get the

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<v Speaker 2>final two months in Gwinnett, learn to really continue attacking hitters,

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<v Speaker 2>refine your command. That fastball is really good. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do think he's going to need to really work on

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<v Speaker 2>his secondary offerings if he's going to be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a middle rotation starter, which I think is what his

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<v Speaker 2>upside could be. But yeah, it just it did not

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<v Speaker 2>go super well, and it was frustrating because the Braves

0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:57.040
<v Speaker 2>did get Murphy and the bullpen a big lead multiple

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<v Speaker 2>times and they weren't able to hold it down.

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<v Speaker 1>We could see it again, like I will leave this here,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think we could see Murphy again, maybe not

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<v Speaker 1>desperation is too strong. Maybe out of some urgency they

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<v Speaker 1>might call him back up in a month if they

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<v Speaker 1>haven't added the way we want him to add, that

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<v Speaker 1>would be frustrating. But actually the scenario when it's September

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<v Speaker 1>tenth and like all right, oh, Murphy's gonna happen to

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<v Speaker 1>start to see what they have. Maybe it'll be using

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs, that's fine, But right now I think he

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<v Speaker 1>should being one and we'll see. The bullpen did him

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<v Speaker 1>no favors. You know, it was a really really rough

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<v Speaker 1>taber Kinley outing. I think he got one out. Yeah,

0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:33.640
<v Speaker 1>he got one out. I think he faced five batters,

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<v Speaker 1>got one out. That's not what you want give. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he was credited with three earned runs and he

0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:40.600
<v Speaker 1>earned them. He was not good. And then even Dylan Lee,

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<v Speaker 1>who has been incredible this season, kind of got babboped

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<v Speaker 1>like a bunch of like weird singles. Like Lee was fine,

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<v Speaker 1>it just got he got unlucky. Kinley got hit hard.

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<v Speaker 1>So that was concerning, and that he was the one

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<v Speaker 1>that actually gave the lead up when they were in

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<v Speaker 1>control of it.

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<v Speaker 2>So Tyler Kinley is boy. He has kind of broken

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<v Speaker 2>the bridge of trust with wall Weiss. Crazy stat here.

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Kinley has been totally fine against right handed pitching

0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.280
<v Speaker 2>in all honesty, he's been really good again or right

0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:12.959
<v Speaker 2>handed hitters, I should say, in all honesty, Kiley's been

0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:17.200
<v Speaker 2>good against righty's, but against lefties. Get this, Kinley has

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<v Speaker 2>faced seventy three left handed batters this year. He has

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<v Speaker 2>given up seven home runs against seventy three left handed

0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:29.000
<v Speaker 2>batters faced. That is nearly a ten percent home run rate.

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<v Speaker 2>Extrapolate that out. A player who plays every day in baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>like Matt Olsen, is going to end the year with

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<v Speaker 2>about seven hundred played appearances. Ten percent of seven hundred

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<v Speaker 2>is seventy home runs. So when Tyler Kinley faces a

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<v Speaker 2>left handed hitter, he's giving up homers at a rate

0:20:46.000 --> 0:20:49.560
<v Speaker 2>of a seventy home run a year. Guy. Obviously, that's

0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:51.399
<v Speaker 2>not going to be good. I think, I mean, Kiley

0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:53.840
<v Speaker 2>makes real money, He's a veteran. He's been good at

0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.000
<v Speaker 2>times for this team. But I think Wall really needs

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<v Speaker 2>to prioritize like not only facing righty's, but when he

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<v Speaker 2>set to face three writings that you know are not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be pinched hit for, like not coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the game because against left he did. Has been

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<v Speaker 2>a disaster for Kinley, and once again he was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the culprit for things melting down on Saturday afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, that's well said. I don't think he's like unusable.

0:21:16.280 --> 0:21:18.480
<v Speaker 1>I saw that being thrown around. It's part of the

0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:21.359
<v Speaker 1>frustration of a blown lead. And I don't think he's unusable,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think it is he is down in the

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<v Speaker 1>pecking order now with guys you want to use in

0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:28.600
<v Speaker 1>certain spots, and maybe some more targeted usage might be

0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:32.040
<v Speaker 1>in order for Tyler Kinley at this stage. The last

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<v Speaker 1>thing we wanted to make sure we got to about

0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:36.600
<v Speaker 1>Saturday is that Jim Jarvis started on Saturday. Now that

0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:38.119
<v Speaker 1>might not seem out of the ordinary because he's been

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<v Speaker 1>playing a lot, but that was against a left handed

0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:43.919
<v Speaker 1>starting pitcher. When he came up. The messaging to the

0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:46.160
<v Speaker 1>beat guys from Walt, from everybody was like, Hey, he'll

0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:49.080
<v Speaker 1>probably face a bunch of righties. That'll be fine, give it,

0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:51.119
<v Speaker 1>give him a jolt him starting as the left. He

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<v Speaker 1>was a oh okay, And I had no problem with

0:21:54.480 --> 0:22:00.280
<v Speaker 1>it because he's been useful, solid good. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how much of it I believe, but I just thought

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<v Speaker 1>that was a pretty clear sign of affirmation on Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis to at least let him go until he can't

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<v Speaker 1>go anymore at the stage.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Hey, three starts for Jim Jarvis, and it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to fault well Weiss for starting Jarvis every game, whether

0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:19.560
<v Speaker 2>it's a righty or lefty. He has a one oh

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<v Speaker 2>five WRC plus and forty five plaint appearances. I'm laughing

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<v Speaker 2>at your note here in the document you compared him

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<v Speaker 2>to a young Alex Rodriguez compared to what they have

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<v Speaker 2>gotten at shortstop between Kim is what I said.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, uh, Jim Jarvis, I think people as usual with

0:22:35.880 --> 0:22:38.480
<v Speaker 1>any Braves role player that has a good two weeks,

0:22:38.480 --> 0:22:41.760
<v Speaker 1>give a go crazy, like remember the Juree material files

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<v Speaker 1>like a month ago when he was supposed to be

0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.880
<v Speaker 1>like the Savior and that didn't actually stay. But hey,

0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:48.879
<v Speaker 1>for a while, it helped Dom Smith in April for

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<v Speaker 1>a while, it helped write it. I'm fine writing it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm laughing about the A Rod comp because one of

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<v Speaker 1>our WAC plus is not something terribly special, but boy

0:22:57.080 --> 0:22:58.840
<v Speaker 1>would I take that and run with it? Give me

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<v Speaker 1>that all day long?

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<v Speaker 2>Signon and not only offensively is he given the team something,

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<v Speaker 2>but defensively, Jim Jarvis has been really really strong. He

0:23:06.320 --> 0:23:08.159
<v Speaker 2>did babble a ball on Sunday, but he kind of

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<v Speaker 2>made up for it by doing a fantastic job. He

0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:14.840
<v Speaker 2>basically saved a run on a stolen base attempt. Jarvis

0:23:14.920 --> 0:23:17.840
<v Speaker 2>kind of deeked old friend Nicky Lopez was trying to

0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:20.800
<v Speaker 2>steal second. Lopez instead of just kind of seeing where

0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:24.560
<v Speaker 2>the ball was, slid headfirst into the base. Other old friend,

0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:26.880
<v Speaker 2>Jock Peterson hit the ball into the gap. If Nicky

0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:30.240
<v Speaker 2>Lopez doesn't slide, he very easily would have scored on this.

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<v Speaker 2>So credit to Jarvis. Seems like he's just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a good toolsy and tangibles, you know, knows how to

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<v Speaker 2>play shortstop. Yeah, please do keep running him out there

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<v Speaker 2>against no matter who is on the mound that night,

0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:43.840
<v Speaker 2>because I've seen just about all I need to see

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<v Speaker 2>out of Jorge Manteo, who, like you said, had the

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<v Speaker 2>great Lisanity run for a couple of weeks, but since

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<v Speaker 2>then it's been very, very bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's okay. We'll take anything we can get in

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<v Speaker 1>right now. The best option is Jim Jarvis evening as

0:23:57.760 --> 0:24:01.320
<v Speaker 1>lefty as we saw on Saturday. All right, Scott, still

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<v Speaker 1>Scott. It's fair to say that Sunday's results for the

0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:22.080
<v Speaker 1>Braves do tend to impact the vibe of this podcast.

0:25:22.240 --> 0:25:24.000
<v Speaker 1>Whether they should or not, whether we let it where

0:25:24.000 --> 0:25:26.119
<v Speaker 1>we let it or not, it just it just happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>If they had lost today and lost the series, it

0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:31.880
<v Speaker 1>would have been a different podcast. But here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>They won on Sunday eight to five, And as much

0:25:35.760 --> 0:25:37.399
<v Speaker 1>as I'm a little bit afraid to talk about this,

0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:40.919
<v Speaker 1>I think we have to start with Austin Riley. I

0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:45.080
<v Speaker 1>think we have to Yeah, baby, So this is good news,

0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:48.080
<v Speaker 1>unequivocally good news. Austin Riley had two home runs today

0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:51.960
<v Speaker 1>off of a real starter in Nathan Ebaldi, and then

0:25:51.960 --> 0:25:54.080
<v Speaker 1>he also had a crucial two run single later in

0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:58.600
<v Speaker 1>the game. Look, we've talked about Austin plenty. I don't

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.840
<v Speaker 1>want to rehash all the strong I'm just simply noting

0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.520
<v Speaker 1>that he has been quite bad this season until literally

0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:07.600
<v Speaker 1>this weekend. And I saw some people talking about how

0:26:07.640 --> 0:26:09.160
<v Speaker 1>he was better for the break. He was not better

0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:11.440
<v Speaker 1>before the break. He had a fifty three to Arciplus

0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 1>in the one hundred and four played appearances over the

0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:17.320
<v Speaker 1>month before the break, so there have been little bits

0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:20.080
<v Speaker 1>and bobs of stuff, but like he's not been any better.

0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:23.440
<v Speaker 1>But hey, he had a really good weekend with three

0:26:23.440 --> 0:26:27.439
<v Speaker 1>home runs. I've look at this today. He raises ops

0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:32.719
<v Speaker 1>forty points today in one game. Now, granted, two home

0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:35.800
<v Speaker 1>runs will do that, But does this mean anything to

0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:38.000
<v Speaker 1>you or are we just like gonna hold our breath

0:26:38.000 --> 0:26:40.120
<v Speaker 1>and hope that it's going to be something. I'm kind

0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:41.960
<v Speaker 1>of on that side of things. This is as a spoiler,

0:26:42.000 --> 0:26:43.200
<v Speaker 1>but what do you think.

0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:48.480
<v Speaker 2>I want to believe? I really do, and I sincerely

0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 2>hope this is the start of a Austin Riley just

0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:53.800
<v Speaker 2>set in the world on fire for the next two

0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.520
<v Speaker 2>and a half months and then deep into October, really

0:26:56.560 --> 0:26:59.280
<v Speaker 2>good signs. And the first homer off Nathany Evaldi was

0:26:59.320 --> 0:27:02.440
<v Speaker 2>on a hanging curve that Austin did not miss launch

0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:04.240
<v Speaker 2>the ball. It was to the second deck, down the

0:27:04.280 --> 0:27:06.439
<v Speaker 2>left field line. You don't see many balls get hit

0:27:06.520 --> 0:27:08.560
<v Speaker 2>up there. But then the second homer was on a

0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:11.640
<v Speaker 2>ninety five mile an hour fastball, which was really encouraging

0:27:11.680 --> 0:27:14.440
<v Speaker 2>as well to dead center field. It was just a

0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:17.119
<v Speaker 2>laser beam over the wall in center, and then he

0:27:17.200 --> 0:27:20.320
<v Speaker 2>also had basically the game clinching two run hit, and

0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:21.879
<v Speaker 2>I think it was the eighth inning when the Braves

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.800
<v Speaker 2>kind of put an exclamation point on the game. You know,

0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:26.440
<v Speaker 2>at this point, I think it's fair to have your

0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:28.919
<v Speaker 2>guard up with Austin until he does it for weeks

0:27:28.920 --> 0:27:31.800
<v Speaker 2>on end. I don't blame anybody for being skeptical, but

0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:34.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean, very clearly, this was his best game of

0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:37.720
<v Speaker 2>the season, really encouraging signs. He looked pretty good on

0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.440
<v Speaker 2>Friday and Saturday as well. Maybe the break gave him

0:27:40.440 --> 0:27:42.800
<v Speaker 2>a chance to just hit the reset button, but we'll

0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:46.159
<v Speaker 2>take it. And if there is one player who was

0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:48.040
<v Speaker 2>not performing for this team in the first half that

0:27:48.080 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 2>could give the Braves a big boost, it's Austin Riley.

0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:53.240
<v Speaker 2>Let's just cross our fingers and hope, even if it's

0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:55.439
<v Speaker 2>just one game, we'll continue to hope and hold out

0:27:55.480 --> 0:27:56.640
<v Speaker 2>hope that this is going to work.

0:27:57.400 --> 0:28:01.520
<v Speaker 1>I also would like to hope. I don't take any

0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:03.800
<v Speaker 1>joy in like pouring a little cold water. I guess

0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:05.119
<v Speaker 1>just I feel like I have to, just because the

0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:08.119
<v Speaker 1>numbers point that way. I will say, even when he

0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:11.480
<v Speaker 1>wasn't really the rules when the results were not great

0:28:11.640 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 1>before the break. There have been little things of like

0:28:13.960 --> 0:28:16.359
<v Speaker 1>he's hitting the ball harder at times, like lots of

0:28:16.400 --> 0:28:19.440
<v Speaker 1>like one hundred and five exit velocities, and like things

0:28:19.440 --> 0:28:21.760
<v Speaker 1>that do matter under the hood. And there's a second

0:28:21.760 --> 0:28:23.600
<v Speaker 1>of our audists, I know, like glaze over. We talk

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:26.560
<v Speaker 1>about hard hit balls and ex velocity and all that stuff,

0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:28.639
<v Speaker 1>but it does matter. It's process stuff that matters. His

0:28:28.720 --> 0:28:30.960
<v Speaker 1>bat speed has been up to where you want it

0:28:30.960 --> 0:28:35.639
<v Speaker 1>to be in recent days. Maybe he's better physically after

0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:37.760
<v Speaker 1>four or five days off. That's that's just a total guess.

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.560
<v Speaker 1>I have no idea, but there's some stuff there if

0:28:40.560 --> 0:28:44.520
<v Speaker 1>you want to find it. And the thing is, it's

0:28:44.520 --> 0:28:47.880
<v Speaker 1>not a secret. This offense is capable of being good

0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:50.360
<v Speaker 1>with Austin Rabby not being good. We've seen that this

0:28:50.440 --> 0:28:52.960
<v Speaker 1>year their top whatever they are in offense with him

0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:55.040
<v Speaker 1>not being very good. But for them to be their

0:28:55.080 --> 0:28:57.280
<v Speaker 1>best self, like he has to be better than this.

0:28:57.480 --> 0:28:59.360
<v Speaker 1>I mean even in you've even seen it in national

0:28:59.360 --> 0:29:00.840
<v Speaker 1>stuff recently where it's like it's kind of a more

0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:02.280
<v Speaker 1>of a side mention, but it's like, hey, the offense

0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:04.000
<v Speaker 1>is doing this except for Austin r I was doing

0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:05.960
<v Speaker 1>this and it's because Austin I was a famous player

0:29:06.000 --> 0:29:07.719
<v Speaker 1>who's on a big contract and if he's not a

0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:10.840
<v Speaker 1>great player or with a good player, it does limit

0:29:10.880 --> 0:29:12.800
<v Speaker 1>what they can do. So somebody was it was a

0:29:12.800 --> 0:29:14.120
<v Speaker 1>whole discussion. I'm not sure if you're part of this

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:16.400
<v Speaker 1>or not Scott over the weekend before his two home

0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:19.000
<v Speaker 1>run game today about like what the Braves do with

0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:21.880
<v Speaker 1>Austin Riley, like contractually in the future and stuff, And

0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:25.240
<v Speaker 1>unfortunately the only answer is like, you can't do anything.

0:29:25.280 --> 0:29:27.160
<v Speaker 1>You just have to hope that he's better, because if

0:29:27.200 --> 0:29:29.240
<v Speaker 1>he's not better, you can't trade him and you can't DFA.

0:29:29.480 --> 0:29:32.080
<v Speaker 1>So it's just like, hey, Austin, gotta hope you're better.

0:29:32.120 --> 0:29:34.640
<v Speaker 1>That's basically the entire sentiment with the Braves. And he

0:29:34.680 --> 0:29:35.720
<v Speaker 1>shows h stuff this weekend.

0:29:36.160 --> 0:29:39.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's what it is. I mean, you, unless Austin

0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:41.760
<v Speaker 2>really turns it around, you have no chance of trading him,

0:29:41.760 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 2>giving his contract. He's, you know, approaching his thirties, which

0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>is generally when you see decline in players with his

0:29:47.320 --> 0:29:50.480
<v Speaker 2>power first profile. So yeah, it is very much just

0:29:50.560 --> 0:29:53.280
<v Speaker 2>hold on for dear life and hope that Austin can hit.

0:29:53.320 --> 0:29:55.760
<v Speaker 2>And you know what, even if Austin for the next

0:29:55.760 --> 0:29:58.960
<v Speaker 2>two and a half months doesn't give us his prime

0:29:59.200 --> 0:30:00.760
<v Speaker 2>a one self be where he was one of the

0:30:00.760 --> 0:30:04.440
<v Speaker 2>better hitters in the National League, even average production from

0:30:04.440 --> 0:30:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Austin Riley would be huge for the middle of this lineup.

0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:10.640
<v Speaker 2>You know, hit for some power, drawn occasional walk hit

0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:12.480
<v Speaker 2>when you have runners in front of you on base,

0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:15.240
<v Speaker 2>Like sure, if Austin wants to be a superstar the

0:30:15.280 --> 0:30:17.560
<v Speaker 2>rest away, that would be a massive development for the

0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:20.480
<v Speaker 2>Braves and their hopes and prayers of going deep into

0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:22.760
<v Speaker 2>October and winning the division and all that good stuff.

0:30:22.800 --> 0:30:25.440
<v Speaker 2>But even just an average Austin Riley would make a

0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:27.120
<v Speaker 2>big difference for the middle of this lineup.

0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:30.440
<v Speaker 1>Huge, And we will definitely save the future stuff for

0:30:30.480 --> 0:30:32.600
<v Speaker 1>the future because we're in the middle of the season

0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:37.000
<v Speaker 1>and all the focuses on twenty twenty six, but him

0:30:37.040 --> 0:30:39.960
<v Speaker 1>just showing something would be big for beyond twenty twenty six,

0:30:40.040 --> 0:30:42.040
<v Speaker 1>like having some sort of idea what you're gonna get

0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:44.000
<v Speaker 1>from third base in twenty seven and twenty eight for

0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:48.360
<v Speaker 1>a long time in our contract. Yeah, it's one weekend,

0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:49.440
<v Speaker 1>go ahead, go ahead.

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:50.800
<v Speaker 2>No, I was gonna say it. It's kind of like

0:30:50.840 --> 0:30:53.520
<v Speaker 2>Michael Harris this time a year ago where Mike was

0:30:53.800 --> 0:30:56.360
<v Speaker 2>impossibly bad in the first half and then he got

0:30:56.400 --> 0:30:58.760
<v Speaker 2>red hot for about a month and rode that. There

0:30:58.760 --> 0:31:01.560
<v Speaker 2>were some ups and downs for for Michael Harris last year,

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:04.120
<v Speaker 2>and of course he's been so good this year. I think,

0:31:04.200 --> 0:31:06.600
<v Speaker 2>even though it's been two years since Austin was his

0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:09.760
<v Speaker 2>a oneself, I think you just have to hope, like again,

0:31:09.800 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 2>there's no trading him in his current state, and the

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Braves are better when Austin Riley is going better and

0:31:14.720 --> 0:31:16.960
<v Speaker 2>doing what we know he can do, and let's just

0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:20.840
<v Speaker 2>hope again one more time. We're not anointing Austin Riley back.

0:31:20.880 --> 0:31:23.520
<v Speaker 2>We're also not trying to poo poo a phenomenal day

0:31:23.560 --> 0:31:27.240
<v Speaker 2>for him on Sunday, But one game a big step

0:31:27.280 --> 0:31:29.600
<v Speaker 2>in the right direction. Now it's just a matter of

0:31:29.680 --> 0:31:31.840
<v Speaker 2>continuing to take steps in the right direction and not

0:31:31.960 --> 0:31:34.480
<v Speaker 2>be kind of one step forward one and a half

0:31:34.560 --> 0:31:37.080
<v Speaker 2>steps back, which has been a lot of Austin's twenty

0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>twenty six.

0:31:38.880 --> 0:31:41.640
<v Speaker 1>He won them the game today. I made it. They

0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:43.680
<v Speaker 1>won my three runs. He was responsible for more than that.

0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:46.440
<v Speaker 1>He was vital in them winning a baseball game today.

0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:48.960
<v Speaker 1>That's a great start and an important factor in the

0:31:48.960 --> 0:31:51.360
<v Speaker 1>playoff for race and all that fun stuff. The Braves

0:31:51.360 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 1>were up for nothing and control this game. Grant Holmes

0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 1>had a very great Holmes outing and extremely great Holmes

0:31:58.760 --> 0:32:01.320
<v Speaker 1>outing in all of the ways. You might think he

0:32:01.400 --> 0:32:04.720
<v Speaker 1>was effective through four, got through a fifth inning, but

0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:08.600
<v Speaker 1>in the fifth allowed three runs. Look, this is very

0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:10.760
<v Speaker 1>very reductive, and I don't mean it to be this simple,

0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:13.560
<v Speaker 1>because it's not. If you told me every time Grant

0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:17.040
<v Speaker 1>Holmes pitches he would throw exactly five innings and allow

0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:18.560
<v Speaker 1>exactly three runs, I would take it.

0:32:19.240 --> 0:32:20.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, me too.

0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:23.120
<v Speaker 1>That's not good, by the way, That's not what you

0:32:23.200 --> 0:32:25.960
<v Speaker 1>want out of a starter. But like, given where the

0:32:26.000 --> 0:32:29.880
<v Speaker 1>Braves are, this exact outing is like a C plus.

0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:33.160
<v Speaker 1>Like I'll just take it and move on. It's everything

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:34.760
<v Speaker 1>that we know with Grant though, Like he got a

0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:38.760
<v Speaker 1>couple double plays that were helpful, but he just second time,

0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:40.920
<v Speaker 1>third time with the order is just not the same guy,

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:45.040
<v Speaker 1>rids repeat. It's always the same thing. Sorry, Yeah, I'm

0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:46.320
<v Speaker 1>not trying to be short about it, but every really

0:32:46.360 --> 0:32:48.240
<v Speaker 1>is it's literally always the same. I don't know it is.

0:32:48.360 --> 0:32:51.240
<v Speaker 2>It's it's who Grant Holmes is, and he's in the rotation.

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:53.480
<v Speaker 2>We would love Grant to be able to go to

0:32:53.480 --> 0:32:55.200
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen. Maybe they can do that in a few

0:32:55.200 --> 0:32:57.240
<v Speaker 2>weeks if they make some additions. But I mean, this

0:32:57.400 --> 0:32:59.720
<v Speaker 2>was very much a Grant home start. I think we

0:32:59.760 --> 0:33:02.200
<v Speaker 2>could probably recorded a two minute segment on Grant Holmes

0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:04.960
<v Speaker 2>and just copy and paste it into most of his

0:33:05.080 --> 0:33:07.160
<v Speaker 2>starts when we talk about it on the pod, because

0:33:07.200 --> 0:33:10.000
<v Speaker 2>they're generally pretty similar. A lot of base runners, a

0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 2>lot of contact today. The strikeouts were not there, which

0:33:12.480 --> 0:33:14.760
<v Speaker 2>is a cause for concern. Did get out of a

0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:17.000
<v Speaker 2>couple of jams with those double plays, but I mean

0:33:17.040 --> 0:33:19.120
<v Speaker 2>the fifth inning was the third time through the order.

0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:21.360
<v Speaker 2>He only gave up three runs, and I was like

0:33:21.640 --> 0:33:24.320
<v Speaker 2>literally pacing in my living room, like, oh boy, all right,

0:33:24.400 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 2>keep it close. The offense has been good. It is

0:33:27.400 --> 0:33:30.040
<v Speaker 2>who Grant Holmes is. He's a number five starter and

0:33:31.240 --> 0:33:33.360
<v Speaker 2>on the days you can get a win, Thank goodness.

0:33:33.360 --> 0:33:36.560
<v Speaker 2>The offense really came to life late once Holmes kind

0:33:36.560 --> 0:33:39.520
<v Speaker 2>of made it interesting again. And it's just again, man,

0:33:39.560 --> 0:33:42.280
<v Speaker 2>it's who Grant Holmes is. In the year twenty twenty six.

0:33:42.920 --> 0:33:43.840
<v Speaker 2>The offense won this game.

0:33:43.880 --> 0:33:46.520
<v Speaker 1>I mentioned obviously Riley, but Riley and Baldwin. They combined

0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:48.760
<v Speaker 1>for four home runs and Austin had a two run

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:50.440
<v Speaker 1>single beyond that, so I think six of the eight

0:33:50.520 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 1>runs were directly off the bat of Riley and Baldwin.

0:33:53.080 --> 0:33:55.040
<v Speaker 1>It was kind of a two man show today. That's

0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:57.560
<v Speaker 1>more than enough. They got the win. The bullpen held on.

0:33:58.120 --> 0:34:00.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh one quick thing we didn't talk about on the doc.

0:34:00.840 --> 0:34:04.040
<v Speaker 1>I saw lots of consternation about the use of Rice

0:34:04.080 --> 0:34:06.640
<v Speaker 1>of Iglacias today up four in the ninth. Did you

0:34:06.720 --> 0:34:07.480
<v Speaker 1>have an opinion on that?

0:34:09.920 --> 0:34:12.000
<v Speaker 2>I hope we don't need him on Monday night because

0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.080
<v Speaker 2>he's probably going to be down because he's pitched.

0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:16.480
<v Speaker 1>That was the reason why I came up, was because

0:34:16.520 --> 0:34:18.400
<v Speaker 1>people were like, well, now he's out for tomorrow. And

0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:23.560
<v Speaker 1>I get it. I in the moment was not throwing things.

0:34:24.080 --> 0:34:25.680
<v Speaker 1>If they have been up six and he came in,

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:27.600
<v Speaker 1>I would have been like, all right, that's that's that's insane.

0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:28.319
<v Speaker 1>What are we doing here?

0:34:28.760 --> 0:34:29.040
<v Speaker 2>Four?

0:34:29.800 --> 0:34:31.839
<v Speaker 1>It's like right on the line, I get it.

0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:34.840
<v Speaker 2>And who would have come in? I mean, Tyler Kinley,

0:34:35.400 --> 0:34:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Maderos. I mean, yeah, there's just no there's because

0:34:40.120 --> 0:34:42.760
<v Speaker 2>Lee had pitched, and Diddier had pitched, and Dylan Dodd

0:34:42.760 --> 0:34:45.879
<v Speaker 2>had pitched there just wasn't like there wasn't anyone else

0:34:45.920 --> 0:34:48.200
<v Speaker 2>who And you know you can go both ways, right

0:34:48.239 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 2>Like if you don't go to Aglacias up four and

0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:52.839
<v Speaker 2>you bring in Tyler Kinley and he goes walk home

0:34:52.920 --> 0:34:55.359
<v Speaker 2>or walk well, then you're slamming the table asking why

0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:57.720
<v Speaker 2>the hell isn't Iglesias in the game. It's still close.

0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:00.239
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of you damned if you do, damn if

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.919
<v Speaker 2>you don't. But I will say for Monday night's game,

0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:04.440
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen is going to be pretty thin.

0:35:05.880 --> 0:35:08.520
<v Speaker 1>We are not above criticizing bullpin usage. We do it

0:35:08.719 --> 0:35:11.359
<v Speaker 1>all the time on this podcast. That was not one

0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:13.920
<v Speaker 1>that I took particular offense to, but people were tagging

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 1>us and mad about it, and I get it. I

0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:18.400
<v Speaker 1>get the pushback. But I think the reason why I

0:35:18.440 --> 0:35:20.239
<v Speaker 1>wasn't botherous because of the state of the bullpen. If

0:35:20.239 --> 0:35:22.719
<v Speaker 1>they had Suarez, if they had they were okay back there, like,

0:35:23.160 --> 0:35:25.040
<v Speaker 1>but anyway they got the win, they held it down.

0:35:25.600 --> 0:35:27.560
<v Speaker 1>Monday will be interesting and we'll find out. Let me

0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 1>get to Monday, Scott. Let's talk about a couple of

0:35:32.840 --> 0:35:35.600
<v Speaker 1>maybe not intel, well one thing's intel, but there's intel

0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:39.560
<v Speaker 1>there's some out and topless discussion, some trade deadline stuff.

0:35:39.640 --> 0:35:42.279
<v Speaker 1>Because we're two weeks away. People are gonna listen to

0:35:42.360 --> 0:35:44.400
<v Speaker 1>this a lot of them on Monday, and I'd be

0:35:44.480 --> 0:35:46.360
<v Speaker 1>exactly two weeks away from the deadline. We did a

0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:48.080
<v Speaker 1>lot of deadline talk during the All Star break. You

0:35:48.120 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 1>and I when we last talked, did a five Ways

0:35:50.400 --> 0:35:52.920
<v Speaker 1>to Fix the Braves, which basically was a deadline preview

0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:57.560
<v Speaker 1>of sorts just a few days ago. But our colleague

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:02.080
<v Speaker 1>on this network, Ken Rosenthal, things off on Friday by

0:36:02.280 --> 0:36:05.840
<v Speaker 1>writing one sentence that sent a lot of us and

0:36:06.000 --> 0:36:08.120
<v Speaker 1>I'll include myself in that into a bit of a

0:36:08.160 --> 0:36:11.800
<v Speaker 1>tail spin on Friday, and Ken wrote the following Alex

0:36:11.880 --> 0:36:16.680
<v Speaker 1>Nthopolis Comma. According to people briefed on his discussions, Comma

0:36:16.920 --> 0:36:21.040
<v Speaker 1>currently is more focused on his offense while weighing multiple

0:36:21.120 --> 0:36:23.560
<v Speaker 1>internal options for his rotation.

0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:25.600
<v Speaker 2>End quote.

0:36:25.800 --> 0:36:27.680
<v Speaker 1>Now, there was more written than that, but that was

0:36:27.719 --> 0:36:29.440
<v Speaker 1>the money sentence that people were watching on YouTube can

0:36:29.440 --> 0:36:34.319
<v Speaker 1>see Scott's reaction. Notably, he didn't say Alex would not

0:36:34.360 --> 0:36:37.560
<v Speaker 1>add pitching, but I think we all were like, we

0:36:37.640 --> 0:36:40.080
<v Speaker 1>can't possibly be doing this again with the internal options

0:36:40.120 --> 0:36:42.359
<v Speaker 1>that we heard about all winter long. But apparently that's

0:36:42.400 --> 0:36:45.040
<v Speaker 1>going to be a topic. Alex did talk which I'll

0:36:45.080 --> 0:36:46.320
<v Speaker 1>let you talk about because he talked on and I

0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:50.239
<v Speaker 1>think it was LB Network Radio with Jim Bowden I

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:53.480
<v Speaker 1>believe was on that show. There's multiple hosts, but anyway, Yeah,

0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:55.680
<v Speaker 1>thoughts on that and also what Alex had to say

0:36:55.960 --> 0:36:57.880
<v Speaker 1>for himself into a microphone over the weekend.

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:01.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, we know how secretive and kind of

0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 2>in the shadows Alex likes to work, so it's always interesting,

0:37:04.719 --> 0:37:07.560
<v Speaker 2>you know. Obviously Ken is super plugged in. I'm sure

0:37:07.560 --> 0:37:10.120
<v Speaker 2>he talked to executives who have talked to Alex in

0:37:10.160 --> 0:37:13.719
<v Speaker 2>the early stages of trade conversations. But to me, man

0:37:13.800 --> 0:37:17.959
<v Speaker 2>like there it's clear that they're going to need rotation help,

0:37:17.960 --> 0:37:19.959
<v Speaker 2>They're going to need a bat, They're going to maybe

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 2>even need a bullpen arm, depending on how they feel

0:37:22.040 --> 0:37:25.040
<v Speaker 2>about a couple of guys internally. But you know, in

0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:28.120
<v Speaker 2>addition to Rosenthals column you mentioned, Alex was on MLB

0:37:28.239 --> 0:37:31.360
<v Speaker 2>Network Radio for about twenty minutes. Friend of the show, CJ.

0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:35.840
<v Speaker 2>Nikkowski on Twitter posted the twenty minute interview and there

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:38.680
<v Speaker 2>was nothing earth shattering in there, but there were some

0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:42.719
<v Speaker 2>interesting conversations that Alex had. It sounds like he over

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:44.640
<v Speaker 2>the last few days has had quite a few phone

0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:47.920
<v Speaker 2>calls with some of the obvious sellers or teams who

0:37:48.000 --> 0:37:49.920
<v Speaker 2>think they're going to sell short of going on a

0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:54.640
<v Speaker 2>fifteen game winning streak, so we'll see there. And he said, basically,

0:37:54.680 --> 0:37:57.000
<v Speaker 2>they're going to improve the team however they can, and

0:37:57.480 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 2>sometimes things are available to you.

0:37:59.520 --> 0:38:02.799
<v Speaker 1>Alex sentiments, I will say, he says that all the time,

0:38:03.120 --> 0:38:05.399
<v Speaker 1>and I don't know. I almost didn't want to bring

0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:07.160
<v Speaker 1>up the Rosenthal thing because it was that's I'm not

0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:10.000
<v Speaker 1>thicking on a can who's doing his job. And this

0:38:10.040 --> 0:38:12.719
<v Speaker 1>also was before the weekend, before we had seen Owen

0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:15.600
<v Speaker 1>Murphy pitch and a start like his name was mentioned

0:38:15.640 --> 0:38:18.000
<v Speaker 1>in that in that call in Ken's column. It was

0:38:18.000 --> 0:38:19.800
<v Speaker 1>one of those like, hey, here's a bunch of names,

0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:21.399
<v Speaker 1>and we've been making fun at least I've been making

0:38:21.400 --> 0:38:24.000
<v Speaker 1>fun of that since January of like, let's list a

0:38:24.040 --> 0:38:26.480
<v Speaker 1>bunch of names. Okay, you know what Jose Suarez on

0:38:26.480 --> 0:38:28.840
<v Speaker 1>those lists in December and January, Scott, because I do,

0:38:29.239 --> 0:38:33.040
<v Speaker 1>I yeah, but no, yeah, you know what Alex is

0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:35.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna say exactly this, Like Alex is never gonna be

0:38:35.080 --> 0:38:36.719
<v Speaker 1>like we are training for a starting pitture like that

0:38:36.800 --> 0:38:38.399
<v Speaker 1>is not Alex's style. He's never going to do that,

0:38:38.560 --> 0:38:40.480
<v Speaker 1>So I'm not terribly worried. I just wanted to least

0:38:40.480 --> 0:38:42.239
<v Speaker 1>flag that because I was like, oh man, not like this,

0:38:42.840 --> 0:38:46.000
<v Speaker 1>please not like this. Oh one more on this? Uh

0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:48.760
<v Speaker 1>to Bowden today, I believe he said something about adding

0:38:48.800 --> 0:38:51.279
<v Speaker 1>a high leverage reliever. And I swear to you, if

0:38:51.280 --> 0:38:53.640
<v Speaker 1>they're spending seventy five million dollars in the bullpen by

0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:55.560
<v Speaker 1>the end of season, I'm gonna lose my mind. They're

0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 1>already spending a lot on the bullpen as it is.

0:38:57.239 --> 0:38:59.440
<v Speaker 1>I get it. You talk about the ledge. I want

0:38:59.480 --> 0:39:01.319
<v Speaker 1>you to say what what you told me offline, because

0:39:01.320 --> 0:39:03.439
<v Speaker 1>it's it was good. It was a good note by you.

0:39:03.880 --> 0:39:05.640
<v Speaker 1>Go ahead, call me down.

0:39:05.760 --> 0:39:09.680
<v Speaker 2>It about Robert Swarez making sure Robert Torres is good, Yeah.

0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:13.120
<v Speaker 1>Yes, if he's If he's not good, then okay if

0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:15.080
<v Speaker 1>Roberts sware if there were not Robert Sworres at all,

0:39:15.760 --> 0:39:17.759
<v Speaker 1>then then they could take on another reliever if they

0:39:17.800 --> 0:39:20.640
<v Speaker 1>need to. I just was like, guys, they spent a

0:39:20.640 --> 0:39:24.040
<v Speaker 1>lot on a bullpen already. If they go I mean, yeah,

0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:26.080
<v Speaker 1>if you want to try for Mason Miller like, Okay,

0:39:26.160 --> 0:39:28.240
<v Speaker 1>I won't stop you. I just don't think that's probably

0:39:28.239 --> 0:39:29.120
<v Speaker 1>what the biggest need is.

0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:31.640
<v Speaker 2>Oh I would stop them. I would. I would actively

0:39:31.680 --> 0:39:34.600
<v Speaker 2>call Rob Manfred and say, Rob, you gotta block this deal.

0:39:34.640 --> 0:39:36.640
<v Speaker 2>It's cheating, it's not fair. Don't let him do it.

0:39:36.800 --> 0:39:40.320
<v Speaker 1>Bullpen games in every game, it's Chris Sale in a

0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:42.680
<v Speaker 1>bullpen game, every series, every single game. It is not

0:39:42.680 --> 0:39:44.000
<v Speaker 1>a Christ starts a bullpen game.

0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:47.080
<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah they would, They would change baseball forever with

0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:49.960
<v Speaker 2>the number of bullpen games they'd be running. But yeah,

0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:51.759
<v Speaker 2>you know what, Look, if there's a good reliever and

0:39:51.880 --> 0:39:54.440
<v Speaker 2>there's an opportunity to acquire them, sure it should not

0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:57.080
<v Speaker 2>be Mason Miller. And in my eyes, the bullpen is

0:39:57.120 --> 0:40:00.200
<v Speaker 2>priority number three or four for this team. Behind find

0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:04.160
<v Speaker 2>the rotation and adding a left handed DH or outfield

0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:06.880
<v Speaker 2>type of bat. It seems like, you know, Mark Bowman

0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:09.759
<v Speaker 2>also was talking today that while it's very much up

0:40:09.760 --> 0:40:12.439
<v Speaker 2>in the air what Ronald Accunya Junior's future is going

0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:15.040
<v Speaker 2>to be. You know, Ronald has been dhing quite a

0:40:15.080 --> 0:40:18.600
<v Speaker 2>bit in his rehab assignment. It makes sense to give

0:40:18.640 --> 0:40:21.360
<v Speaker 2>Ronald some reps at DH. Well, if you put Ronald

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:24.040
<v Speaker 2>a DH then you very likely need to add an

0:40:24.040 --> 0:40:28.000
<v Speaker 2>outfielder in the next couple of weeks. So we'll see, well,

0:40:28.000 --> 0:40:30.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll see where it ultimately lies. But for me,

0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:32.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, if folks miss that show where Brad and

0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:34.640
<v Speaker 2>I kind of did the trade deadline priorities and kind

0:40:34.640 --> 0:40:37.320
<v Speaker 2>of how to fix this roster or improve this roster

0:40:37.840 --> 0:40:40.360
<v Speaker 2>at a starter, I would like to add two bats,

0:40:40.400 --> 0:40:42.960
<v Speaker 2>a lefty and a arriety to really help with matchups

0:40:43.000 --> 0:40:45.440
<v Speaker 2>in October. If you want to add another starter, I

0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:47.319
<v Speaker 2>will not fight you at all, even if it's a

0:40:47.360 --> 0:40:50.719
<v Speaker 2>boring inning Zeter type. We didn't really talk about the

0:40:50.719 --> 0:40:52.719
<v Speaker 2>bullpen on that show. And again, if if they want

0:40:52.760 --> 0:40:55.120
<v Speaker 2>to add like a third lefty specialist because they don't

0:40:55.120 --> 0:40:57.719
<v Speaker 2>believe in Danny Young, or if they want to add

0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:00.640
<v Speaker 2>another riety because they're getting worried about Tyler and being

0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:03.120
<v Speaker 2>able to trust him in a playoff series, go for it.

0:41:03.160 --> 0:41:06.160
<v Speaker 2>But the bullpen better be the last deal that you

0:41:06.239 --> 0:41:08.560
<v Speaker 2>lock in because there are certainly higher items on the

0:41:08.560 --> 0:41:09.120
<v Speaker 2>totem pole.

0:41:11.440 --> 0:41:15.160
<v Speaker 1>Speaking a little bit about the injury related stuff, because

0:41:15.160 --> 0:41:18.520
<v Speaker 1>Alex did talk about Schwellenbach and Strider, there was some

0:41:18.560 --> 0:41:22.040
<v Speaker 1>confusion about Schwellenbach. There was some beat guys reporting that

0:41:22.080 --> 0:41:24.640
<v Speaker 1>he hadn't gone to Florida, and apparently he did go

0:41:24.640 --> 0:41:26.160
<v Speaker 1>to Florida in the All Star break. This is talking

0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:30.319
<v Speaker 1>about special Swallenbax to begin throwing bullpens. Basically, they're gonna

0:41:30.320 --> 0:41:32.640
<v Speaker 1>hope to ramp him up in the next couple of weeks.

0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:35.640
<v Speaker 1>It seems like, according to what Alex was saying, what

0:41:35.800 --> 0:41:38.480
<v Speaker 1>Weiss I think, either the day before or maybe the

0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:43.000
<v Speaker 1>same day, was very noncommittal on either Strider or Schwellenbach

0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:44.920
<v Speaker 1>pitching this season, which, by the way, is the right

0:41:44.960 --> 0:41:46.680
<v Speaker 1>approach for Walt Weiss to be. I think at this

0:41:46.760 --> 0:41:50.239
<v Speaker 1>point I would be as non committal as possible. I

0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:52.520
<v Speaker 1>believe you said on Twitter that you're over under on

0:41:52.800 --> 0:41:55.080
<v Speaker 1>spencer s starts was zero point five?

0:41:55.239 --> 0:41:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Is that?

0:41:55.640 --> 0:41:58.799
<v Speaker 1>Was that a correct savment? Yeah, I think I'm with you.

0:41:58.840 --> 0:42:00.680
<v Speaker 1>By the way, that'd be that's the appropriate over run.

0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:02.439
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure if I go over under, but I'm

0:42:02.480 --> 0:42:05.040
<v Speaker 1>expecting very little, and if one of the Spencers wants

0:42:05.120 --> 0:42:06.920
<v Speaker 1>to get healthy and prove me wrong, I would be

0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:09.880
<v Speaker 1>very happy about that. I just uh, that's the latest

0:42:09.920 --> 0:42:13.160
<v Speaker 1>Spencer Strider is not throwing yet still so Schwallenbach might

0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:14.800
<v Speaker 1>be a little bit ahead, but he had no spring training,

0:42:14.840 --> 0:42:17.000
<v Speaker 1>so we just he has to really take a while

0:42:17.040 --> 0:42:19.480
<v Speaker 1>at a ramp up, which we knew, and maybe he's

0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:21.960
<v Speaker 1>going to floor as a good sign. But even now,

0:42:22.000 --> 0:42:24.399
<v Speaker 1>I mean maybe like mid September would be the first

0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:26.120
<v Speaker 1>time he could pitch in the major leagues. I mean

0:42:26.160 --> 0:42:28.120
<v Speaker 1>maybe earthly September with the absolute most I don't know.

0:42:28.920 --> 0:42:33.240
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, and how effective would would Schwellenbach or Strider

0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 2>be if if they are able to come all the

0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:37.840
<v Speaker 2>way back? And I think that's still a very steep

0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:41.120
<v Speaker 2>hill to climb. But let's say Schwellenbach is back. If

0:42:41.200 --> 0:42:43.279
<v Speaker 2>you could get him a couple of starts in the

0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:46.160
<v Speaker 2>middle of September, great, like you'd be an opportunity to

0:42:46.239 --> 0:42:48.080
<v Speaker 2>kind of see what he has see if you can

0:42:48.080 --> 0:42:50.359
<v Speaker 2>trust him, assuming that you're in a position where you

0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:52.920
<v Speaker 2>can give Schwellenbach starts, you know, if you're tied with

0:42:53.000 --> 0:42:55.120
<v Speaker 2>the Phillies for the division lead, I'm not sure you

0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:57.440
<v Speaker 2>can just throw Spencer out there for the first time

0:42:57.480 --> 0:42:59.440
<v Speaker 2>in fifteen months, but you know, it's something to keep

0:42:59.440 --> 0:43:01.520
<v Speaker 2>an eye on. Well, we'll see kind of how Schwalenbach

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:03.920
<v Speaker 2>feels as he really rams things up. It sounds like

0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:07.640
<v Speaker 2>at the end of July is when Alexanhoppolis said, Schwalenbach

0:43:07.760 --> 0:43:09.640
<v Speaker 2>is really going to start to push it and maybe

0:43:09.680 --> 0:43:12.640
<v Speaker 2>begin a rehab assignment, even if that would likely take

0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:15.640
<v Speaker 2>a full month, basically the entire month of August. If

0:43:15.640 --> 0:43:18.680
<v Speaker 2>all goes well, we'll be rehab assignment for Schwellenbach and

0:43:18.760 --> 0:43:21.239
<v Speaker 2>see and then for Strider. I mean, I'm somehow even

0:43:21.320 --> 0:43:25.480
<v Speaker 2>less optimistic on Strider. It's been six weeks since the injury.

0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:28.319
<v Speaker 2>I think I'm trying to remember. Maybe you remember, with

0:43:28.360 --> 0:43:31.239
<v Speaker 2>your incredible brain, Bradley, what how long they were going

0:43:31.320 --> 0:43:33.799
<v Speaker 2>to shut Strider down for when he first got hurt,

0:43:33.800 --> 0:43:36.239
<v Speaker 2>and it's been about six weeks since then. I want

0:43:36.239 --> 0:43:38.440
<v Speaker 2>to say eight to ten was the number in my mind,

0:43:38.480 --> 0:43:42.320
<v Speaker 2>but it's I set the over under at zero point

0:43:42.360 --> 0:43:45.440
<v Speaker 2>five for starts made by a Spencer this year. I

0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:48.880
<v Speaker 2>would lean towards the under on that. But maybe they'll

0:43:48.880 --> 0:43:51.200
<v Speaker 2>they'll surprise us and make an impact in September and

0:43:51.239 --> 0:43:52.080
<v Speaker 2>maybe October.

0:43:53.680 --> 0:43:55.319
<v Speaker 1>I believe, and I looked at it. This is not

0:43:55.400 --> 0:43:57.520
<v Speaker 1>my recall only in my notes. I believe they were

0:43:57.520 --> 0:43:59.279
<v Speaker 1>going to say it was a four week shut down

0:43:59.640 --> 0:44:02.400
<v Speaker 1>flat right away with Strider and then they were going

0:44:02.480 --> 0:44:05.200
<v Speaker 1>to reassess where else beyond that. And as a reminder,

0:44:05.239 --> 0:44:08.040
<v Speaker 1>he's almost sixty ail, so he can't even come back

0:44:08.080 --> 0:44:10.480
<v Speaker 1>even if he was able to until, like you know,

0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:13.400
<v Speaker 1>August twentieth. I want to say something like that. So

0:44:14.320 --> 0:44:17.439
<v Speaker 1>it September. I think it's September tenth. He got hurt

0:44:17.480 --> 0:44:20.320
<v Speaker 1>on like right, I thought it was like mid. I

0:44:20.320 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 1>thought it was mid June.

0:44:21.320 --> 0:44:23.280
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, I'm sorry he got hurt in June,

0:44:23.280 --> 0:44:24.080
<v Speaker 2>not July. Ignored.

0:44:24.080 --> 0:44:27.439
<v Speaker 1>It was yeah, yeah, sorry, it's fine, mid June. We're good.

0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:31.080
<v Speaker 1>It's this is it's like we're podcasting, but no, the

0:44:31.160 --> 0:44:34.759
<v Speaker 1>takeaway is surprised, if you want to. I think the

0:44:35.040 --> 0:44:37.520
<v Speaker 1>Braves should operate as if neither one of them were

0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:39.719
<v Speaker 1>wing to pitch, and if they are able to pitch,

0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:42.120
<v Speaker 1>that's great, but they should be banking on them, not

0:44:42.440 --> 0:44:46.080
<v Speaker 1>basically from a transactional standpoint. We'll be what I would say,

0:44:46.160 --> 0:44:51.239
<v Speaker 1>So we'll see elsewhere. On the injury recovery front, you

0:44:51.280 --> 0:44:54.719
<v Speaker 1>mentioned Ronal Cooton Junior earlier. He is spending whatett As

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:58.359
<v Speaker 1>has Hassan kim As has a J. Smith Shaver who

0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:01.000
<v Speaker 1>pitched on Saturday and apparently looked pretty good in foign

0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:03.600
<v Speaker 1>A third innings, looked better than his last start. Kim

0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:06.279
<v Speaker 1>has shown a little bit of something. I'm not gonna

0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:08.480
<v Speaker 1>get carried away. It's minor league pitching, but he's not

0:45:08.520 --> 0:45:10.759
<v Speaker 1>been getting destroyed, which is what I was like, Hey,

0:45:10.760 --> 0:45:12.680
<v Speaker 1>if he looks bad in the minors, it might be

0:45:12.760 --> 0:45:15.640
<v Speaker 1>over over for Hassan Kim, and he hasn't, so at

0:45:15.719 --> 0:45:18.840
<v Speaker 1>least that's the smallest possible hurdle cleared from him. And

0:45:18.920 --> 0:45:20.560
<v Speaker 1>then Ronnie looks like Ronnie he had he had this,

0:45:20.600 --> 0:45:22.800
<v Speaker 1>he had this majestic grand slam that made the rounds.

0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:25.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't worry all about him over there, just health.

0:45:25.280 --> 0:45:27.120
<v Speaker 1>Like if Ronnie's playing, I think he's gonna be good.

0:45:27.640 --> 0:45:29.279
<v Speaker 1>We'll see what that is. Maybe he could be back

0:45:29.280 --> 0:45:31.719
<v Speaker 1>as soon as like this week, maybe by the end

0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:33.960
<v Speaker 1>of the series. What was kind of not by the

0:45:34.040 --> 0:45:35.960
<v Speaker 1>end of this coming series, but maybe by the weekend.

0:45:36.320 --> 0:45:38.560
<v Speaker 1>We'll find out. But right, he did't play right field

0:45:38.560 --> 0:45:42.040
<v Speaker 1>today for the first time. That's a check mark, Like

0:45:42.080 --> 0:45:44.640
<v Speaker 1>he was only dh un till today. So I think

0:45:45.080 --> 0:45:47.640
<v Speaker 1>I've always kind of always not hard I shouldn't say always.

0:45:48.280 --> 0:45:50.000
<v Speaker 1>The last couple of years, I've argued that rons are

0:45:50.000 --> 0:45:52.880
<v Speaker 1>probably DH more than he has, but he's still he

0:45:52.880 --> 0:45:56.200
<v Speaker 1>still used to play at the outfield some because Drake

0:45:56.239 --> 0:45:58.600
<v Speaker 1>Ball has got a DH two, so nothing else. You

0:45:58.680 --> 0:46:00.560
<v Speaker 1>gotta have a D. You gotta have an outfielder for

0:46:00.560 --> 0:46:03.120
<v Speaker 1>what Drake DHS and Ronnie can do that gets split time.

0:46:03.280 --> 0:46:04.160
<v Speaker 1>It's fine for sure.

0:46:04.400 --> 0:46:07.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you can bet even when Acuna gets activated,

0:46:07.200 --> 0:46:09.239
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna be careful with him and maybe have him

0:46:09.239 --> 0:46:11.920
<v Speaker 2>do like one in the outfield, one DH, one in

0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:13.960
<v Speaker 2>the outfield, one DH and then have a day off

0:46:14.040 --> 0:46:17.439
<v Speaker 2>or something like that. Yes, please, it's so much more

0:46:17.440 --> 0:46:20.600
<v Speaker 2>important to keep him healthy for August and September and

0:46:20.600 --> 0:46:23.960
<v Speaker 2>hopefully deep into October. So yes, be slow with Ronald.

0:46:23.960 --> 0:46:26.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad they've been so cautious coming off basically your

0:46:26.400 --> 0:46:29.719
<v Speaker 2>reaggravation of that hamstring injury from the first time. In

0:46:29.800 --> 0:46:32.040
<v Speaker 2>terms of hass On Kim, I think he has another

0:46:32.120 --> 0:46:35.040
<v Speaker 2>two full weeks that he can continue with his rehab assignment.

0:46:35.400 --> 0:46:38.279
<v Speaker 2>Keep him down there, as Jim Jarvis has has solidified it.

0:46:38.440 --> 0:46:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Let Kim get two more weeks of facing triple A

0:46:40.920 --> 0:46:44.000
<v Speaker 2>pitching and see if he can get anything going. Maybe,

0:46:44.040 --> 0:46:46.319
<v Speaker 2>just maybe he could give you something in the back

0:46:46.440 --> 0:46:47.160
<v Speaker 2>novel this season.

0:46:47.840 --> 0:46:49.640
<v Speaker 1>I just saw I think his uh it's been on

0:46:49.640 --> 0:46:53.040
<v Speaker 1>include today, but he has a one coming into today

0:46:53.040 --> 0:46:56.560
<v Speaker 1>at least has a one thirty five WRC plus in

0:46:57.040 --> 0:47:00.759
<v Speaker 1>Gurnett or I guess in the minors. So hey, I'll

0:47:00.840 --> 0:47:01.920
<v Speaker 1>say he's not bad.

0:47:02.560 --> 0:47:05.040
<v Speaker 2>Well. Kim hit well in his rehab assignment the first

0:47:05.040 --> 0:47:07.640
<v Speaker 2>time too, which is probably why they were so well.

0:47:07.719 --> 0:47:10.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying it's like, yeah, I'm not saying that's

0:47:10.400 --> 0:47:12.640
<v Speaker 1>that's why I said. It really was only worrying if

0:47:12.680 --> 0:47:15.400
<v Speaker 1>it was like really bad in the miners, it's already

0:47:15.400 --> 0:47:17.279
<v Speaker 1>worrying anyway. We all know, Hassan Kim might just be

0:47:17.320 --> 0:47:21.200
<v Speaker 1>at zero this season. That's very obviously the case. But yeah,

0:47:21.280 --> 0:47:23.040
<v Speaker 1>give him all the time he needs if he figures

0:47:23.080 --> 0:47:25.160
<v Speaker 1>it out. He figures it out, and ride Jim Jarvis

0:47:25.360 --> 0:47:28.040
<v Speaker 1>until you can't anymore. Is the mindset there.

0:47:29.080 --> 0:47:32.759
<v Speaker 2>And then yeah, Smiths Shaffer encouraging, you know, like he's

0:47:32.960 --> 0:47:35.840
<v Speaker 2>it's been a steady build in his rehab assignments, but

0:47:36.000 --> 0:47:39.720
<v Speaker 2>looked good. Fastball was between ninety six and ninety nine lost.

0:47:39.760 --> 0:47:42.640
<v Speaker 2>He held around ninety seven four and a third innings

0:47:42.760 --> 0:47:45.279
<v Speaker 2>seventy one pitches, So I would imagine at least one

0:47:45.320 --> 0:47:47.919
<v Speaker 2>more rehab to start for Smith Shauber. Hopefully he could

0:47:47.920 --> 0:47:49.680
<v Speaker 2>go five or six and get up to eighty eighty

0:47:49.719 --> 0:47:52.359
<v Speaker 2>five pitches and then evaluate. And that's something that Alex

0:47:52.400 --> 0:47:55.080
<v Speaker 2>and Topless talked about on the radio on Sunday. Really

0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:57.440
<v Speaker 2>just keeping an eye on aj making sure he feels

0:47:57.440 --> 0:47:59.680
<v Speaker 2>like he's fully built up and ready to go attack

0:48:00.080 --> 0:48:02.439
<v Speaker 2>major league hiders, because I think of all the as

0:48:02.440 --> 0:48:04.600
<v Speaker 2>the Braves continue to kind of cycle in and out

0:48:04.640 --> 0:48:07.920
<v Speaker 2>their prospects, their pitching prospects. I mean, clearly, based on

0:48:07.920 --> 0:48:09.799
<v Speaker 2>what we saw last year, I think Smith Shavor has

0:48:09.840 --> 0:48:13.080
<v Speaker 2>the best chance of being immediately successful. And I think,

0:48:13.160 --> 0:48:16.120
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if if he can give this team reliable

0:48:16.440 --> 0:48:19.879
<v Speaker 2>starts every five or six days, it's only going to help.

0:48:19.960 --> 0:48:22.240
<v Speaker 2>Especially if we're not the Lopez keeps throwing the ball. Well,

0:48:22.400 --> 0:48:25.399
<v Speaker 2>let's hope they add one or two starters. You can

0:48:25.440 --> 0:48:28.400
<v Speaker 2>squint and get an idea that maybe by early August

0:48:28.440 --> 0:48:30.440
<v Speaker 2>this rotation will be in a much better place than

0:48:30.440 --> 0:48:31.400
<v Speaker 2>where it currently is.

0:48:32.000 --> 0:48:35.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I will at least listen to optimistic cases for

0:48:35.800 --> 0:48:40.239
<v Speaker 1>what Ronaldo can give them and for what Smith Shav

0:48:40.360 --> 0:48:43.440
<v Speaker 1>can give them, those two, I understand those cases. You're

0:48:43.440 --> 0:48:45.320
<v Speaker 1>gonna have a hard time selling me on Bryce Selder.

0:48:45.320 --> 0:48:47.320
<v Speaker 1>You gonna have a hard time selling me on Martin Perez.

0:48:47.320 --> 0:48:50.319
<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about in a second or even you know.

0:48:51.160 --> 0:48:53.800
<v Speaker 1>I'll leave it there, But I'm just saying I understand

0:48:53.840 --> 0:48:56.440
<v Speaker 1>the optimism on Ronaldo with what he's looked recently and

0:48:56.520 --> 0:48:58.719
<v Speaker 1>Smishav because he at least has done it in the

0:48:58.760 --> 0:49:01.040
<v Speaker 1>majors a little bit the way that Owen Murphy and

0:49:01.120 --> 0:49:05.319
<v Speaker 1>jere Richie have not notable. Speaking at Martin Perez, people

0:49:05.360 --> 0:49:07.720
<v Speaker 1>are gonna love this, Scott, I know, and you're included

0:49:07.719 --> 0:49:10.920
<v Speaker 1>in this. Uh what Wise said this weekend that Martin

0:49:10.960 --> 0:49:13.719
<v Speaker 1>Perez is quote on the radar, I could return from

0:49:13.719 --> 0:49:17.480
<v Speaker 1>the IL soon. There's been widespread speculation that he might

0:49:17.560 --> 0:49:21.600
<v Speaker 1>start on Wednesday when the preyce have a TVA TBD listed.

0:49:22.560 --> 0:49:25.040
<v Speaker 1>Give me your excitement level one to ten from Martin

0:49:25.120 --> 0:49:27.440
<v Speaker 1>Perez start after what we saw recently from Martin Perez.

0:49:29.000 --> 0:49:29.680
<v Speaker 2>Four and a half.

0:49:30.760 --> 0:49:32.279
<v Speaker 1>That sounds way that was way hard that I thought

0:49:32.280 --> 0:49:33.719
<v Speaker 1>I thought you were gonna say like one and a half.

0:49:34.560 --> 0:49:38.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm hoping. I'm hoping that after two three weeks away,

0:49:38.600 --> 0:49:40.560
<v Speaker 2>that Perez is better than where he was. You know,

0:49:40.600 --> 0:49:42.920
<v Speaker 2>he was such a godsend for about a month there,

0:49:43.160 --> 0:49:45.680
<v Speaker 2>really reliable in the middle of this rotation, and then

0:49:45.760 --> 0:49:48.000
<v Speaker 2>he came on hard times and regressed really hard and

0:49:48.080 --> 0:49:50.160
<v Speaker 2>was giving up a bunch of hard contact and then

0:49:50.160 --> 0:49:53.000
<v Speaker 2>got injured. So hopefully the last few weeks I have given

0:49:53.040 --> 0:49:55.600
<v Speaker 2>him a chance to kind of reset get back out there.

0:49:56.080 --> 0:49:57.960
<v Speaker 2>You know, maybe the reason it's a four and a

0:49:58.000 --> 0:50:00.640
<v Speaker 2>half on my optimism scale is because the other starting

0:50:00.680 --> 0:50:02.839
<v Speaker 2>pitcher options are so bleak right now.

0:50:02.920 --> 0:50:05.440
<v Speaker 1>What he's replacing is not too good, right Like.

0:50:05.400 --> 0:50:08.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't I don't love Martin Perez in its current form,

0:50:08.320 --> 0:50:11.240
<v Speaker 2>but he's also probably like the fourth most trustworthy pitcher

0:50:11.280 --> 0:50:14.320
<v Speaker 2>on this team right now in terms of rotation options.

0:50:14.400 --> 0:50:17.720
<v Speaker 2>So we'll see. You know, San Diego hit Perez pretty

0:50:17.719 --> 0:50:19.960
<v Speaker 2>well when he saw them about a month ago out West.

0:50:20.520 --> 0:50:22.719
<v Speaker 2>It'll be if Perez can give this team a couple

0:50:22.760 --> 0:50:24.839
<v Speaker 2>of good innings, I mean goodness, can you imagine if

0:50:24.840 --> 0:50:27.400
<v Speaker 2>he can go six innings that would be huge for

0:50:27.520 --> 0:50:29.520
<v Speaker 2>this team. And even if it's like six innings and

0:50:29.520 --> 0:50:31.920
<v Speaker 2>it gives up four runs along the way. The Padre

0:50:32.120 --> 0:50:34.960
<v Speaker 2>Star pitching staff is not very good, especially the starters.

0:50:35.320 --> 0:50:36.640
<v Speaker 2>So this is a series. I think a lot of

0:50:36.719 --> 0:50:38.719
<v Speaker 2>runs are going to be scored, assuming he makes that

0:50:38.840 --> 0:50:42.200
<v Speaker 2>start on Wednesday night. And but at this point, man, like,

0:50:42.239 --> 0:50:45.960
<v Speaker 2>what what are your other options? It's it's Sale, it's Rinaldo,

0:50:45.960 --> 0:50:49.120
<v Speaker 2>who's been good, it's Grant Holmes, who we know, and

0:50:49.160 --> 0:50:52.839
<v Speaker 2>then just a bunch of junk, to be honest with you,

0:50:52.880 --> 0:50:54.560
<v Speaker 2>and they just hope that they can cover five.

0:50:56.400 --> 0:50:58.799
<v Speaker 1>Right, I have no issue starting more team pres if

0:50:58.800 --> 0:51:01.040
<v Speaker 1>he's healthy. He actually did get hurt. It was just

0:51:01.080 --> 0:51:02.759
<v Speaker 1>a total shutdown when he was struggling a little bit,

0:51:02.800 --> 0:51:04.919
<v Speaker 1>but he got he got hit with a bat of ball,

0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:07.680
<v Speaker 1>so he went down for a reason. If he's healthy

0:51:07.719 --> 0:51:11.600
<v Speaker 1>and good, I don't have high petitions for what's going

0:51:11.640 --> 0:51:14.239
<v Speaker 1>to look like. But I also understand giving him a

0:51:14.239 --> 0:51:16.359
<v Speaker 1>shot because he was effective, like even for the season.

0:51:16.440 --> 0:51:17.840
<v Speaker 1>Right now, he is a three point five y r

0:51:18.440 --> 0:51:21.640
<v Speaker 1>and anyone innings Fipp in the mid mid foards is

0:51:21.640 --> 0:51:25.640
<v Speaker 1>probably more realistic. But like that's not that's not uncompetitive

0:51:25.680 --> 0:51:28.120
<v Speaker 1>compared to the rest of the options. So if he

0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:30.360
<v Speaker 1>looks terrible on Wednesday, maybe he gets DFA and I

0:51:30.400 --> 0:51:32.399
<v Speaker 1>have no idea what they're gonna do there, but we'll

0:51:32.440 --> 0:51:34.920
<v Speaker 1>keep an eye on it in the coming days. Last

0:51:35.440 --> 0:51:38.680
<v Speaker 1>bit of news quickly is that Yaz appears to be

0:51:38.840 --> 0:51:42.160
<v Speaker 1>a very likely minimum stay on the i L, which

0:51:42.160 --> 0:51:44.759
<v Speaker 1>puts him back in the next couple of days. I

0:51:44.800 --> 0:51:47.800
<v Speaker 1>know they've been getting by what they have in the outfield,

0:51:47.920 --> 0:51:50.000
<v Speaker 1>and Yas is not always the most popular player, but

0:51:50.040 --> 0:51:51.520
<v Speaker 1>he is better than what they've had, so I think

0:51:51.520 --> 0:51:52.840
<v Speaker 1>he has being back would be helpful.

0:51:53.440 --> 0:51:56.680
<v Speaker 2>Hey, shouts to Brewer Hicklin, Who's who's good?

0:51:56.920 --> 0:51:59.319
<v Speaker 1>True, he's done a shot. Yes, he's done a job.

0:51:59.320 --> 0:52:02.359
<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm guessing it's gonna be Brewer Hicklin who gets

0:52:02.480 --> 0:52:04.799
<v Speaker 2>who gets booted off the roster when Yaz is ready

0:52:04.840 --> 0:52:05.759
<v Speaker 2>to be activated but.

0:52:06.560 --> 0:52:09.760
<v Speaker 1>Starting it's hilarious, but it's yeah, he's been starting games

0:52:09.880 --> 0:52:11.920
<v Speaker 1>like and it kind of has to. I mean, he's

0:52:11.960 --> 0:52:15.320
<v Speaker 1>hit the ball well. I think he has thirteen played appearances,

0:52:15.400 --> 0:52:17.520
<v Speaker 1>but I think he's got five hits a couple doubles

0:52:17.520 --> 0:52:19.719
<v Speaker 1>in there. Like, he's done his job really well. He's

0:52:19.760 --> 0:52:24.279
<v Speaker 1>just like historically I believe he is thirty years old

0:52:24.520 --> 0:52:26.920
<v Speaker 1>and only has a handful of major league games to

0:52:27.040 --> 0:52:30.640
<v Speaker 1>his on four different teams. So like he's the definition

0:52:30.640 --> 0:52:32.399
<v Speaker 1>of a kwana player. Like he's a thirty year old

0:52:32.440 --> 0:52:34.640
<v Speaker 1>just trying to grind and make it. But hey, you

0:52:34.680 --> 0:52:37.120
<v Speaker 1>can't say anything over that. He took advantage of his opportunity.

0:52:37.200 --> 0:52:38.080
<v Speaker 1>He's do a really good job.

0:52:38.640 --> 0:52:41.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, whether fair or not, I'm guessing that's what

0:52:41.360 --> 0:52:43.200
<v Speaker 2>the move will be. But it'll be good to get

0:52:43.280 --> 0:52:45.600
<v Speaker 2>Yazz back. We talked about it when he got hurt.

0:52:45.640 --> 0:52:47.480
<v Speaker 2>It was weird that he had the injury because he

0:52:47.520 --> 0:52:49.680
<v Speaker 2>had been hitting the ball really well over the last

0:52:49.719 --> 0:52:52.160
<v Speaker 2>ten or so days before the elbow injury popped up.

0:52:52.640 --> 0:52:54.080
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it'll be good to get Yazz out there

0:52:54.120 --> 0:52:57.560
<v Speaker 2>another left handed option. Can't have enough of those, especially

0:52:57.600 --> 0:52:59.160
<v Speaker 2>when they're going to see quite a few ridies this

0:52:59.239 --> 0:53:02.319
<v Speaker 2>upcoming week. Yeah, looking forward to have Mikey Stremsky back

0:53:03.600 --> 0:53:04.040
<v Speaker 2>for sure.

0:53:04.200 --> 0:53:06.040
<v Speaker 1>And as noted before we get out of here, the

0:53:06.040 --> 0:53:09.200
<v Speaker 1>deadline is two weeks away, so we are officially on watch.

0:53:09.480 --> 0:53:11.600
<v Speaker 1>Deals can happen. There have been little little things that

0:53:11.640 --> 0:53:13.719
<v Speaker 1>have happened around baseball. There was a trade I think

0:53:13.760 --> 0:53:16.600
<v Speaker 1>yesterday or today, relatively minor trade, but something happened like

0:53:16.840 --> 0:53:19.120
<v Speaker 1>We're in that window now where things can start happening

0:53:19.320 --> 0:53:22.040
<v Speaker 1>more and more. The Braves have a four game series

0:53:22.080 --> 0:53:25.400
<v Speaker 1>at home against the Padre that begins on Monday. Santae

0:53:25.400 --> 0:53:27.799
<v Speaker 1>would beat the Braves in sweet fashion a month ago.

0:53:27.920 --> 0:53:31.280
<v Speaker 1>That was maddening during the downturn in the month of June,

0:53:31.880 --> 0:53:33.879
<v Speaker 1>but the pottery has not been very good this year.

0:53:34.960 --> 0:53:37.680
<v Speaker 1>They did just score nineteen runs today, so maybe they

0:53:37.719 --> 0:53:39.319
<v Speaker 1>got right at a bad time for the Braves, but

0:53:39.640 --> 0:53:42.480
<v Speaker 1>before that they have been decidedly blow water for a

0:53:42.520 --> 0:53:47.920
<v Speaker 1>good little while here. Unfortunately, the pidget situation until the

0:53:47.960 --> 0:53:52.240
<v Speaker 1>finale with Chris Sales in the Mound is neutral at best.

0:53:52.640 --> 0:53:55.640
<v Speaker 1>Bryce Elder on the Mound Baby on Monday Night. Bryce

0:53:55.680 --> 0:53:58.080
<v Speaker 1>Elder of the eleven Era in his last four starts,

0:53:58.280 --> 0:54:00.359
<v Speaker 1>so we'll see if it's good Bryce or bad. I'm

0:54:00.440 --> 0:54:02.680
<v Speaker 1>joking to some degree. Bryce has been good a time

0:54:02.719 --> 0:54:05.319
<v Speaker 1>this year. It just hasn't been for a while now.

0:54:05.360 --> 0:54:06.880
<v Speaker 1>So maybe maybe he gets maybe he gets right on

0:54:07.000 --> 0:54:07.839
<v Speaker 1>Minna Night at Hope.

0:54:07.920 --> 0:54:13.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's hope. Yeah. Bryce Elder against lefty JP Sears.

0:54:13.520 --> 0:54:15.200
<v Speaker 2>Sears is not very good so.

0:54:15.640 --> 0:54:19.000
<v Speaker 1>Just a guy. Yeah, he's not impressive fiddle, So yeah, I.

0:54:18.920 --> 0:54:21.200
<v Speaker 2>Think Sears did pitch against the Braves in that series

0:54:21.239 --> 0:54:23.480
<v Speaker 2>in San Diego and pitched well, although that was like

0:54:23.920 --> 0:54:25.960
<v Speaker 2>that West Coast trip in June. For the Braves there

0:54:26.000 --> 0:54:28.080
<v Speaker 2>was probably the worst of the season just in terms

0:54:28.080 --> 0:54:31.240
<v Speaker 2>of performance and offense. It was hideous baseball.

0:54:31.760 --> 0:54:35.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, two thirds and give up two runs in a

0:54:35.440 --> 0:54:40.479
<v Speaker 1>game that the Braves lost on June twenty fourth, rough week.

0:54:40.960 --> 0:54:43.840
<v Speaker 2>But you know, Tuesday night, Ronaldo Lopez against Walker Bueller

0:54:44.000 --> 0:54:47.760
<v Speaker 2>is a solid enough matchup. Probably Martine Perez on Wednesday

0:54:47.800 --> 0:54:51.200
<v Speaker 2>Night against Michael King aka Greg Mannix himself whenever he

0:54:51.280 --> 0:54:54.839
<v Speaker 2>sees the Braves. Michael King has just killed this team

0:54:54.880 --> 0:54:56.279
<v Speaker 2>over the year. I mean, he's a good pitcher and

0:54:56.320 --> 0:54:58.640
<v Speaker 2>he got paid well in the offseason. But and then

0:54:59.440 --> 0:55:03.360
<v Speaker 2>Thursday is a gigantic lean towards the Braves. Chris Saale

0:55:03.400 --> 0:55:07.160
<v Speaker 2>against Griffin Canning. Griffin Canning has been Braves, Braves legend,

0:55:07.239 --> 0:55:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Griffin Canning as he is best known in these parties. Yes,

0:55:11.200 --> 0:55:14.600
<v Speaker 2>that's Braves legend himself. Yeah, but Canning has been very

0:55:14.600 --> 0:55:16.880
<v Speaker 2>bad this year. So at least Thursday Night you should

0:55:17.520 --> 0:55:20.400
<v Speaker 2>keyword should win that game on Thursday. Hopefully you can

0:55:20.400 --> 0:55:22.359
<v Speaker 2>take two out of those first three games, even if

0:55:22.360 --> 0:55:25.799
<v Speaker 2>the pitching matchups are not ideal, and if you can

0:55:25.840 --> 0:55:28.799
<v Speaker 2>take three to four against the Padres, it might also

0:55:28.840 --> 0:55:30.720
<v Speaker 2>be like the nail on the coffin. For San Diego,

0:55:30.800 --> 0:55:33.400
<v Speaker 2>there's a real chance they're selling at the deadline. They

0:55:33.400 --> 0:55:36.080
<v Speaker 2>have a horrible run differential. They've been well below five

0:55:36.160 --> 0:55:39.520
<v Speaker 2>hundred since late April. It's just not a great team.

0:55:39.680 --> 0:55:43.000
<v Speaker 2>They do have some talented players Machado and Tatis and Merrill,

0:55:43.040 --> 0:55:45.799
<v Speaker 2>but all those guys are underperforming this year. It is

0:55:45.840 --> 0:55:47.480
<v Speaker 2>a series I would say at home that you would

0:55:47.480 --> 0:55:49.759
<v Speaker 2>really like to take three out of four in But

0:55:50.080 --> 0:55:51.399
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I guess if they go too and two,

0:55:51.440 --> 0:55:53.520
<v Speaker 2>it's not the absolute end of the world. But you

0:55:53.560 --> 0:55:56.359
<v Speaker 2>certainly do not want to lose this series at home,

0:55:56.400 --> 0:55:58.319
<v Speaker 2>to say it kindly.

0:55:59.239 --> 0:56:01.439
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I just checked our friends at FanDuel. Actually

0:56:01.480 --> 0:56:03.920
<v Speaker 1>the Brave. The Braves are favored on Monday Night with

0:56:04.040 --> 0:56:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Bryce Elter on the mound, So that kind of tells

0:56:06.640 --> 0:56:09.799
<v Speaker 1>you what this series should be on paper. Betty market Iever,

0:56:09.800 --> 0:56:12.080
<v Speaker 1>you want to frame this not saying they should sweep

0:56:12.080 --> 0:56:14.360
<v Speaker 1>them or anything like that, like that's obviously would be great,

0:56:14.600 --> 0:56:16.520
<v Speaker 1>But I think I think a three to one series

0:56:16.560 --> 0:56:20.640
<v Speaker 1>win is what you are hoping for projecting, et cetera.

0:56:20.960 --> 0:56:23.200
<v Speaker 1>If they don't do that, yeah, if they if they

0:56:23.200 --> 0:56:25.000
<v Speaker 1>go to and two, am I gonna yell on scream no.

0:56:25.400 --> 0:56:28.240
<v Speaker 1>But if they lose, the series would not be ideal

0:56:28.520 --> 0:56:31.040
<v Speaker 1>going into the break and not the break going into

0:56:31.080 --> 0:56:34.080
<v Speaker 1>the deadline as we're talking about that. But yeah, we'll

0:56:34.080 --> 0:56:40.000
<v Speaker 1>see a pretty roughitch matchup on both sides on Monday.

0:56:40.040 --> 0:56:43.040
<v Speaker 1>The over under is nine, pretty high. We'll see what

0:56:43.160 --> 0:56:46.080
<v Speaker 1>goes on with Bryce Elder and JPS. Here's anything the

0:56:46.120 --> 0:56:47.759
<v Speaker 1>add Scott before we get out of here on a

0:56:47.960 --> 0:56:50.279
<v Speaker 1>lengthy Sunday night podcast because it's you and me and

0:56:50.320 --> 0:56:50.880
<v Speaker 1>that's what we do.

0:56:51.360 --> 0:56:53.759
<v Speaker 2>That is indeed what we do on Sundays. Yeah, good

0:56:53.800 --> 0:56:56.560
<v Speaker 2>series win for the Braves. Nice win over the Rangers.

0:56:56.800 --> 0:56:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Took you out of three the very easily been a

0:56:58.640 --> 0:57:01.480
<v Speaker 2>swept sweep, and you have an opportunity for games on

0:57:01.480 --> 0:57:03.920
<v Speaker 2>the horizon against the Padres team you really should be

0:57:04.000 --> 0:57:06.359
<v Speaker 2>able to beat up on. Just hopefully you just keep

0:57:06.360 --> 0:57:08.440
<v Speaker 2>building off lists. We know how bad June was, or

0:57:08.440 --> 0:57:11.000
<v Speaker 2>at least most of June. We know how frustrating parts

0:57:11.000 --> 0:57:15.120
<v Speaker 2>of July have been. But good signs, especially offensively. Maybe

0:57:15.280 --> 0:57:17.520
<v Speaker 2>just maybe the starting rotation can give this team some

0:57:17.560 --> 0:57:19.800
<v Speaker 2>innings to help out the bullpen, because the bullpen is

0:57:19.800 --> 0:57:22.360
<v Speaker 2>going to be very thin on Monday night. So one

0:57:22.360 --> 0:57:24.720
<v Speaker 2>more time, if we're watching on Monday and it's like, wow,

0:57:25.040 --> 0:57:27.640
<v Speaker 2>why is JR. Richie throwing a one inning game or

0:57:27.640 --> 0:57:29.720
<v Speaker 2>a one run game of the eighth inning, It's because

0:57:29.760 --> 0:57:32.200
<v Speaker 2>nobody else is available. So keep that in mind. But

0:57:32.680 --> 0:57:34.880
<v Speaker 2>let's get back out there. Maybe Bryce Elder can find

0:57:34.960 --> 0:57:38.120
<v Speaker 2>himself even even just be serviceable and give this team

0:57:38.160 --> 0:57:41.360
<v Speaker 2>a few innings would really help this team as we

0:57:41.480 --> 0:57:44.320
<v Speaker 2>as we approach the deadline, getting closer and closer to

0:57:44.400 --> 0:57:46.160
<v Speaker 2>that very exciting time of the calendar.

0:57:46.680 --> 0:57:49.440
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