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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Welcome into another edition of Crush City

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Speaker 1: Territory m Chandeler Room, joined by Tyler Stafford, who gave

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Speaker 1: you false advertising on the x Everything platform on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Tyler claimed that we were going to have a mailbag

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Speaker 1: episode today. We still will do that. We'll still answer

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Speaker 1: a couple of questions later on. But unbeknownst to Tyler,

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Speaker 1: some chaos happened at Minute Made or a Dyke in Park.

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Speaker 1: That's the first time I've done that.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 1: By the way, did you know this is episode one hundred?

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Speaker 2: Oh really, congrats look at us.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe it could be the last one too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: episode one hundred. We made it somehow, some way. Thank

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Speaker 1: you to everybody again for listening. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I apologize on the mail bag there. I guess I

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Speaker 2: got crossed up.

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Speaker 1: That's on me. Thank you, you said it, not me. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I think anyone that is a fan of the

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Speaker 1: Astros or that listens to this regularly kind of knows

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Speaker 1: where we're gonna start this one with what transpired in

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Speaker 1: the fifth inning last night at Dyke and Park between

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Speaker 1: the Astros and the Yankees. The Astros Max Free just

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Speaker 1: completely carved him up for seven innings, Astros lose seven

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Speaker 1: to one. That was not the entire story. In the

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Speaker 1: fifth inning, Astra starter from er Valdez appeered to well

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Speaker 1: not appeer to Csar Salad. He and Cesar Salas are

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Speaker 1: raving some issues in the fifth inning. That that's to

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Speaker 1: put it mildly. Salazar Trent Grisham was at bat with

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Speaker 1: the bases loaded. Salas are they they could not get

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Speaker 1: on the same page pitch selection wise. Salas are pretty

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Speaker 1: clearly and admitted after the game that he wanted Valdez

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Speaker 1: to step off the mound so they could go through

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Speaker 1: the pitches again and come to an agreement. Valdez did not.

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Speaker 1: Salazar had called a curveball to throw to Trent Grisham.

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Speaker 1: Fromber Valdez wanted to throw a sinker, so that's what

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Speaker 1: he did. Trent Grisham hit it into the Crawford boxes

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Speaker 1: for a grand slam, just the third left handed hitter

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Speaker 1: to hit a home run off of fromber Valdez this

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Speaker 1: season in the second of the game, because Jazz Chisholm

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Speaker 1: did it in the second inning. So that happens. The

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Speaker 1: grand slams given up. They're down six to nothing. Anthony

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Speaker 1: Volpi then comes into the batter's box. He's the next hitter.

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Speaker 1: Fromber misfires with a first pitch curveball and then on

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Speaker 1: the second pitch of the plate appearance, that's where it

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Speaker 1: gets murky. Ceasar Salazar, set up low and away fromer Valdez,

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Speaker 1: instead threw a ninety two point eight mile pro hoor

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Speaker 1: the baseball hit him square in the chest protector. After

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Speaker 1: Fromber unleashed the throw, he turned his back toward Salazar

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Speaker 1: walked down the mound. I will say this in Fromber's

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Speaker 1: in the astros work with Fromber about controlling his emotions

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Speaker 1: and keeping a level head on the mound. That is

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Speaker 1: something walking taking a lap around the mound, that is

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Speaker 1: something that they have that Fromber has learned as a

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Speaker 1: way to manage his emotions. So it is not out

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Speaker 1: of character for Fromber Valdez to, you know, walk around

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Speaker 1: the mound, take a couple of deep breaths. But in

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Speaker 1: that situation it obviously the optics did not look great.

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Speaker 1: Saysar Salazar, stared out at Fromber Valdez after the pitch

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Speaker 1: when he took off his mask, he did not look

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Speaker 1: like someone that was very happy. I'll I'll say this

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Speaker 1: and then Tyler, I'll let you go. There's one person

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Speaker 1: that knows the intent of what happened, and it's the

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Speaker 1: guy that through the baseball. It's Fromber Valdez. I can't

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Speaker 1: judge intent. I can't get in his head. No reporter

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Speaker 1: game if it was intentional. He said it was not,

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Speaker 1: he said, but he did find it necessary to apologize

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Speaker 1: to Casar Salasar both in the dugout after the inning

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Speaker 1: and after the game. Should be noted that both Csar

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Speaker 1: Espada's office after the game while reporters were in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: So they weren't making a they weren't trying to hide this.

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Speaker 1: It was they had. They were in crisis communication mode

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Speaker 1: pretty quickly. It's it's a delicate situation to talk about.

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Speaker 1: It's one that I'm not sure we will ever get

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Speaker 1: At the very least the optics are problematic.

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Speaker 2: Let me push back on there's only one person who

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Speaker 2: a catcher. He knows what it feels like when somebody

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Speaker 2: gets crossed up or you know, the wrong pitch is

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Speaker 2: what happened like that. There's more than one person that

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Speaker 2: Let me start right saying, that's one of the most

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Speaker 2: He he looks like a kid out there, just upset

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Speaker 2: and wanted to And I mean, I've watched the clip

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Speaker 2: one hundred times. I absolutely believe it was intentional. I

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Speaker 2: think he was just frustrated and you know, loss is cool.

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Speaker 2: Threw a ninety three mile an hour fastball right down

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Speaker 2: the middle, which is also very funny that Anthony Volby didn't.

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Speaker 2: We wouldn't know about it. If Holby had just swung

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Speaker 1: I didn't even think about that. Yeah, I mean.

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Speaker 2: It's literally just dead center ninety three mile an hour sinker,

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Speaker 2: which is also what he threw Trent Grisham. So even

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Speaker 2: if Fromber disagreed with the pitch that was called, like

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Speaker 2: the one you picked was a bad one, buddy, even

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Speaker 2: if you wanted to throw a sinker, don't throw it

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Speaker 2: right there. But again, you're right, like we were not

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Speaker 2: going to get a definitive answer. Nobody's going to come

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Speaker 2: out and you know, Frommer's never going to admit to that.

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Speaker 2: Salazar is not going to come out and say, you know,

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Speaker 2: like they're not going to say it. But anybody with

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Speaker 2: way to put it, Like I have a five year old.

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Speaker 2: That reminded me of her getting upset and throwing something.

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Speaker 2: And if you look at let me let me let

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Speaker 2: me go the opposite way. Let's let's go best case

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Speaker 2: scenario for Fromber and that he misunderstood accidentally through this

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Speaker 2: and hit his teammate with a pitch. Best case scenario

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Speaker 2: He he did not do anything of like oh my bad,

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Speaker 2: like are you okay?

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Speaker 1: Check it?

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Speaker 2: Like nothing The literal best case scenario is that Fromber

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Speaker 2: ignored hitting his catcher with a fastball, which is already

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Speaker 2: bad enough. Like that's that would be wild anyway, if

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Speaker 2: if there was no cross up, and I mean, if

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Speaker 2: that's the best case scenario. And I don't think that

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Speaker 2: don't think there's anybody that watched the game that believes Fromber.

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Speaker 2: And look, going from here, you know, again, we're not

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Speaker 2: going to get a public apology, but I'll tell you something,

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Speaker 2: Frombert has to make it right in the clubhouse privately.

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Speaker 2: Like again, we're never gonna know that there. You know,

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Speaker 2: but I guarantee you those teammates are all looking at

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Speaker 2: This is a team that's run on the power of friendship,

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Speaker 2: and that was the least friendly thing I've ever seen

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Speaker 2: on a base field. Embarrassing. And Fromer needs to take

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Speaker 2: accountability whether again, I am not expecting him to do

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Speaker 2: it publicly, that's that's not gonna happen, but he needs

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Speaker 2: do that, like that, relationship is broken. Nobody is going to,

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Speaker 2: And I mean, honestly, you know, I look, I know

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Speaker 2: the Astros are in a in a playoff hunt. They

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Speaker 2: desperately need Fromber to be good. I'll put it this way,

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Speaker 2: if Fromer was a number four starter, he would not

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Speaker 1: I do want to I don't want to acknowledge that

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Speaker 1: Frombervel does did apologize after the game. In his postgame interview,

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Speaker 1: he said he apologized to both say to say Sarsalasar.

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Speaker 1: On two occasions. He did say, I'll accept full responsibility

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Speaker 1: what you said inside the clubhouse, team teammates to teammate

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Speaker 1: that that is a that's another story. That is something

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Speaker 1: that again we I will probably never see none, no

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Speaker 1: This is something that gets quashed very quickly. It's remember

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Speaker 1: also that there was an incident not to this degree,

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Speaker 1: but you know earlier this season when Frommerveldas called out

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Speaker 1: Like I mean, Joe didn't reveal what their conversation said.

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Speaker 1: And you know when we walked in the clubhouse as well,

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Speaker 1: Fromber and Ceysar Salazar were at Salazar's locker and they

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Speaker 1: were talking in a pretty demonstrative way. It was all

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Speaker 1: but there was you know, there was a I would

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Speaker 1: it was an animated discussion that that they were having. Again,

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Speaker 1: me know that. Then they pulled both into the manager's office. Again,

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Speaker 1: But they came out with uh, some company lines they

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Speaker 1: again some of this is uh, you know, Frombervel does

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Speaker 1: much I love the football. Go go somebody, I guess

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Speaker 1: You know, every Fromber has been such a polarizing figure

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Speaker 1: contributions from Ramonuius, who's kind of taken that second base role,

429
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Speaker 1: especially behind Valdez. It seems like they value him a

430
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Speaker 1: little bit higher at second base than they do Dubon.

431
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Speaker 1: Dubon played center field last night because Jake Myers is

432
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Speaker 1: still hurt. I think when Jake Myers comes back, you'll

433
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Speaker 1: have a little bit more of a rotation at second base.

434
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Speaker 1: But as far as the bench goes in the playoffs,

435
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Speaker 1: Dubon will be there, Obviously, Ramonorius will be there. They'll

436
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,160
Speaker 1: have Victor Carrattini, and then it's you know, it's one

437
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: more guy, it's a it's a fourth bench player. I

438
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: think a lot of it depends on what does the

439
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: other bullpen look like, how many left handers do they have,

440
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Speaker 1: how many right handers do they have. Do they want

441
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Speaker 1: to carry a left handed bat like Taylor Tremmel, Do

442
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 1: they want to carry, you know, a right handed bat

443
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Speaker 1: like like maybe you know Chas McCormick or Zach Desenzo,

444
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Speaker 1: somebody like that. A lot of it, like, you can't

445
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Speaker 1: really talk about postseason roster construction until you know the opponent,

446
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: because these teams tailor their roster for what could happen

447
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Speaker 1: in that specific series. So that's why sometimes you'll see

448
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Speaker 1: kind of interesting decision making and interesting choices because they're

449
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Speaker 1: looking at, Okay, well, if let's say they're playing the

450
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Speaker 1: Blue Jays, if the Blue if we play the Blue

451
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Speaker 1: Jays and they go to this reliever in the seventh inning. Well,

452
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Speaker 1: we know that this guy on our bench has great

453
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Speaker 1: numbers against this type of profile pitcher, We're gonna put

454
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Speaker 1: him on the roster over this guy. So it's kind

455
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Speaker 1: of foolish right now to be thinking about a playoff

456
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Speaker 1: roster in a playoff bench. But I think you know,

457
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Speaker 1: if Esak Paratus is ready, if he is full go

458
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Speaker 1: without any impediment, which again it's a long shot, I

459
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Speaker 1: think that's certainly a valuable guy that you could carry.

460
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Speaker 1: I don't know that he would play every day because

461
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: he would probably like not even have a rehab assignment.

462
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Speaker 1: He probably could just go straight on the roster, and

463
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Speaker 1: at that point he probably does profile as more of

464
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Speaker 1: a pinch hitter, as more of a guy that they

465
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,439
Speaker 1: can use late in a game against a leverage reliever.

466
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Speaker 1: See a ton of pitches, put up a good at bat,

467
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Speaker 1: and who knows, maybe pull one to left field.

468
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Speaker 2: Yeah. And you also, you know, if it's a five

469
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Speaker 2: game series, you can drop a starter like Verlander wasn't

470
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Speaker 2: even on the roster last year for the Tiger Series. Correct, correct,

471
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Speaker 2: So you know you can structure your roster in a

472
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Speaker 2: couple of interesting ways, Like yeah, I mean if Esa

473
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Speaker 2: can play great. I agree, I don't. I don't think

474
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Speaker 2: he would be starting. I think he would pinch hit

475
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 2: and then the second he got on base get pinch

476
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Speaker 2: run for. But yeah, I mean getting Jake Myers back

477
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 2: will clear up a lot of those things because that

478
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Speaker 2: will shore up your outfield. Your your know, your outfield

479
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 2: is going to be your don Or Altuve in left

480
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Speaker 2: field and the other one d Hing Myers and center,

481
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Speaker 2: and Hazu Sanchez and right, you know, and then maybe

482
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Speaker 2: a Dozenzo or McCormick or somebody that's right handed. If

483
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Speaker 2: there's like a really tough lefty. You know, if you

484
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 2: if you're facing schooble, you might not want to start

485
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 2: Hayesu Sanchez. But they've got a you know, a few

486
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 2: options there. But you know, the team is going to

487
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 2: look pretty similar to what it looks now. Uh if

488
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Speaker 2: they make the playoffs.

489
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the deeper they go in the playoffs, if

490
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,199
Speaker 1: they make it the or it would bode well for

491
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,400
Speaker 1: estoc Paratus because like he just needs time, Like they're

492
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: not going to rush him back. He needs time to

493
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: get his hamstring right, to feel confident he can run

494
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: on the hamstring, and to just see some live pitching,

495
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: whether that's you know, seeing it bats from minor leaguers

496
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: they bring in or stuff like that. He's just gonna

497
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: need time. So even if it's a best case scenario

498
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: and he's able to, you know, start some baseball activities

499
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 1: pretty soon and he's able to ramp up a little bit,

500
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Speaker 1: I think thinking about him in a potential wild card

501
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,119
Speaker 1: scenario is probably a little bit far fetched. But who knows.

502
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe he heals quickly, maybe he has a

503
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: way to get back on the field quicker. But yeah,

504
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: I can't for the life of me seeing see Estoc

505
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: Paradis playing a prominent role in any sort of playoff situation.

506
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: But could he contribute, Sure, But I think right now,

507
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 1: with the logjam they have, I don't know where they

508
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: would play him on a regular basis, and quite frankly,

509
00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: whether they feel comfortable playing him on an every day

510
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: basis in the playoffs, just given how severe the injury

511
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: was and how long he's had a layoff.

512
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 2: So where where is my I know he's rehabbing. Is

513
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 2: he in games yet in Triple A or is he

514
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 2: still just rehabbing?

515
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: Jake, Yeah, yeah, he Uh, he's played I think four

516
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:22,239
Speaker 1: or five games in Triple A. I'd imagine he's you

517
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: could target the maybe the Rangers series at the end

518
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,479
Speaker 1: at this weekend in Arlington. You could target that as

519
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: perhaps a time when Jake Myers returns to the club.

520
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: I think they want him to play defense on back

521
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: to back days at least once before he comes back.

522
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he's done that at Triple A yet.

523
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 1: I'd have to check the game logs, but I'm pretty

524
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: sure that they've They've dated him, They've played him in

525
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 1: left field, but I don't think he's played our center field.

526
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: Excuse me, I don't think he's played defense in center

527
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: field on back to back days yet. And I think

528
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: that's what they're that's the final hurdle he has to clear.

529
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: So i'd imagine you could see him as early as

530
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: this weekend in our Arlington. But they're gonna take their

531
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Speaker 1: time with it because somehow they still have a three

532
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: game lead in the American We haven't talked about that yet.

533
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: They're nine and ten in their last nineteen games and

534
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: have gained three games in the American West.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the Rangers are closing in on the Mariners.

536
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, it's it's something and you know it's it's now.

537
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: It's pretty interesting because you get six games with the

538
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:27,239
Speaker 1: Rangers left, like you get three in Arlington, three in Houston. Like,

539
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're very We just talked about

540
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: running on the power of friendship. Like the Rangers don't

541
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: have a Valdi, they don't have Semion, they don't have Seeger,

542
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: They've they've lost a lot of big names recently, and

543
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: they just keep finding ways to win. So maybe they're

544
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Speaker 1: on kind of a Vibe style run that the Astros

545
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: are on there for a little while. But yeah, they're

546
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Speaker 1: I mean, everyone wants to watch a scoreboard for the Mariners,

547
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: but keep keep an eye on the Rangers because they're

548
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: they're coming pretty close. Let's answer one. Let's answer one

549
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: more male bag question, and it'll come from It'll come

550
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 1: from Ross Pollock, who asks, Mauricio Dubond has gotten several

551
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: starts in center field recently over Chas McCormick and Jacob Melton.

552
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: What do you make of that as far as the

553
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: remainder of the season. Well, as we just talked about Ross,

554
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: Jake Myers is going to be back soon. He will

555
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: be playing a majority of the time in center field.

556
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: Once he returns, they will need to make a roster

557
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Speaker 1: move for Jake Myers to get him back on the roster.

558
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: I would imagine that would be Jacob Melton, just given

559
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: you know, look, they've they've given him a little bit

560
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: of runway. He's he's played a good bit since he's

561
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: been back up in Jake Myers's absence, and it just

562
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Speaker 1: it has not really gone well. He's got twenty eight

563
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: strikeouts and sixty seven at bats. You know, usually when

564
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Speaker 1: when I'm thinking about roster moves, I do usually look

565
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: at like, you know, are they using this player or

566
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: are they not using this player? And they're not using

567
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: Chas McCormick right now, Like he's basically been relegated to

568
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: throwing the ninth inning of mop up games and getting

569
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: an occasional start against a left handed pitcher. It should

570
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Speaker 1: be noted that he didn't start against yuse Kakuchi on Monday,

571
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Speaker 1: a left handed starter, and that was an interesting movement

572
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: and maybe kind of demonstrated where he's at in the hierarchy.

573
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Speaker 1: But anyway, but I think Chazz can, Chas can play

574
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Speaker 1: center field if they need to, if they need to

575
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Speaker 1: adjust their defense late in games. If something happens to

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Speaker 1: where they've got a hit for Jake or Jake's got

577
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Speaker 1: to come out early because like he's still nursing the

578
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: calf or whatever. You know, Chaz can play center field.

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Speaker 1: There's a little like he's at least been in, you know,

580
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: bigger situations. He's been in the major leagues. I think

581
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Speaker 1: they'd opt to keep McCormick over Melting, at least for

582
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: right now. But it should be noted that Chas McCormick

583
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Speaker 1: does have minor league options remaining and they could option him.

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Speaker 1: They don't need his consent that they could option him

585
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: to triple A. But to me, I think Melton is

586
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Speaker 1: probably the guy that goes down when Jake Myers is ready.

587
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Speaker 1: But to answer the original question, like what it means

588
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: is that they're they're they're trying to find some sort

589
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Speaker 1: of consistency in center field without Jake Myers because they don't.

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Speaker 2: Have any Yeah, Interestingly, I agree, I think McCormick makes

591
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: more sense for the rest of the season. I could

592
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Speaker 2: certainly see a scenario in the playoffs where you would

593
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Speaker 2: rather have Melton as you're laid inning pitch running demon

594
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 2: out there, so you know that that could be a scenario.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I think I think you're right that once,

596
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Speaker 2: once Jake Myers is back up, it'll be Jake Melton

597
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: going down. Really good defender, good runner, not a hitter yet,

598
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Speaker 2: so it's it's tough to play him for it bats

599
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Speaker 2: a game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean this is the time where I

601
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Speaker 1: mean and this should not be an indictment on Jacob

602
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Speaker 1: Melton's career. Now, plenty of guys come up here and struggle,

603
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman. Like, it's not player development is

604
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: not linear thing. It's one of these things where they're

605
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 1: in a bind right now. They need some sort of spark.

606
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Speaker 1: And you know, look, Jacob Melton can still run. He's

607
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: like a gazelle. And center field, Jake Myers is probably

608
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Speaker 1: the only better defensive center fielder in the organization than

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Speaker 1: Jacob Melton. Very good defender, very good base runner, has speed,

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Speaker 1: like you said, could be valuable in that role if

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Speaker 1: they need a quote unquote just a pinch runner on

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Speaker 1: the bench in the playoffs. But yeah, I think for

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614
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Speaker 2: It was so loud it couldn't hear them, couldn't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was honestly one of the reasons given after

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Speaker 1: the game the start. Why happened that the Yankees fans

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Speaker 1: just very loud? Man? The Yankees can hit. That's a

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Speaker 1: that's like you saw the best version of the Yankees

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Speaker 1: last night. Like Anthony Volpi is still an adventure at shortstop,

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Speaker 1: but like that is you saw last night. That is

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Speaker 1: the that's as good as they can play. And they

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Speaker 1: had their best pitcher on the mount and Max Freed,

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Speaker 1: who has certainly pitched more high stakes games at dyk

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Speaker 1: In Park, but or when it was called minute made

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Speaker 1: at the time, but Max Freed was was very very good.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people were very perturbed at the amount

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Speaker 1: of bunting that that took place last night. I I

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Speaker 1: before everything went to hell in a handbasket, did ask

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Speaker 1: Joe Espada about Jeremy Pania's decision to try to lay

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Speaker 1: down a sacrifice bunt in the third inning after Max

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Speaker 1: Freed had walked Maurice Jo Dubon and hit and hit,

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Speaker 1: saysar Salazar. First of all, let me just that was

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Speaker 1: not called from the bench, like I know. There were

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Speaker 1: a lot of fans that wondered, like no, like there

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Speaker 1: is no world in which the Astros coaching staff wants

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Speaker 1: their MVP candidate to bunt the third inning with two

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Speaker 1: runners on and nobody out. Joe A Spada, as he

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Speaker 1: as he should do, you know, defended his player and

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Speaker 1: said no, if he if he just gets the bunch,

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Speaker 1: he Joe A Spada understood the rationale. Their basement was

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Speaker 1: playing back. I believe it was still Kybaliro in the game.

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Speaker 1: Cabalira is not Ryan McMahon, who came in after Cabierra

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Speaker 1: was ejected. McMahon's an excellent defender at third base. Kybrieriro

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Speaker 1: is okay, but he was playing back, and it does

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Speaker 1: stand the reason that if if Paanya does get the

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Speaker 1: bunt down, if he gets it down either line, it's

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Speaker 1: probably pretty successful. And then the middle of the order

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Speaker 1: of Correa and Altuve and Walker come up against Freed

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Speaker 1: in a in a pretty advantageous situation that did not happen.

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Speaker 1: He did not execute the bunt very well, Max Free

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Speaker 1: is a three time Gold Glove winner at pitcher, and

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Speaker 1: you saw why on both bunts last night that that

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Speaker 1: play he made on Salazar's that was that was incredible.

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Speaker 1: But just you know, one of these games that you

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Speaker 1: do have to tip your cap. Max Freed's really really good.

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Speaker 1: He's getting paid too, He's getting paid two hundred and

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Speaker 1: eighteen million dollars for a reason. Very good pitcher, But

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Speaker 1: just another one of these offensive nights where look, it's

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Speaker 1: pretty clear the way that the Ashers are constructed that

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Speaker 1: given the uncertainty within their rotation. And I say that

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Speaker 1: as their rotation is pitching very well. They've had they've

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Speaker 1: strung together some nice outings, albeit against the Rockies and

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Speaker 1: the Angels, but their rotation has pitched well. But for

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Speaker 1: them to have the sort of success they want to,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have to score runs. They're they're like, they're

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Speaker 1: not gonna win many three to two games, They're not

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Speaker 1: gonna win many two to one games. They're gonna need

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Speaker 1: this lineup to score you know, three four five runs

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Speaker 1: a night, and against Freed, that's hard. But you get

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Speaker 1: Will Warren tonight. You you know, it's it's one of

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Speaker 1: these the offense is gonna have to be better because you.

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Speaker 2: Get your stopper and Jason Alexander out there.

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Speaker 1: You do you do? So we'll see. Uh, I don't

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Speaker 1: I think the drama of Tuesday night, you know, I

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Speaker 1: don't know that it'll carry over into Wednesday. I mean

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Speaker 1: it shouldn't. You know what the sad thing about all

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Speaker 1: this is, And I'm gonna say it now so no

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Speaker 1: one is surprised when it probably comes out today Victor

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Speaker 1: Keratini is eligible to come back from the concussion injured

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Speaker 1: list today Wednesday, which likely means Csar Salazar is going

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Speaker 1: to be optioned to Triple A. It is just the

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Speaker 1: worst timing known to mankind. It is not an indictment

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Speaker 1: on anything that happened. It is their backup catcher is

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Speaker 1: coming back, so they are sending the fill in backup

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Speaker 1: catcher back to Triple A. They could, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: an argument to be made that they could carry three catchers,

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Speaker 1: especially you know the rosters are expanding now and you

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Speaker 1: know you don't They wouldn't clear Victor Carratini if he

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Speaker 1: wasn't fully recover from the concussion. But he still just

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Speaker 1: did spend seven days on the concussion as also, I

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Speaker 1: would stand a reason that maybe they want to take

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Speaker 1: a little bit slower with him, but.

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Speaker 2: Pushing out, you're expecting to have another roster move in

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Speaker 2: a couple of days, so you could, you know, option

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Speaker 2: down Melton or you know whoever and carry an extra catcher.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, the poor man wore one figuratively and literally

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Speaker 2: last night, and then he was probably gonna get sent down.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a brutal business. This is a brutal business,

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Speaker 1: did you see? I mean kind of. In a related note,

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Speaker 1: C J. Stubbs, the younger brother of former Astro's legend

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Speaker 1: Garrett Stubbs, got a call up. He's been grinding in

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Speaker 1: the minor leagues for you know, eight nine years, gets

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Speaker 1: a call up, gets paired. He's with the Nationals, gets

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Speaker 1: a call up, gets paired with a fellow rookie pitcher

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Speaker 1: who was making his big league debut. So they had

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Speaker 1: a big league debut battery on the mound at Nationals Park.

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Speaker 1: I think it was on Monday. The rookie threw six

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Speaker 1: no hit innings. I don't he he didn't finish it,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think he was ever going to finish it.

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Speaker 1: But like pitch like the game of his life. Uh. CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stubbs did an excellent job, you know, guiding him. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously if you get like doing that in your big

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Speaker 1: league debut is nothing to sneeze at. U.

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Speaker 3: C J.

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Speaker 1: Stubbs got option the next day because there it was

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Speaker 1: the same situation. Their backup catcher was ready to come back.

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Speaker 1: And it's just a brutal business. It really can be

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Speaker 1: just a brutal business. And you know, unfortunately, Saysar Sala's

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Speaker 1: army get the brunt of that today if if he

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Speaker 1: gets sent back for Victor Carrottini. It feels like this

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Speaker 1: has been you know.

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Speaker 2: Before, before we before we wrap up, can I just

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Speaker 2: speak on on my behalf here. Uh, you did a

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Speaker 2: really great job in the post game yesterday of asking

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Speaker 1: going to Arlington this weekend, so we'll talk to you

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