WEBVTT - Episode 398 - LIVE Trade Deadline Recap 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:01.359 One, one o one. 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:03.040 You see a couple of mim in my taste with 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.840 he and my lemonade? Does I let the way it taste? 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.160 Beth cease at the Pirates getting let me run the base. Yeah, 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:11.440 My time is like my money because I can't afford 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:14.040 to waste h Why see is allowian take my date 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.040 to my dates or to stick by the plate synick case, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.800 pep the case from my race at my pace, cleared 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:20.800 brass that is snake. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:23.759 Ladies and gentlemen, The Pirates have a new bullpen. 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:25.520 Let's go. 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:30.600 The summary arts continues. I felt like an absolute crackhead 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:34.239 all day, just itching for more, just scratching my neck. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.480 Where's more bullpen help? Where's more bullpen help? 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:40.400 And then six o'clock rolls around and you get Kirbyates 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:43.280 in lake Boker. Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the show 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:47.040 as always, Adam Shore, Scott Moore and Jay Staff Episode 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.279 three ninety eight of Bucko Banter presented by Brave Bean 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:51.120 Coffee Company. 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:52.920 Boy Are, We're gonna have a lot. 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.000 To talk about this week because you added the best 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.560 reliever on the market. Mason Miller was noted out as expected. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.399 Luke Weaver is an absolute dog. We've been talking about 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.280 Lake Balker on the show for a while now. You 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:12.000 had him at the buzzer. Kirby Yates certified veteran. Okay, 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:13.360 what's the strikeout rate this year? 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.399 Like thirty percent something like that. 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:21.080 Boys, it's a whole new game. It's a reason to 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.800 be excited. Scott, Happy birthday, buddy. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.000 Thank you. I mean I think I was getting a 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.320 little bit disappointed there at midday. I'm like, all right, Ben, 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.560 you're not caring about my birthday whatsoever. You don't you 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.880 only turn thirty two once in your life. And then 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.319 he comes in at the buzzer and adds three arms 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.160 to this bullpen. Guys, And when we were talking to 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.039 the Marlins guys when they came into town, Lake Balker 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.560 was a name that everyone mentioned, big vibes guy. I 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:48.560 think he's gonna be a great addition to that bullpen 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:52.440 with Johan Ramirez, another vibes guy. The bullpen got better. 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.720 I think that's you know, it goes without saying. I 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:57.880 would have loved to see them add another bat, but 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:01.639 let's stick to the positives real quick. The bullpen got better. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.760 That was what you needed to do if you were 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:09.600 gonna do anything. Obviously, people were talking about a right 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:14.840 handed bat. We thought maybe Taylor Ward Tremmel didn't happen. 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.920 That's okay, you're getting Spencer Horwitz back. You're hopefully getting 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:21.080 Oneo Cruiz back. I know that doesn't necessarily solve the 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:25.920 right handed hitter, lefty pitcher problem, but you're still adding 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:27.120 weapons to the offense. 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.560 You kept everybody on the major league roster, and. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.880 You just absolutely loaded up the back end of that 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:40.720 bullpen with certainty stability. This is a this is a 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.040 new ballgame. You're talking about how many games this team 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.840 has blown this entire year, how many times we have 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.080 been in the driver's seat, and then just the uncertainty 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.840 of inning seven through nine have come to bite you 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.440 in the ass, and now you just totally revamp it. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.480 I am just glad that they pinpointed the issue. They 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.840 didn't give us the whole Hey, we like our internal options. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.840 We think guys could play better type of spiel that 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:10.839 we usually get, and you went out and you did 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:15.880 something about it. Let's start with Luke Weaver. Scott, this 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:21.320 is a dude, this is an absolute guy. Talk about vibes, guys. 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.840 One of the best personalities in baseball, also has pitched 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.160 in some of the biggest moments in baseball. So not 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.920 only are you getting a seasoned vet, somebody who reinvented 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:35.240 their career after being a starter and John. 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.560 Brown first round guy out of Florida State and didn't 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.560 work out as starters. Now just a three pitch guy, 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.120 mostly a two pitch guy. He goes forcing change and 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.440 I'll mix in a cutter there, We'll get the fastball 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:50.760 mid to high nineties. Just gets a ton of whiff 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:55.680 on all these pitches and also limits walks and hard contact, 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.000 like everything you need to get out at the end 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.360 of the game. And you know, he's been one of 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:05.040 the best closers in baseball this year. If you're talking 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.840 about the best name outside of Mason Miller that was 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.800 quote unquote available at the deadline, it was Luke Weaver, 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.880 without a doubt, and they were able to get him 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:17.240 for a package that I'm questioning, What does Ben have 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:22.799 on David Stearns, because no disrespect for Sammy Sefira. Slam 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.200 is Samy Sefior. He goes home and plays for his home, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.359 his childhood team, the New York Mets, which is pretty 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:31.200 cool story. But we thought that the package was going 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.400 to be a lot bigger, like Sammy would be a 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.720 piece of that, but not the headline piece and the 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.680 only piece. And on top of that, the Mets are 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:42.360 paying most of his contract this year and next year. 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:46.480 You get him for next year too, So interesting trade. 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:50.440 I don't if they know something that we don't. I'd 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.320 love to hear this because he's had a great year. 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.200 One eight four ERA in forty four innings, pitch point 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.799 eight two. Whip a guy. Look look at that whip. Guys. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.760 A big p for our bullpen has been walks and 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.200 giving up free passes and and uh, you know, not 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.200 being able to hold games. And I think this is 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.119 a guy that definitely helps with that matter. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.719 Speaking of holding games late, by the way, I just 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.919 want to point this out. Luke Weaver's been nails in 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.080 leverage situations this ye. Opponents are slashing just one sixty three, 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.320 two eighty eight, two seventy nine in leverage. Guess what, guys, 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.760 only one home run given up in those situations as well. 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:25.479 I feel like that's something we talked about on the 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.600 Sunday episodes of the podcast. A lot is that when 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.720 we get to these leverage situations or give it up 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.200 long balls every once in a while with then of 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.400 Santana and some of those people. So to be able 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.520 to have a guy that's gonna like lock this down, 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.479 limit the hard contact and then also keep just anything 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.839 to a minimum at this point in the game is 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:41.919 so huge for us guys. 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.119 It looks like the return or who they're sending away 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.719 for Boker is Brian Sanchez. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:52.240 Our trade last year. 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.720 You ready for this one, You're not gonna like it. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.640 And this is a really good guy. Shout out to 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:00.800 him for coming on the show Malt couple of times. 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:06.000 Our guy Brandon Bedoir is going to the Marlins with 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:07.240 Brian Sanchez. 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:15.520 Looks like Hunkstung Lee as well. So a three man. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.320 Guy that did pretty Chase, a guy that did pretty 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.440 well at the h you know, in in the Complex, 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.240 and you got some time in Brainton this year. A 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.760 name that was kind of under the radar coming out 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:31.040 of the Pacific Rim who didn't sign for big money 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:35.320 but perform nonetheless over three hundred batting average. That's a 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.560 pretty good return for Lake Balker. But he's under control 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.200 till twenty thirty guys, so. 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.560 Gonna be honest, guys, I don't love giving up Brandon 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.240 or giving up on Brandon Midoa that fast, but it 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:46.680 is what it is. It's a guy that can help 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.920 you now, and that's the bigger picture here. I think 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.520 that that was gonna be the bigger picture regardless of 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.000 who they gave up for anybody, to be honest, unless 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:54.960 it was absolutely egregious, which we didn't see that. 0:06:55.080 --> 0:07:02.440 So yeah, it's uh wait, did Kyle Robinson get traded too? 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.359 Oh? Did he guy we acquired for? 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:06.720 Uh? 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:17.560 Did we have Williams? What is the Kirby Yates return? Guys? 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.320 Do does anyone have that intel? Because I'd love to 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:21.200 talk about it. 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.880 Yeah, word on that as well. 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:25.760 If you want to break some news to us, and 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.800 then in the chat, go ahead, we'll pull your comments 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:29.680 up on the up on the screen if you've got it. 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.840 But is this the biggest overhaul we've seen in our lifetime? 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:34.960 Yeah? 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.160 I mean it has to be. 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.680 I mean unless you're going back to the days of 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.840 no audio when you brought in like guys like Ludwig, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.280 Marlon Byrd, Derek Lee. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.920 Different type of different type of overhaul. Right, But in 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:51.280 terms of addressing a very very specific issue, and just 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.320 changing over the sheets to something brand new. I mean, 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.720 this is not even a recognizable bullpen anymore. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:02.720 No, it's a completely different bullpen for the better. 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:07.440 What do you do with Carmen? What's Carmen's role here? 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:11.880 I mean in the chat, let us know, what do 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.920 you think? What does Carmen do? Because we just heard 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:20.080 from Carmen when we were in Cincinnati how he wants 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:22.920 to contribute more and throw more innings and play in 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:27.640 more meaningful games. Now you just added some back end guys. 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.600 You'd hope Carmen could be that guy as well. Does 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:34.600 he get more spot start situations in order to relieve 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:38.320 guys like Braxton Ashcraft, Bubba Chandler, Jared Jones who are 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.640 going to be on innings limits, who are approaching career highs. 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:43.640 It's an interesting situation here. 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.920 Sure, I think he gets back to a piggyback spot. Honestly, 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.960 maybe it's not fully spot starts, but just like a 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.600 guy going what two three innings and Carmen follows him 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.040 up after that, I think we're gonna see a lot 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:55.240 more of that down the stretch here. 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.400 I was gonna say, I mean, you could you now 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.600 have the flexibility to maybe go about a six man rotation, 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.319 something that will help these young arms that are reaching 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:10.200 their career highs and innings be crucial. So Brian Stanchez, 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:11.960 by the way, too, has also had a decent year 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.960 seven to seventy one ops three forty OBP. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.520 Part of the Bednard deal, part of the yeah, part 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:18.440 of the bed and Arb deal. 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:23.560 So that Lake Boker package is nothing to sneeze at, 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.640 but a guy that we get under control that could 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:27.319 be a part of this bullpen and a vibes guy 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.760 in this clubhouse for the next couple of years. 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.840 I'm pretty pumped. I'm excited because all we've talked about 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.000 is just playing meaningful baseball down the stretch, and we 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:41.520 know that this offense can carry this team, and you're hoping. 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.360 That they get off the snide a little bit. 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.280 They start to put up a little bit more runs, 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.960 you get more production from Spencer Horwitz once he comes back. Obviously, 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.840 losing Ryan O'Hearn sucks, but now you're looking at a 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:59.680 closer and Luke Weaver, Mason Montgomery, Gregorrisoto, Karma, Maccinski, Lake Boker, 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.400 kurb b eight, Milo Devall, Johann Ramiers plus Evan sisk 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:09.120 every day. Evan is coming back to the mix, and 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.400 I think he's going to be activated as soon as tomorrow. 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.679 Lake Bocher D three legend too. By the way, Wisconsin 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.000 Whitewater shout out. The D three game up in Wisconsin 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.400 is nothing to sneeze at and that's a really, really 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.480 good program. Just got a shout out to D three 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:23.440 baseball legends. 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:23.680 Hey. 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.000 By the way, guys, we're talking about the offense now. 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:27.280 It's going to bring this up before we went into 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.000 Luke Weaver. I think that even though maybe we didn't 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.360 get the righty bats a calendar of the lefties we got, 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:33.880 we're going to get a lefty bat back that's going 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.640 to count the lefties. Because Oenilkruz was crushing lefties before 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.280 you got hurt. That was kind of the one storyline 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.160 with his game this year. I put up the numbers 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:43.760 in the meantime one thirty five WRC plus against lefties 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.560 this year and a one nineteen against righty's. So honestly, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:51.559 there alone could be a huge help on your lefties struggles. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.160 I honestly think that he's going to be easy to 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.720 be massive for helping solve that problem. 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.480 Uh, guys, some news here. Carmen is going to go 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.679 to the bullpen because Mitch kell was just placed on 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:06.040 the sixty day il with what just got the Pirates 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.760 media email straight popped up on them. I was like, 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:11.840 does I say Mitch Keller sixty day I l So. 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:13.760 If you're tuning in, Mitch Keller is now going to 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.160 the sixty day il per the Pirates directly in our 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:21.800 inbox here as like they send out their everyday media updates. 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:23.319 Is this a phantomstent? 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:25.880 I was just wondering at myself. 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.360 Yeah, gotta think so. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.480 Right, So Carmen's in the rotation. 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.080 Carmen's back in the rotation. Congrats, buddy, You're back where 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.800 you want to be, your home. Welcome home, Carmen. 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.440 Let's break that down real quick, because you obviously knew 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:45.920 that going into today. Yeah, do you think there? I'm 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.360 interested to see what deals didn't work out first. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.200 I'm gonna speculate here real quick. I'm gonna go completely. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.400 They tried to move Mitch Keller today knowing that they 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.360 were not going to continue with him in the rotation 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:03.040 for the rest of and they weren't able to, so 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:10.360 they're like going phantomil done he may be hurt, right, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:11.560 This is just me speculating. 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.000 I mean, the Villo is down even more, the. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.040 Velo is down even more. He may be hurt, right. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.080 There are just signs that point towards him not being right. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:25.160 But if this team is serious, as they indicated by 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.840 going out and getting a top arm in Luke Weaver, 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:32.320 you can't run out Mitch Keller every five days because 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.599 it's almost a knal. You just went up against the 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.920 last place Reds and they were just teaming off on him. 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.800 Since twenty twenty two, Keller's fastball vilo went from ninety 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.840 five point six to ninety five point two, ninety four 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.360 point five, ninety four point one, and this year ninety 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.560 three point three. So there might be something there. But 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:52.200 I don't know if that's just him getting innings on 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:53.720 his arm too, because this is a guy that, like 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.440 the one thing he does is just post right, So 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.480 it could always just be fatigue, you never know, but 0:12:58.559 --> 0:12:59.960 something to keep an eye on there for sure. 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.120 By the way, I mean, I know it's way past 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:07.760 six o'clock now, but the Saint Louis Cardinals acquired left 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:09.680 handed reliever Caleb Ferguson. 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.280 A lot of Indivision trading. I don't know how I 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:14.160 feel about that. 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:18.000 But so, I mean, stuff can still happen. I'm interested 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.040 to see they the arm. The starting rotation now becomes 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:22.720 a little bit of an issue. I know Mitch hasn't 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:27.160 been really contributing all that much that you'd like. There 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.600 was a couple of starts that made you think maybe 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:33.400 it was going in a different direction. But we're back 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.760 to what we just were talking about earlier in the 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:40.400 concern of covering innings for some of these young guys. 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.800 I mean, people were talking about sending Braxton too the 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:46.840 bullpen this year in order to save him from a 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:52.320 career high. What do we do a wacrift season? 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.199 It could be I would love that. I think Connor's 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.040 earned it. But at the same time, I think you've 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.280 you've given yourself more FLEI, which is what this team 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:03.839 hasn't had through the first half of the season, and 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:08.200 more they haven't had the flexibility to who's the next 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:12.040 man up in terms of starters, right like it's Toner Barco, 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:13.600 but they've been using them in a bullpen roll. And 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:17.840 I think part of that is hurt him rather than 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:19.720 helped him. Because I don't think he's suited for that 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.160 type of role. Thomas Harrington isn't cutting it intriplayed as 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.280 a guy that you would expect to take a step forward. 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.560 Antoine Kelly is like maybe a guy that who started 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.120 off slow and I thought looked really good in Cincinnati 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.200 is a guy that maybe could take on that Ashcraft 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.120 role of this year or pitch high leverage innings. But 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.160 you don't want to expect that from a guy who's 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.040 a rookie going into a playoff run here or a 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:45.360 playoff push. So yeah, I think they've got more flexibility guys, 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.600 I really do, And maybe like Lake Boker can give 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.600 us more than one inning at a time, and Carmen 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.680 could I think be more of a piggyback guy with 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.240 like an Ashcraft or some of our young arms that 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.000 are looking to preserve their innings for the last two months. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.240 So I think there's the general theme here is there's 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:03.920 more flexibility. I'll leave it at that. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:07.000 Not sure what the injury still is for Christian Curtis, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.680 but is there any possibility that he's the next starter 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:10.720 to when he comes back? 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:11.320 Could be? 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.840 I mean Christian was a killer man. Yeah he was awesome, 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.120 but we still don't really know the status on that. 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.480 Mitch Keller goes to the sixty day IL if you're 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:24.000 just tuning in with a right arm Haaris major muscle 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:28.480 injury and left handed pitcher Brandon Aiser, the iceman is 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:29.320 back from Triple A. 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.320 He was put on the taxi squad today. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.640 That move was going to be made. Is there somebody 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:37.160 that you guys would have liked to see in terms 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.440 of the offensive side get added to this roster? Because 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.920 you still have the issue again, we'll go back to it. 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.280 I don't want to stress too much because I'd like 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.800 to try and keep it positive here and say, hey, listen, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.640 we're going into the House of Horrors what in thirty 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.640 minutes to play the Brewers, And it's a huge series 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.280 and his team needs some type of spark, But is 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.280 there anybody that you would have liked to see them 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.040 get at the deadline to maybe add a little bit 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.600 more offensive firepower to this lineup? Jay, We'll start with you. 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.440 So first off, man, before we made the lou Weaver trade, 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.240 the first thing I did was text you that I 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.120 was starting to panic a little bit just because all 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.200 of the names were going off the board and the 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.360 guy that I texted you that after he got traded 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.800 was Taylor Ward, just because this is somebody that I 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.520 feel like the parts have had interest in for like 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.800 the last three to four seasons and just haven't pulled 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.440 the trigger. Somebody that we've routinely floated around to. Somebody 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.240 that can you know, slot in this lineup and at 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.880 the time before ad slug but now just be a 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.760 lefty killer that can get on base for you. So 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:35.040 he was the one guy that stuck out to me. 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.600 And then obviously if you got if you got luxurious 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.000 there at the end getting get a catcher too. But 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:42.920 obviously that seemed like a long shot because the catching 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:44.800 market was pretty crazy and not a lot of people 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.200 on the move. I mean, you saw Nick four test 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.560 himself like what two first round picks himself, right, So 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:51.480 it was going to be a tall ask if you 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.280 went for a guy like Goodman or Rushman like Scott 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.640 and I pitched on Banner cast on the Patreon. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.200 So I mean, I think Goodman was the dream pick, 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:06.240 right sure. But I'm also I'm disappointed that we're going forward. 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.080 You know, I want to mince my words a little bit, 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.040 but I'm disappointed that we're going forward with more solo. 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.040 Zoon is still on the roster. I do think it's 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:14.520 a little bit of a whole one. I'd like some 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:19.080 flexibility in terms of moving guys around Defensively, I'd like 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.440 to spell Brandon Loud second base, have him d H 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.800 and have Nikki g play second base where he's more comfortable, 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.159 and and maybe put Jacob Gonzales and Trillo on the 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:32.560 left side. Like it's there's still an issue there when 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:36.200 it comes to right handed bats producing against left handed pitchers. 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.360 We're facing one this week at least so far that's 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.919 been scheduled. Change row and who who we've hit pretty 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:42.960 well I think, or. 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.119 Well enough, like one of the one guys that we have. 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.040 Yeah, but yeah, that's still an issue. Guys, that's still 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.480 an issue. And you know, you're kind of hoping that 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.840 someone emerges, but who's that going to be? From Triple A. 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.240 There's not really anyone knocking on the door right now 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:59.800 in terms of offensive impact. By the way, Kyle Robinson 0:17:59.920 --> 0:18:02.760 is the only return for Kirbyates. 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.119 Just Kyle Robinson, the right hand pitcher. 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.760 He Jay correct me, you've seen him in Double A. 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.480 He's had some decent outings. He's looked all right from 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:12.160 Texas Tech. 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:14.280 Yeah, I think I just saw him for the first 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.720 time this last week and he looked pretty solid. But 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.440 not really somebody going to lose sleepover losing, that's for sure. 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.199 I'll tell you this. I mean, I would have been 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.840 okay with them dipping into the prospect pool maybe a 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.800 little bit more in order to do maybe a riskier move. 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:36.080 But I'm okay with this because you know, you already 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:37.560 know the rhetoric that you're gonna get, right. 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:39.400 They pinpointed an issue. 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:44.000 They added what five arms in the past week in 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:48.520 Doval Maranaccio, who is going to be a casualty most likely, 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.080 But they also didn't leverage their future. 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.520 That's the language that you're gonna get and that's fair. 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.360 Like you didn't have to get rid of Edward Florentino 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:03.120 obviously seth name and was untouchable. Murph Gray was one 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:09.480 who everybody speculated could be moved as well. Sammy Stafford, Yeah, 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.399 I mean shout out Sammy Sefford for having the best 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.600 month and a half of any minor leaguer out there, 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.119 because without that, this deal does not happen. I'm telling 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.720 you that right now. There's absolutely no shot, no shot. 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:26.480 The kids dealt with injuries. He really hasn't had any 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.080 type of breakout until recently. I mean, there has to 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:32.120 be some type of recency bias with the Mets here. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.919 I've talked to some people in the Mets organization or 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.200 and some people that watch the Mets as. 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:40.960 Well, and they're dumbfounded. 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:44.960 At this boys. So it's very rare that you see 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.320 a move where not only are the Pirates winning, but 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.400 just in every aspect of the trade that they made 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:54.400 the right thing by flipping key Brian Hayes into one 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:56.639 of the best relievers in the game. Jackson Wolf is 0:19:56.680 --> 0:20:03.440 in the Casey Maiz trade. So hey, I mean, now 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:08.719 we go right now, we don't give up. That's all 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.120 we were asking for. We're talking about playing meaningful baseball 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.320