WEBVTT - Francisco Lindor Rumours, Mets Beat Phillies, and AI in the Dugout | 591 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.800 What us up. Mets fans, Welcome back to another episode 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:14.360 of the Mets Stuff podcast series went out of the 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.280 All Star Break in Philly, first time since twenty twenty two, 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.599 I believe, yep, wild crazy. We're gonna talk about it 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.200 as well as all the trade rumors, all the noise 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:25.439 going around with the New York Mets. Francisco Lindoor is 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.400 at the top of everybody's list to talk about. If 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.120 you want clicks, you gotta put Francisco Lindor in the title, 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:33.159 which is why we did it, because we're getting in 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.360 on our clicks now. Thank you guys for clicking on us. 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.479 Thank you for watching. If you're listening to us on Apple, Spotify, Google, 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.879 appreciate you, download, subscribe, give us a rating. We do 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:45.640 appreciate it. Without further Ado James talk about this nice 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.840 little series. Honestly, out of the All Star break. 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.920 This was a great series. This was a nice moment 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:54.080 to kind of appreciate where like the positive parts this 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.760 Mets team are. We saw a great scar from Christian Scott, 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.880 saw a great star from Miillan McLain. On Sunday specifically, 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.600 we saw the lineup really lean on Alan Ronhelle as 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.480 now we get that name correct, and we saw the 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.000 top of the other guy on base at will. We 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.520 saw Francisco Lindor go a triple away from the cycle. 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.119 Don't say too loud, don't say too loud. We saw 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.400 Tyron Taylor, Luis Terrenz, the bombing other get in on 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.280 the action as well, Francisco Alvarez, every single person set. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.240 Marcus Emian had at least moments of a very good 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:22.520 series in Philadelphia. 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.320 Yeah, I mean ending the series with what an over 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.959 five and four ks on today, little Golden Sombrero, a. 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.440 Couple of runs competitions as well. 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.480 I do feel like we're probably gonna see less and 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.400 less of him as the season goes on. He's just 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.920 He's really not any better than Brett Bady, and Brett 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:37.839 Batty's not particularly good right now either. 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.280 At least it's worth giving Brett bay At back to 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.560 see what you have. I was almost shocked that Semion 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.920 came off the injured list to start games this weekend. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.119 I could did we get told six to eight weeks 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:51.360 with it is what it is. Let's talk about positive things. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.000 Positive Christian Scott. Let's start with him. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.520 Oh, Christian Scott's so good. Christian Scott is a I'm 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.520 gonna start calling him. I'm gonna start doing this for 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.080 a couple of pitchers in the league who I have 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:01.880 this distinction for. 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.240 He's a rocket ship pitcher. Okay, rocket ship explain. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.560 He's very good. He has a very solid foundation. But 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.720 he has a clear thing that's still stopping him from 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.720 getting to the next level, and that's having weapons for 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.040 left handed batters. We saw in this game as effective 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.280 as he was just breezing through the first five innings, 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.519 running into trouble in the sixth the kyleege Schwarber double left. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.520 He's coming up. You take him out, you bring lefty 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.799 in to face the lefties. Christian Scott to me is 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.560 a rocket ship pitcher because once there are enough weapons 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.840 to actually get the lefties, and it seems like based 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:33.400 on what he has and the kind of pitcher he 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.440 is and just the way that he pitches, those will come. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:37.560 The color look good. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.200 The curve ball had some moments of flashing. We haven't 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.360 seen the splither really ever in a while, but I 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.840 think all these things have a chance of coming together eventually. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.760 Once he has two pitches to get lefties out, he's 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.240 to me, he's closing in up being close to a 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.440 front line like top two to three pitcher instead of 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.040 right now still stuck out of four or five. 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.520 I mean, the whole thing about it is that that 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.480 fastball is so ridiculously good. It's an awesome fastball, and 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:02.919 the fact that he throws it so much up in 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:04.840 the zone and we're now seeing Nolan McClain do that, 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.320 which is something Nolan McLain out a lot love to 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.880 see that. And the sweeper is unbelievable from him. Like, 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.280 those two pitches are absolute dynamite. Blake, you said that 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.880 is against righty's. If he can get that pitch against 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.240 the lefties, you're right, he does just become a frontline starter. 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.119 That is the difference. But here's the great thing about 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.440 Christian Scott is that the difference between those two I 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:27.160 feel like is not crazy. Where Like he still has 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.120 a two point eight seven era and he still doesn't 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.240 have that pitch like it's crazy. That's what's nuts about 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.440 this is that I feel like the version that we're 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.800 seeing of him right now, while there can be improvement. 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.520 If you told me that Christian Scott was like this 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:41.680 for the Mets, for the rest of his career in 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.320 his time here, I'd be thrilled. I'd be over the moon. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:44.880 Dude. 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.680 We open the season a lot of time ago, a 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:49.200 lot of the very different thoughts that are my the 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.920 go and Christian Scott wasn't even a guaranteed part of 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:53.720 this rotation. We didn't even see him as that. And 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.440 now we're through this part of the season catastrophe as 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.240 it may be, and he's been the second most consistent 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.800 pitcher in this entire staff. Like even this game, like 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.480 shrouded in smoke in a game that probably shouldn't have 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.600 been played. Whoever, ESPN was like, we have to play 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:07.960 this game. 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.320 Whatever. Friday night was worse than Philly. Did you see 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.680 that there there's smoke levels higher on Friday. No, yeah, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.080 the next day was actually worse. All right, credit to them. 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:16.640 Then back to that. 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.640 But like he he was nasty, Like that fastball was 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:23.000 in the zone, it was missing bats unstoppably. The sweeper 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.080 he had perfect command of it. Think like the frisbee 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:27.360 and I think this start more than the last few. 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:31.120 Like he got that color and on the lefties really 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:33.280 really well, Like he got a really ugly swing and 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.240 missed some Schwarber, he got a couple of uncomfortable swings 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.680 from Marsh like it was just he got it to 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.360 a point where it was close enough where those guys 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:41.800 were offering at it, and then by the time it 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.200 got to them, they were looking ugly swinging at it. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.960 Like he he has everything, Like when I watched Christian 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.560 Scott and just filled with joy of him one being 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.800 back on the mound and two seeing the weapons that 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:53.960 are there. They're ready to take the next step forward. 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.040 Yeah, if he gets that next pitch, it's gonna be crazy. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.920 Just he looked. He's a very very fun pitcher to watch, 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.039 something that you know, like you said, coming into the season, 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:07.000 the expectations were pretty low. Absolutely, whatever he gets is great. Well, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.240 low expectations are just like pitch health. That was kind 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:11.839 of what we had coming into the year. Be healthy. 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.640 Still is. But with the performances that he's giving us 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.960 and the fact that the Mets seemingly win every time 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.040 he's on the mound, that's his role this year. It 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:20.239 is nice to watch. 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:21.960 Oh, it's nice to watch and he's amazing and that 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.120 game as well, Francis Guilfors two home runs off the 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.120 break just gets to see him get confidence. Things we 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.520 have to hold on to. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.080 Only hit him ninety only. He plays so much better 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.960 anecdotally hitting ninth than when they hit him up in 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.960 the order. And I do think a possible theory behind 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.120 that is because the top of the order for the Mets, 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.159 whether Mets fans at home want to believe it or not, 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.120 it's very strong right now. It's a strong top of 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.320 the order. Shockingly, Francisco Alvarez has to get pitches in 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:49.800 the zone. One of the things that's sold him down 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:51.680 a little bit this year is he's chasing, He's doing 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.840 some of that stuff. He's getting pitches in the zone 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.720 now because the guys behind him can hit, they want 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.760 to face him instead, and he's absolutely doing damage, which 0:05:58.800 --> 0:05:59.240 I love to. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.400 Say, again, this is very small sample bullshit. I'll tell 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.480 you guys to play the appearances as I read out 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.960 the ops plus of Francisco Alvarez in different spots in 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.000 this in the order. So if Francisc galvers hits thirds 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.880 happened five games, twenty one play appearances, it is where's 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.440 ops so one ninety five ops? 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.279 Like just ops, not ops plus? No, it was TP. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:25.480 I didn't realize it was advanced all Baseball Reference stuffs 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:29.000 one ninety five ops, fourth, two fifty eight and twelve 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:33.359 twelve play appearance still nothing, fifth thirty four play appearances 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:35.960 eight fifty six great five all good spot for him. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:41.159 Sixth forty three, five forty three, seventh, uh yeah, seventh 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.239 twenty eight played appearances. That's nine to seventy again great 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.000 for some reason. Eight thirty three played appearance is six 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:51.040 forty six, ninth sixty eight played appearances over eleven hundred. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.920 I knew it was so good. I knew it anecdotically, right, 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.040 I love it. But it's just there is something with him, 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.600 I believe though, Like when he gets lower in the order, 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:00.880 because we've talked about it before, when you get moved up, 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.160 he gets very very very aggressive, Like you're aggressive than 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.680 he ever is. He tries to hit the twelve twelve 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.119 run home run every single time. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.680 Yeah, and I think that, like that's kind of adorable 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.800 and when you're a first, second, third year player, But 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.400 like now it's like it's time for to become a 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.640 piece of the corps. And I still think with the 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.040 bat specifically, he will be and can be a piece 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:25.200 of the corps. But yeah, continuing struggling defensively, continuing to 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.440 basically split time there with Luis Torenz because he's so 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:27.960 poor there. 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.480 You have to hit your you have to hit a lot. 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:34.280 Yes, become worth it now because there was discourse of 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.800 Bant francisc whoever is changing his position this weekend and 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:38.880 went around I don't know mes's played. They had the 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:40.280 day off on Friday, and then there was a lot 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.560 the ranked de lan on Saturday. The conversations began. We'll 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.160 get some more of those conversations like this. They got 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.040 out of control. But he doesn't really have another position 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:48.320 because he's like five ft ten. 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.680 I don't think he'd be particularly good at first base, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.239 if there's anywhere he's gonna play. I'm not even kidding. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.120 Based on our interview all those years back with the 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.000 cycle and he's talking about his youth days, I think 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.960 his best options are playing second base or Maurfield. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.080 Third base like that. 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:01.760 That is really it. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:03.640 But realistically, if you want to be a really, really 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.800 good defensive team in this league, he probably will not 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:07.760 do that. So a lot of the rest of the 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.120 season will be about him taking strides on both sides 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.200 of the ball. WI have to watch defensively, but nice 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:14.880 out of the break, starting the right foot, starting style. 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.120 Two big home runs. Yes, that's kind of it right 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.360 for this game. Shout out Bret Baty hitting well again. Yeah, 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:21.760 but he's still as well. I just wish you. 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.720 Could play more instead of other guys who are getting 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:24.280 those reps. 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:28.120 Yeah. Game two was not particularly great. Sham and I 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.360 on the mound just kind of got smacked around. Didn't 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.720 really have his best stuff. Mets couldn't touch Hazes, Sozardo 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.000 really wasn't much of this game. It was kind of 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.000 a quick breeze over and of course Code I Sanga 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.960 came in and stunk it up again. I floated this 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.480 on my channel, James, let me get your opinion. Two 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.120 guys that we think got nothing left, nothing left in 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.000 the tank. Would you make a Code I sangle for 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:51.080 Christian Javier swap just? I mean, just change it. Why not. 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:52.760 We'll take your bag guy, you take our bad guy. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.160 Yeah, but definitely, but I feel like Code I feel 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.640 the money, do more money, so the Astros would never 0:08:57.679 --> 0:08:57.920 do that. 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.599 Look at Javier's contract right now, he like, weirdly, I 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.600 think signed one of those extensions. I think he's due, 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.520 like I think Senga probably is due a little bit 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.520 more money, So okay, you even it out, you pay 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.120 whatever it would be to even it out. Would you 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.520 make that switch? Yeah? 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.600 Probably, But I also feel like at that point, oh 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.360 my god, Christian, yeah the big he got sixty four 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.959 million guarantee. Christian Xavier is making twenty one million this year, 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:20.280 in twenty one million next year. 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.160 That's what I'm saying. I think that's a good moment. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.560 For everyone out there who always thinks those arbitration avoid 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:26.840 their contracts always win. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:28.120 This one did not. 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.160 No, there's a good few that do not, So it's 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.440 a good reminder right there. I actually would not do that. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:34.560 I would not pick Christianavier more money next year than 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:35.199 go that Saanga. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.000 What if they evened it with they what if they 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:37.680 gave us money? 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.120 The astros are giving us money? 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:40.720 Yeah, in this fairy tale world. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.319 Theoretically, yeah, sure, why not? Because I feel like it's 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.000 just so broken here, but there's no way that would 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:45.520 ever happen. 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.600 All right, just worth the shop, that's worth the shop. 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.640 That's I can't believe he's making twenty one million dollars 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:51.080 next year. 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.199 I know when I was doing my one player for 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.360 every team that's going to get traded. I was like, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:56.959 Oh my god, they've got to be dying to get 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.320 rid of him at any cost. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.520 No this, but uh sad they Manaya has a very 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.200 unique opportunity against the Phillies. That's a very left handed 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.360 heavy lineup that doesn't platoon as much as most teams 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.480 of baseball, where you can't pitch well. And I feel 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.440 like the first time and a half around the lineup 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.880 like he actually was on top of it. I thought 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:14.880 the sweeper looked nasty. 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:15.199 Early. 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.520 He started missing a lot with the sinker late, especially 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.559 against the Riighties, and the Philly started scoring runs this 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:20.200 and that happens. 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.360 You're not We weren't gonna sweep them. We could win 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.319 a series in Philadelphia and we sweep them. 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:28.840 But the issues again came and came into this game 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.960 because the guy has nothing like that. He got Manaia 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.960 out of the fifth inning, and then he came up 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.640 in the sixth. The first pitch of the inning, Bryson 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.679 Scott hits a laser beam off the wall first. 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.000 Which says a lot because that guy doesn't hit laser 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:44.760 beams off of anybody almost. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.680 I think it more so said, and Ron and Gary 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.600 were talking about this in the booth that it seemed 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.840 like it really got in Code's head. It seemed like 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.720 he got tried to be much more precise after that, 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.840 I tried to be a little bit more just careful 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.200 of about the way he was pitching. And then when 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:06.640 that was happening afterwards, everything fell apart. Like directly after 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.240 that triple, it was two consecutive walks to Trey Turner 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.560 and kyleesh Warburn. In those two consecutive walks, neither of 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.440 them swunk the bat. They were both very ready to 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.600 get pitches out of the strikes from Code, I Sanga 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.480 and then after that Bress Harper hit a single and 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.280 then Koli and the Mets events did well besides for 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.439 an error from the door to actually keep more runs 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.600 off the board. 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It doesn't 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.320 feel like he's a guy who wants the ball, which is, 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:55.319 you know, like bullshit speak, but it also feels evident. 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:57.480 I think it could be bullshit speak sometimes when it's 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.560 about the bullshit situation, but I think this situation where 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.800 it's complete fucking correct, like he might even. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:03.240 Tell you that. 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:05.360 I feel it like he threw forty five pitches, he 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:06.280 got four outs. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.200 That's like difficult to do well. 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.040 And again in the middle of the Phillies line up 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.000 good lineup right there, tough to get through them all. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.920 But it was a complete slog watching him in that 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.320 sixth inning, and it just felt like he didn't really 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.160 trust any of the stuff in the zone. He kept 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.160 trying to throw ghost forks to get guys to chase 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.199 they weren't chasing, and then he kind of don't have 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:25.160 anything less after that. 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.040 If you know that the pitches aren't going to be 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.200 in the zone to begin with, it's really easy to 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.400 not swing at those pitches when they're not in the zone. 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.400 And it's a shame, Like he's one of the guys 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.520 that I feel like is an interesting conversation this trade deadline, 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.439 maybe just for us, because maybe every single other team 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.199 in the league circled him like we're not trading for 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:44.200 him as possible, but it's it's just unbelievable to watch 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.720 where this has devolved to in the last three years. 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.000 That's the guy, how how incredible he was with philosophy 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.560 and cothers in the zone and ripping the ghost fork 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.840 off of that, whether it was just the league getting 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:56.840 used to one of the most unique pitches in it, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.360 he's so far away from being effective right now. It's 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.880 a horrible to watch. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.520 The drop off is faster than I could have ever predicted. 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.680 For a guy who looked like he was getting better 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.440 as the year went on, which is not something that 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.160 you normally see. He is an absolute shell of himself. 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.280 And again, if the Mets were playing any sort of 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.560 competitive possible postseason baseball, there's a zero percent chance he'd 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:19.200 be on this roster. 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.440 He'd be in Syracuse. No, And I think this was 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.640 a moment. Again, these have happened over the last few months, 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.520 but Gary keithan Ron doing this weekend together, it's almost 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.040 sad when these guys are in the booth together now 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.160 for such a bad team. It is because they just 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.160 feel a little slugs isn't the word, but they just 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.000 feel a little downtrodden because of how much the team 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.280 has destroyed them over the year, and there he happened. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.880 I was like, oh man, they just seemed really tired 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.640 of watching not even this guy pitched this team play. 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.040 Lindor made another few errors in this game, Like it 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.520 just was a it was a bad vibe watching this 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:49.560 team on Saturday. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.800 Yeah, and we've seen this before with this team. There's 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.360 there's bad vibes in many of games throughout the entire season, 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:58.200 throughout last year. I don't want to say body language 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.840 is not the right word, but the energy sometimes is 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.760 just so lacking, and the focus is so lacking. And 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.840 I do think part of it is like when you 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:08.400 see a guy like code I Sanga go on the 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.640 mound and that dude doesn't have any focus. How do 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.200 you stay sharp in the game when you know the 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:13.720 picture on the mound is not even giving you an 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:17.320 opportunity to do anything. It's like it's a little like 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.440 basic what I'm saying here, but like when you see 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.160 shit on the field, it kind of causes you to 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.880 also lose focus. And also the situation where. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:29.160 The Mets made more errors in this game, benchmin and 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.560 Error Semi made a misplay that wasn't ruled to error 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.600 like it just was another game with it is very uneven. 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:36.520 Was this the throw down to first base two that 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.520 went past and the throw to third base so that 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:39.560 went past and that's. 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.080 Where to run the double era out of play with 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:41.760 Bryce Sharper and. 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.600 The basis it's it's unbelievable. 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.880 It's just it's just sloppy baseball. And again it's funny 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.440 to I don't want to focus on this because the 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.080 Mets won this series, which positive for the first you know, 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.960 fifteen twenty minutes this episode, and when you came out 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.720 on Sunday, the team played great, like especially fantastic, fueled 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.440 by Nolan McLain, who came out ripping Francisco Lindora from 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.240 his first place appearance, ripping because he's a good baseball 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.240 player who hits the ball really well, and we will 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.120 talk a lot more about that. He's played twenty thirty 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.560 bad games this year. Oh no, can't believe that. But McClain, 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:12.920 it's funny thing has happened to him this year, where 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.840 as he's had some spurts of not trusting or having 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:17.920 just inconsistent breaking balls, which is the thing that got 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.320 him to the major League. He's got so much more confidence, 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:24.120 so much better at blazing his fastball at the leathers, Yeah, 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.720 which is something he didn't have. He probably had his 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.640 whole life. But when he got to the upper miners 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:31.040 and we got to the Major's last year, she's not 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:32.760 a pitcher really relied us I pitched, used them as 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.280 bats and watching him do that today when again the 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.160