1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to fair territory, back after a one week hiatus, 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: and Mike Goodness, there is plenty to talk about in 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: this sport. I sort of wish I could get to 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: every contender today. We're going to try to get to 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: most of them in one form or another. But there 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: is just a ton to get through. A lot going 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: on in this sport right now. But let's start with 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: the team that is now threatening the Mets and the 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: Padres for the most disappointing in baseball. I would start 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: with the New York Yankees, second highest payroll in the game, 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: worst season in decades, last place in the Al East, 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: one in eight against the Red Sox. I could go 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: on and on, and actually I will go on and on. 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Let's take a look real quickly at how the Mighty 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: have fallen at just where the Yankees have fallen short 16 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: this season. They're vaunted offense, scoring runs four point two 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: to two runs per game, that's twenty third in the majors. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: They're vaunted rotation Garrett Cole, Carlos Ronan and company four 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: point eight one ERA, twenty fifth in the majors. Now, obviously, 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: Cole is not the problem the era without him would 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: be even higher five point. 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 2: Four to two. That's the rotation era, and. 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: The Yankees' playoff odds are now down to zero point 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: five percent, So people will ask, Okay, what happens next. 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: As Brandon Cutting writes today in The Athletic, probably what 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 1: we're going to see in the short term is something 27 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: of a youth movement. They're going to call up some 28 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: of their kids. We're talking about infielder Oswald Perrazza, outfielder 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: Everson Pereira, and eventually catcher Austin Wells. But that's not 30 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: what Yankee fans want to talk about. What they want 31 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: to talk about is how this organization is going to 32 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: turn around, and a lot of them, understandably are pointing 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: to general manager Brian Cashman as the primary culprit here. 34 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: I would say that's a fair assessment, but I also 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: do not expect the Yankees to make a move with Ashman. 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: He has three more years left on his contract after 37 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: this season. He's twenty four, twenty five, and twenty six 38 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: signed through all those seasons, and beyond that, the guys 39 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: put together twenty five straight winning seasons. Nin No fans 40 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: get frustrated hearing that, say, well, we haven't won a 41 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: World Series since two thousand and nine. Yeah, I get it, 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: But in the bigger picture, Brian Cashman, overall, not the 43 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: last couple of seasons, overall, has done a really good job. 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: At the same time, you've got to start asking, Okay, 45 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: then where does the change come Aaron Boone? Well, he's 46 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: signed only through next year. And yes, people grumble about 47 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: him too. I've questioned some of his pitching decisions during 48 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: his tenure as Yankees manager, and yet right now the 49 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: Yankees are number one in bullpen at e ray. So 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: that's an area of the game that a manager can 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: affect more than almost any other. Boone's doing just fine there. 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: To fire him, Okay, you want to do that, fine, 53 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: go ahead, But you know what, it would be almost 54 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: embarrassing given that the primary problem here, as we've discussed, 55 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: is roster construction, and that falls on the general managers. 56 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: So what does change? Obviously something has to change, probably 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: multiple things. What is the definition of insanity doing the 58 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: same thing over and over again and expecting different results? 59 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: People ask, Okay, will the Yankees go away from analytics? No, 60 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: they're not going away from analytics. No team is going 61 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: away from analytics. They're here to stay. Now, you can 62 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: quibble with the application of the analytics, to quibble with 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: the execution of the analytics, but look at all the 64 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: teams that the Yankees envy, the Astros, the Rays, the Dodgers. 65 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: These are teams that make heavy use of analytics. Now, certainly, 66 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: over the years, fans and even some old school people 67 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: within the game, perhaps especially some old school people within 68 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: the game, have complained that the balance is out of whack. 69 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: I would suggest that what the Yankees, perhaps it is 70 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: out of whack. And I would also suggest that the 71 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: complaints that some of the old school people in the 72 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: game have right now that they are getting excluded, are 73 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 1: the same complaints the analytically minded once had. Hey, we 74 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: were getting excluded. It's no better this way than it 75 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: was that way. There has to be balanced, and in 76 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: a lot of areas in baseball, not just the Yankees, 77 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: this has been lost. That said, what do you do, Well, 78 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: maybe you'd start looking at the way you've made some 79 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: decisions over the past few years. They've clearly failed in 80 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: this regard. You can go right through this roster, start 81 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: with Stan That to me was the original sin. I've 82 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: written that that's the first move that got them away 83 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: from being any kind of athletic, non lumbering team. They've 84 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: always sort of been that they're the Bronx Bombers, right, 85 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: But Stanton Lemayhew Hicks Gallo right down the line pitching 86 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: decisions as well. Frankie Montas Oh, I forgot Donaldson include 87 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: him in there. One decision after another has backfired. They've 88 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: got to look at their process and they've got to 89 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: figure some things out here. 90 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 2: I'm not sure what the answer is. 91 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: But again, clearly things are not working now. Brian Cashman's 92 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: greatest qualities general manager, one of his greatest qualities would 93 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: be I would say that he is a survivor. He 94 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: will survive this. The question is what does he do 95 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: to make things better? How does he turn this around? 96 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: And if I'm house time Brenner, I'm saying to Brian Cashman, Okay, 97 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna stay. 98 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: This is one bad year, one losing year at least. 99 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: I know there have been other disappointing years recently. But Brian, 100 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: you've got to tell me now, how are things going 101 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: to change? Because things have to change now. Obviously the 102 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: Yankees are not the only disappointing. 103 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: Team in this sport. 104 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: There are quite a few, and there are quite a 105 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: few that are high priced. We've talked endlessly about the Mets, 106 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: but now let's talk about a team on the West Coast, 107 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: the San Diego Padres, And I want to start by 108 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: taking you through the National League Wildcard standings, because this 109 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: is the most damning indictment of the Padres that there 110 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: can be. Right now. If you look at the National 111 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: League Wildcard standings, Phillies good team, two and a half 112 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: games up. San Francisco Giants have lost five straight series. 113 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: They're twenty first in runs per game, the Cubs fifth 114 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: in runs. Pretty good team. I see them as legitimate 115 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: wildcard contender and a contender for the NL Central title 116 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: along with the Brewers Arizona. They just went through a 117 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: seven and twenty five stretch. They come out of a 118 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: nice young team Cincinnati young team twenty sixth in the 119 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: majors in era, twenty eighth in rotation era, Miami Marlins 120 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: twenty sixth in the majors in runs per game. We 121 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: are not talking here about Juggernauts, folks, And look at 122 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: the San Diego Padres. They are six games behind those teams, 123 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: with the third highest payroll in the sport. So what 124 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: the heck is happening here? Okay, talk about the Padres 125 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: a little bit, and let's look at what. 126 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 2: Has gone wrong. 127 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: Start with their various ranks, and it's kind of surprising. 128 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: Rotation Irra third, bullpenny Arra twelve not bad out above average. 129 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: That's the Statcast defensive metric. They are first, even with 130 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: Krona Worths playing essentially a new position and Tatis's playing 131 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: essentially a new position, though of course dominating that position. 132 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: Run differential Padres are tenth overall runs per game fifteenth. 133 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: When you look at these numbers, what do you see? 134 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: You see a team that probably should be one of 135 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 1: the twelve playoff teams. Yet the Padres are not even 136 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: close to that, and I'll show you why right here. 137 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: Here are their records in one run games and extra innings. 138 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: In one run games, there are six and nineteen. In 139 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: extra innings, they are zero to ten. Their playoff odds 140 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: are down to eleven point seven percent. The San Diego Padres, 141 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: the team we all thought was going to tear through 142 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, has done nothing of the sort. What 143 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: has gone wrong here? Well, there'll be plenty of time 144 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: for post mortems as we go forward. I don't see 145 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: the Padres coming out of it now. I've been waiting 146 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: for them all season. We all have been waiting for 147 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: them all season. They have not come close to meeting expectations. 148 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: I wrote I believe in May after a series at 149 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium that the Padres are more a collection of 150 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: individuals than a team. I still believe that there is 151 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: something missing here. It's not the manager. I know Padres fans, 152 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: some of them are clamoring about Bob Melvin, saying, ah, 153 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: that's why the one run game record is bad. 154 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: That's why the extra ending record is bad. 155 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: No, no, no, no no. Bob Melvin historically has done well 156 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: in both those regards. As Dennis lenn of The Athletic 157 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: has written, Bob Melvin is not the issue here. The 158 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: issue here is something in the formula, in the mix, 159 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: and I can't quite put my finger on it, but 160 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: it hasn't worked. And the Padres are going to need 161 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: to take a hard look in the off season at 162 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: the way they've put this team together. They've got some 163 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: free agent defections that they're looking at too, Blake Snell, 164 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: Josh Hater, They've got a number of things that they're 165 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: going to have to look at this offseason, because this 166 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: has been as big a disappointment as the Mets as 167 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: the Yankees. In some ways, even bigger San Diego Padres 168 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: not good. All right, let's move to a happier story. Now, 169 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: a team on the West Coast that is doing big things. 170 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the Seattle Mariners. Six straight wins fifteen 171 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: and four, fifteen and four since the deadline, since they 172 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: traded their closer, Paul Seawall. 173 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: That that was actually on July thirtieth, fifteen and four. 174 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: Since then, Now, that was a curious trade. Trades your 175 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: closer in the middle of a pennant race. It almost 176 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: seems like a hedge at best, maybe a soft cell 177 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: you're not really trying. Maybe, But that's not how the 178 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: Mariners saw it. They never looked at it in that regard. 179 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: What they saw was the opportunity to improve their offense 180 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: short term and long term with Dominic Canzone and Josh Rojas, 181 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: two of the players they got from the Diamondbacks, and 182 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: also helped their long term possibilities with an infield prospect 183 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: they also acquired in the deal named Ryan Bliss. Now 184 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: it hasn't really worked from an offensive standpoint until yesterday 185 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,719 Speaker 1: when Canzone had four hits and. 186 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 2: A seven to six win over the Astros. 187 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Canzone hadn't hit, Rojas hadn't hit, so from that perspective 188 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: hasn't been such a big deal. But the trade has 189 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: improved their overall depth, improved them against right handed pitching. 190 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: Both Canzone and Rojas are left handed hitters and should 191 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: help them going forward here even this season. What's interesting 192 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: about the deal is that when the Manners traded Seawall, 193 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: they were doing it from a position of strength. They 194 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: had a very deep bullpen and they felt they could 195 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: withstand his loss and still be really competitive as they 196 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: went forward. That's happened. That bullpen since the deadline has 197 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: been one of the best in the game. Hasn't suffered 198 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: really at all. Different believers have earned saves. They're in 199 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: good shape. So here are the Mariners, and of course 200 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: I haven't even mentioned Julio Rodriguez and they've finally come around, 201 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: And yes, Julio is a big part of why they've 202 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: come around. Their offense is the major reason they have 203 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: come around. Let's take a look at where they have 204 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: gone month by month, in terms of runs per game. 205 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: March April not very good four point twenty nine, may 206 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,719 Speaker 1: a little bit better four point six one June regression 207 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: to four point five to Ozho. Then in July, starting 208 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: about July first, they really started to come on. Four 209 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: point seven to seven runs per game in July and 210 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: in August five point three nine. Julio, of course, with 211 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: his tear of late, is a huge part of that. 212 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: But here's a team that suddenly looks rather dangerous. 213 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 2: They hold the. 214 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: Third wildcard position in the American League. They are only 215 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: three games out of first place in the American League West, 216 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: just three games behind the Texas Rangers. And should they 217 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: get into the postseason, which now looks somewhat likely, their 218 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: odds are up to sixty percent. Should they get in, 219 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: no team is going to want to face a rotation 220 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: led by Louis Castillo, George Kirby and Logan Gilbert. So 221 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: the Mariners really interesting the way they've gone about it 222 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: and what they've done. A lot of this story, again, 223 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:26,359 Speaker 1: is their offense finally playing the way the club officials 224 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 1: thought that they would perform all year long. This was 225 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: a disappointing team offensively for the first half of the 226 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: season an underperforming team, but now the Mariners are who 227 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: they thought they were going to be. Time now for 228 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: the inside dish. This is the portion of the show 229 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: where I go inside a story I might have written previously, 230 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: or inside a trend in the game, or simply taking 231 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: a deeper look at something going on in the game 232 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: right now. 233 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 2: And that's what I want to do today. 234 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: I want to go inside the deadline and take a 235 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: look at some of the early results. Now we're only 236 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: three weeks into it. Some fans will say, ken small 237 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: sample size, we can't judge at no. Sorry, with deadline trades, 238 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: the whole point is small sample size. That's what this is. Now. 239 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: Granted this is a small sample size within a small 240 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: sample size. But let's just look at how some of 241 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: these teams have fared five in particular, just to take 242 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: kind of an overview of what is going on in 243 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: the sport with several different clubs. Let's start with a 244 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: team we just got done talking about the padres and 245 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: players that they added at the deadline. They took an 246 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: unusual approach for them, and that they actually tried to 247 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: round out their roster and not. 248 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: Go star star star. 249 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: Well, it hasn't worked. Look at the numbers. Rich Hill 250 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 1: nine point three two ERA as a starter, Scott Barlow 251 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: five point nine to one ERA as a reliever, Garrett 252 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: Cooper decent addition, he's only hitting two A eight, but 253 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: his OPS is seven to eighty. He's gootten on base 254 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: slugged a little bit. Gimmy Manchoi zero zero batting average, 255 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: has only in sixteen played appearances. He does have five walks, 256 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: which is why he has a three thirteen on base 257 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: percentage and OPS right now on the ten day injured list. 258 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: So for the Padres, this hasn't given them the boost 259 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: that they needed. It hasn't really worked at all. All right, 260 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: let's move forward here. Another team that was quite active 261 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: at the deadline. That would be Los Angeles Angels. This 262 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: hasn't gone so well either. CJ. Cron And two seventeen 263 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: batting average five to sixty three OPS, Randall Gritchik one 264 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: sixty four batting average five twenty nine OPS, both underperforming. 265 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: Lucas Giolito, he was their big ad, the starter that 266 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: they thought could really help them. His ERA is eight 267 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: point one four. Now it's skewed a little bit by 268 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: one bad start three of his four have been okay, 269 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: but what you need from a guy like Lucas Gilito 270 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: when you acquire him at the deadline is for him 271 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: to really get going right away. Hasn't happened. Rinaldo Lopez, 272 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: the reliever from the White Sox, much better, but overall 273 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: the Angels have played poorly since the day deadline. You 274 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: can't blame it on the players that they've added. It's 275 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: been a team wide slump, team wide malaise, but those 276 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: moves really haven't helped out very much at all. The Brewers, 277 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: a team that did some things the deadline that I 278 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: really liked, Carlos Santana, Marcanna, Andrew Chaffin hasn't really worked 279 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: out so great so far, even though the Brewers continue 280 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: to lead the NL Central and overall again are outperforming 281 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: their talent. In my estimation, Carlos Santana, his numbers are 282 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: a little deceiving, only a one to eighty one batting average, 283 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: only a six twenty eight OPS, but he does have 284 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: six home runs, including some big ones of late. Marcana 285 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: really hasn't hit much to twenty eight batting average six 286 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: to seventy six OPS. And Andrew Chafin as a reliever 287 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: has not been what they wanted. His era is almost twelve. Again, 288 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: small sample size. Now let's look at two teams that 289 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: have done a little bit better at the deadline, and 290 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: I'm talking first about the Miami Marlins. The Marlins, a 291 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: team with off struggles all year long, added two hitters, 292 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: one of whom was struggling and one who was just 293 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: a guy who crushes the ball. That's Jake Berger. He's 294 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: done quite well. Jake Berger three fifty nine batting average, 295 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: nine to fifty four ops with the Marlins. Josh Bell 296 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: was a mess with the Guardians, yet since joining the Marlins. 297 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: Maybe it's being back in the nleast, I don't know. 298 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: Two eighty eight batting average, nine to sixty two ops. 299 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: He's been a huge addition. The two relievers, Jorge Lopez 300 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: and Ryan Weathers have not fared well. Weathers hasn't pitched 301 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: all that much. But at the same time, it's the 302 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: offense that the Marlins really needed and they got it. 303 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: And now the team that right now looks like the 304 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: biggest winner at the trade deadline, and that would be 305 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers. My goodness, this has. 306 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 2: Worked out great. 307 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: They needed pitching. They got pitching Jordan Montgomery two point 308 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: five OERA so far. Schuzer wasn't really good yesterday, but 309 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: his THERA with the Rangers is still two point sixty six. 310 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: Chris Stratton, the reliever who came with Montgomery from the 311 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: card one point four to two ERA and a role 312 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: as Chapman the first edition, the one they made quite 313 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: some time ago, actually one point six nine ERA. 314 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: That is what you want at the deadline. 315 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 1: Now, obviously we've got what six weeks left in the season. 316 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: Things will play out further, and yes we'll have a 317 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: better sample to look at. But when you make those moves, 318 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: the whole point is to get immediate impact. In some 319 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: cases that's happening, in some cases that's not. Oftentimes the 320 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: deadline trades proved kind of a nothing burger. They don't 321 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 1: really have the impact that we all imagine when these 322 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 1: deals are made. But at the same time, we saw 323 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: it with the Atlanta Bres in twenty twenty one. You 324 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: can change your team with the right editions, and the 325 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: Texas Rangers certainly have put themselves in a great spot. 326 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: They haven't played as well in the last few days. 327 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: Losers are four straight just got swept by Milwaukee, but 328 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: the Rangers overall remain one of the teams that I 329 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: expect to see playing deep into the postseason. Here we 330 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: go with the Dude and dork of the Week. Due 331 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: to the week, there are always multiple candidates, and this 332 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: week Dallas kikel on Sunday taking a perfect game into 333 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: the seventh inning, six and a third brilliant innings as 334 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: it turned out, just a tremendous resurgon performance from a 335 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: guy who looked down and out. He's a candidate. Pete Alonzo. 336 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: Now you might think he's a dork of the Week 337 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: candidate for throwing Mason wins first hit into the stands, 338 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 1: but Alonzo handled that whole situation with such class, apologizing 339 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: profusely giving Win a few gifts. No, he actually would 340 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: be a Dude of the Week candidate, but this week 341 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: there is only one dude. It is the player who 342 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: broke an American League National League record with seventeen hits 343 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: in a four game span. I'm talking, of course, about 344 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: Julio Rodriguez and those seventeen hits. They weren't all singles. 345 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: Let's look at what he did over those four games. 346 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 1: The impact was enormous for a team that is surging 347 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: right now. First game four for six double two RBIs, 348 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: two stolen bases. Second game five for five, home run, 349 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: double five RBIs. Third game four for five home run RBI, 350 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: two stolen bases. The fourth game, this is when he 351 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: started to slouch four for six, stolen base. Julia Rodriguez 352 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,239 Speaker 1: is becoming and has been of late, the player the 353 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: Mariners signed to this long term deal for a very 354 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: good reason. 355 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: They believe he is a superstar in this league. 356 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: He didn't always play like it in the first half, 357 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: was inconsistent, but my goodness, now he is turning it on. 358 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: Dork of the Week. I would imagine some fans might think, Okay, 359 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 1: here's the spot for Wander Franco, who is currently on 360 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: the restricted list as Major League Baseball investigates allegations that 361 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: he had relationships with underage women. This is a situation, though, 362 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: that we don't put in this category. This is a 363 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: whole different deal. Dork of the Week I generally reserved 364 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: for guys who underperform, do something stupid, something along those lines. 365 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: Wander Franco also is going through a process right now. 366 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: We don't know if he did what he is alleged 367 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: to have done. We don't know much at all. So players, 368 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: like anyone else, are entitled to do process which he 369 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: is getting in this investigation, you would assume, and they're 370 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: entitled to the presumption of innocence. So let's not put 371 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: Wander Franco in this category. The next question would be, Okay, 372 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: then who is the dork of the Week? Well, our 373 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: dork of the week is a group of players, a 374 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: team that actually has won this award, if you want 375 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: to call it that, multiple times this season. We've given 376 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: this honor or dishonor to their general manager, Brian Cashman, 377 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: We've given it to their offense when Aaron Judge was injured, 378 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: and now we're going to give it to the entire team. 379 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: I talked about the Yankees in the first segment and 380 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: how disappointing they've been losing the way they have. Okay, 381 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: that's one thing, having a losing record, Yes, getting swept 382 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: by the Red Sox Yankee Stadium, the fourth place Red Sox, 383 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: not exactly the twenty seven Yankees in the version of 384 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: the Red Sox that they currently are New York Yankees 385 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: Dorks of the Week. 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As good as the Rangers are and as 411 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: star studied as they are, I'm actually more intrigued by 412 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: the Twins right now because they have a collection of 413 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: position players that is going really well. They actually have 414 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: a surplus, and they're trying to figure out when to 415 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: get Byron Buxton into the outfield if he can physically 416 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: handle that. He hasn't been able to this season. He's 417 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: had that recurring knee problem. But they will be a 418 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: better defensive team if they can put him in center field, 419 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: get Edward O Julian into the DH spot, put Polanco 420 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: at tewond Royce Lewis at third. They have a surge 421 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: of young players going on right now. 422 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: With Walner and Julian and some of the others as well. 423 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: Just a really interesting group, and of course their starting 424 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: pitching has been outstanding all season as well. So I 425 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: don't want to say the Twins are going to actually 426 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: win a series in the postseason. They are not as 427 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: strong as some of the teams in the East and 428 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: the West, but they're probably a better team potentially than 429 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: most of us in vision. Right now, all right, time 430 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: now for Grill and Ken. Let's get to your questions. 431 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: The first question. We already touched on this a little bit, 432 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: but I'll get deeper into it here. Should Seattle already 433 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: regret trading Paul Seawald. The answer to that is no, 434 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: and not just for the reason that I said earlier 435 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: that their bullpen has performed so well without him. Seawald 436 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 1: is really good, and he's also a guy that had 437 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: a lot of interest trade interest because he's got one 438 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: plus year of control remaining. He is available to a 439 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: team that traded for him, the Diamondbacks, as it turned out, 440 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: not just for this season but for next. And he 441 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: has performed really well for the Diamondbacks. He's five for 442 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: six and save opportunities. Six of his seven appearances have 443 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: been scoreless. He had one colnker that happens. He's a 444 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: good reliever, no question about it, a really good reliever. 445 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: But as I said earlier, the Mariners, they've collected a 446 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: bunch of really good relievers, and they could afford to 447 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: move him when the return was going to be the 448 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: offensive help that they desired. Now again, we'll see if 449 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: Canzone develops into an everyday player that they hope he 450 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: will be. We'll see what Ryan Bliss the prospect can 451 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: offer as well in time. But no, they do not 452 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: regret trading Paul Seawald, and nor should they the way 453 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: things are turning out. Next question, where are the Brewers 454 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: in the NL pecking order? Great question. This is a 455 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: team that every year I have great admiration for because, 456 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: as I said earlier in the show, they outperformed their talent. 457 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: At least in my opinion, they're doing it again this year. 458 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: Now that they've got Brandon Woodriff back in the rotation. 459 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: They are a pretty formidable outfit. Their offense, even with 460 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: the additions of Santana and Canada, is still not where 461 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: you want it to be. But they've got some young 462 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: players too that are contributing. Weimer and Freelick and some 463 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: others as well. Terrang at second base, brilliant defender. I 464 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: love what they do and I don't see them at 465 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: the same level as the Braves and the Dodgers. When 466 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 1: you get back to that pecking order question, but I 467 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: do see them as a team that is potentially dangerous 468 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: in the postseason. When you run out Burns Woodriff Peralta, 469 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: you've got a shot. Oh, this is a good one 470 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: who should be considered for manager of the year. Well. 471 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: In the American League, I see it as a two 472 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: man race between Bruce Bochi and the Rangers and Brandon 473 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: Hyde of the Orioles. Those are the two standouts in 474 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 1: my opinion, both leading divisions. Hide is a little bit 475 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: of a different case than Bochie. Bochi is a veteran 476 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: manager who inherited a team that needed to kind of 477 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 1: nah figure out how to win, but had also added 478 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: some big time, big name talent and continued to do 479 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: that during the season. Hyde, of course, had a younger club, 480 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: or has a younger club that started doing some big 481 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: things last year and has performed even at a higher 482 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: level this season. If I had to pick right now, 483 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: probably would be high in the National League. It's interesting. 484 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: Best two teams are the Braves and the Dodgers. Brian Snicker, 485 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: as good a job as he has done, he is 486 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: not going to get the love that maybe he deserves 487 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: in this race because the Braves are just such a 488 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: talented team. Dave Roberts is a more interesting case because 489 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: to me, the Dodgers have had a different kind of 490 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: club this year, much less pitching than in the past, 491 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: much more offense, and he has had to kind of 492 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: piece some things together, incorporate some younger arms. It's been 493 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: one of his best challenges or biggest challenges, I should say, 494 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: and he's handled it well, so he should be a 495 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: strong candidate. And then there's Craig Council with the Brewers, 496 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 1: and I talked about them out performing their talent. He's 497 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: a big reason they do that, seemingly every year. There 498 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: is something about the way Counsel runs that club, the steadiness, 499 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: the acumen, all of the things that you admire in 500 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: a manager. He seems to have. So Counsel is a 501 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: strong candidate as well. Obviously, with both these races, we 502 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: need to see how the season turns out. But those 503 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: are some of the strong candidates. I know I'm leaving 504 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: somebody out. You guys know where to find me, whether 505 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: it's on X or in the comments section of the 506 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: Athletic I seem to be available. 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